DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/28 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 21.2 - - 28.7 - - 33.0 - - 30.9 - - 23.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 22 - - 86 - - -6 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 3071 - - 2373 - - 1136 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 8895 - - 6583 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 10571 - - 9873 - - 8636 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 797 - - 2684 - - 1791 - - 2424 - - 1972 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 30 - - 275 - - 54 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 15 - - 17 - - 17 BL Wind Direction 190 - - 254 - - 337 - - 338 - - 345 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 4 - - 15 - - 18 - - 25 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -9 - - 8 - - -7 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2536 - - -4248 - - 3366 - - 2555 - - 990 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9136 - - 10848 - - 7205 - - 7318 - - 7646 sfcLCL ODpotential -10435 - - -10099 - - 1154 - - -458 - - -2748 ODpotential blCL 17035 - - 16699 - - 9417 - - 10331 - - 11384 blCL maxRH 88 - - 93 - - 93 - - 89 - - 77 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 21.2 - - 28.7 - - 33.0 - - 30.9 - - 23.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 5.2 - - 4.9 - - 24.9 - - 22.3 - - 13.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 29.0 - - 31.3 - - 35.1 - - 34.7 - - 31.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 5.7 - - 4.5 - - 24.3 - - 21.5 - - 16.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 22 - - 86 - - -6 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 3071 - - 2373 - - 1136 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 52 - - 72 - - 73 - - 58 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 94786 100 310 104 307 92 300 94 301 79 300 94786 88003 99 316 91 318 89 317 94 313 82 308 88003 82690 95 322 83 316 84 314 87 314 80 311 82690 78257 88 326 74 316 79 310 76 317 72 316 78257 74410 83 327 64 320 68 310 69 319 63 321 74410 70972 72 323 57 324 57 317 64 319 57 320 70972 67840 65 319 54 313 58 317 64 316 53 317 67840 64954 56 315 52 311 55 315 60 306 52 317 64954 62268 52 309 56 310 53 314 53 305 54 312 62268 59654 48 303 58 299 54 314 51 310 55 306 59654 56917 50 293 50 290 52 304 50 310 53 302 56917 54069 50 293 46 291 45 296 50 306 47 303 54069 51328 53 287 49 291 45 295 47 303 41 303 51328 48832 52 281 54 288 50 296 47 304 41 301 48832 46570 48 275 55 284 52 295 46 304 46 296 46570 44506 50 265 50 279 52 292 47 304 51 293 44506 42616 47 260 46 280 48 286 46 301 52 298 42616 40878 45 257 44 276 45 281 46 302 56 310 40878 39274 48 246 40 262 42 281 50 305 62 314 39274 37799 56 236 39 252 40 285 51 309 65 315 37799 36462 66 229 40 249 40 291 50 315 66 316 36462 35217 70 221 44 246 41 294 55 318 67 320 35217 33977 68 216 50 237 38 294 60 321 68 327 33977 32710 67 220 56 227 35 288 68 326 69 333 32710 31421 68 224 58 217 34 274 77 332 69 338 31421 30101 66 226 58 212 27 252 83 336 70 341 30101 28741 63 226 52 207 30 243 84 338 71 342 28741 27343 58 227 43 212 29 229 73 338 70 341 27343 25909 49 228 36 222 29 240 46 327 68 340 25909 24442 44 232 32 232 32 253 35 302 66 342 24442 22946 42 235 28 245 26 267 33 301 60 343 22946 21420 40 239 27 257 22 283 30 306 49 338 21420 19859 37 244 27 263 21 298 30 311 40 328 19859 18290 34 253 23 269 20 300 29 313 33 324 18290 16789 31 256 19 276 19 297 26 315 27 327 16789 15423 26 251 18 276 18 301 23 317 24 331 15423 14203 23 251 17 267 17 312 21 322 23 335 14203 13106 20 256 13 254 16 325 19 330 23 339 13106 12115 19 263 9 250 17 335 20 336 24 343 12115 11221 18 267 5 256 20*341 21 338 24 346 11221 10413 17 268 3 291 21*342 22*338 24 348 10413 9687 17 266 6 322 20 340 22*337 24 349 9687 9032 15 262 8 329 18 337 21 337 23*350 9032 8435 13 255 9 328 16 336 20 337 22*349 8435 7897 11 246 8 316 13 335 17 338 21 346 7897 7440 8 234 6 295 11 333 14 339 20 345 7440 7085 5 209 5 271 10 333 12 340 16 345 7085 6838 4 196 3 253 9 333 10 342 11 344 6838 6686 3*184 2*235 8 333 8 342 8 340 6686 6599 2*193 2*227 6 334 4 344 3 200 6599 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