DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 KingMountain_ID 7500ft pt41928@43.805,-113.209,6604ft SPONSORED BY: King Mountain Glider Park BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +3.0 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.1 - - 40.9 - - 39.9 - - 33.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 122 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1435 - - 5956 - - 5350 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 11251 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8935 - - 13456 - - 12850 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2154 - - 1726 - - 2772 - - 5708 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 198 - - 388 - - 143 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 25 - - 24 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 192 - - 206 - - 193 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 26 - - 20 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - -40 - - -31 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1630 - - 3877 - - 3605 - - -990 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7306 - - 9580 - - 9245 - - 7591 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1283 - - 698 - - 806 - - -4592 ODpotential blCL - - - 10218 - - 12758 - - 12044 - - 11193 blCL maxRH - - - 78 - - 71 - - 83 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.1 - - 40.9 - - 39.9 - - 33.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.0 - - 21.6 - - 22.1 - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 36.4 - - 43.3 - - 43.7 - - 40.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.9 - - 20.5 - - 21.5 - - 22.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 122 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1435 - - 5956 - - 5350 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 14 - - 0 - - 32 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96906 17 090 29 102 21 127 19 080 96906 89752 18 128 18 110 16 109 15 092 89752 84145 14 124 16 124 12 098 13 112 84145 79446 11 115 10 124 9 112 10 105 79446 75383 6 115 6 148 5 159 2 129 75383 71772 3 124 4 141 5 205 4 084 71772 68487 5 223 6 236 5 238 3 197 68487 65449 8 253 9 257 11 276 8 241 65449 62621 13 259 14 259 24 247 23 240 62621 59881 25 247 23 251 23 261 26 252 59881 56994 27 245 28 253 28 263 30 261 56994 53947 25 256 28 260 44 255 39 250 53947 51015 42 248 42 245 58 242 55 237 51015 48400 50 233 48 237 56 237 57 235 48400 46094 51 243 51 243 57 243 53 240 46094 44029 62 247 61 245 62 249 57 241 44029 42154 69 244 69 246 77 246 61 240 42154 40433 77 249 82 245 85 232 65 236 40433 38842 95 247 95 240 75 227 64 236 38842 37363 105 244 103 238 66 236 65 239 37363 35990 117 243 114 237 75 244 80 238 35990 34695 118 241 121 235 95 242 100 233 34695 33428 114 241 121 234 111 240 105 230 33428 32163 111 240 118 233 111 237 91 224 32163 30892 110 238 113 233 103 233 87 219 30892 29592 107 238 109 233 97 229 84 217 29592 28253 101 239 103 234 97 232 81 221 28253 26880 90 240 96 238 89 237 74 226 26880 25476 78 242 75 242 74 240 63 225 25476 24047 71 245 70 233 64 243 53 224 24047 22595 61 246 68 226 54 241 42 233 22595 21115 55 238 62 227 42 236 45 227 21115 19604 53 231 56 228 45 228 45 220 19604 18085 50 227 53 227 49 227 44 215 18085 16634 44 225 51 224 43 225 44 209 16634 15314 37 223 47 222 38 222 42 204 15314 14131 34 218 41*219 34 218 41 200 14131 13066 34 210 35*214 30*213 40 197 13066 12101 35 204 30 209 28*205 38 195 12101 11225 33 202 27 205 26 197 35 194 11225 10430 29 204 26 203 25 194 32 192 10430 9711 27 207 25 203 25 192 30 191 9711 9059 26*207 24 203 25 191 27 190 9059 8460 22*205 23 203 24 190 27 187 8460 7918 16 197 22 204 24 190 27 185 7918 7456 12 187 20 204 23 189 25 183 7456 7094 10 180 19 204 21 189 21 182 7094 6843 8 176 17 204 19 189 16 181 6843 6689 7 173 15 204 16 188 10*179 6689 6600 5 168 9 203 8 188 4*168 6600 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 21Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography