DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/30 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 - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 35.8 - - 42.4 - - 40.8 - - 41.3 - - 39.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 56 - - 29 - - -1 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 870 - - 1089 - - 1211 - - 328 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6584 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8370 - - 8589 - - 8711 - - 7828 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1752 - - 2142 - - 1271 - - 1571 - - 2078 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 163 - - 140 - - 38 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 8 - - 12 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 112 - - 153 - - 189 - - 185 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 11 - - 17 - - 13 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg 9 - - 10 - - -11 - - 5 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - 915 - - 1989 - - 2111 - - 1228 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 7455 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -4718 - - -2644 - - 725 - - 1241 - - 9 ODpotential blCL 11319 - - 11014 - - 7864 - - 7470 - - 7819 blCL maxRH 90 - - 93 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 35.8 - - 42.4 - - 40.8 - - 41.3 - - 39.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.5 - - 32.6 - - 37.3 - - 40.2 - - 38.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 42.9 - - 44.6 - - 43.2 - - 44.2 - - 43.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.0 - - 31.5 - - 36.5 - - 40.0 - - 39.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 56 - - 29 - - -1 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 870 - - 1089 - - 1211 - - 328 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 58 - - 71 - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96179 28 292 48 289 36 307 33 310 35 281 96179 89272 17 315 27 287 21 308 22 330 20 306 89272 83847 5 316 14 259 20 300 14 311 15 317 83847 79283 13 309 7 252 21 270 16 285 14 315 79283 75322 18 292 9 286 14 252 15 271 13 308 75322 71804 20 276 12 305 12 249 18 260 16 300 71804 68597 21 268 15 273 17 228 25 251 25 268 68597 65631 23 270 16 264 16 241 27 245 24 249 65631 62860 28 259 23 264 21 249 22 234 19 240 62860 60155 31 244 29 249 26 249 18 237 19 242 60155 57316 31 235 31 238 29 246 20 249 21 240 57316 54367 29 237 31 238 30 241 26 256 26 234 54367 51562 26 247 32 234 34 237 37 240 34 242 51562 49058 29 245 36 228 39 232 40 225 41 235 49058 46834 34 234 42 228 41 234 38 230 39 228 46834 44830 40 230 45 229 46 237 44 241 38 233 44830 43009 46 230 46 229 52 235 50 240 42 231 43009 41345 46 232 49 228 56 233 49 234 42 225 41345 39813 52 234 50 229 58 231 45 232 39 227 39813 38391 60 230 53 231 59 229 42 232 39 232 38391 37065 62 229 58 230 58 227 40 231 40 232 37065 35798 59 233 58 228 56 226 38 229 39 229 35798 34532 55 237 52 224 56 225 35 227 39 229 34532 33237 54 235 49 217 58 224 41 228 39 228 33237 31919 52 227 54 218 62 224 55 229 39 225 31919 30567 48 233 54 219 67 224 64 226 40 221 30567 29173 43 233 52 219 71 222 63 224 41 218 29173 27741 43 232 49 219 70 223 62 224 41 218 27741 26274 43 231 48 226 57 227 58 225 41 224 26274 24778 41 228 47 228 41 228 49 226 43 229 24778 23262 40 226 42 224 36 228 33 224 40 225 23262 21717 37 227 36 218 36 229 31 221 33 215 21717 20134 35 227 32 214 35 230 30 215 26 212 20134 18538 35 226 31 211 31 228 30 210 22 208 18538 17008 34 223 32 210 30 224 28 202 19 201 17008 15618 33 216 34 209 31 220 27 200 18 198 15618 14376 31 209 34 205 34 218 25 199 18 201 14376 13260 27 203 32 201 36 217 25 199 19 206 13260 12252 23 197 28 197 36 218 24 200 19 212 12252 11339 20 192 25 192 35 219 21 201 20 215 11339 10514 18 187 23 186 32 216 19 201 20 214 10514 9770 17 184 21 185 29 212 17 196 19 212 9770 9100 16 182 20 188 25*205 16*194 18 210 9100 8486 15 181 18*187 21*197 15*192 16 211 8486 7933 14 174 13*175 16 191 14 190 13*212 7933 7464 11 160 9 157 12 186 12 185 9*211 7464 7099 9 131 7 142 9 182 10 180 6 208 7099 6845 7 111 6 135 7 181 8 174 3 193 6845 6690 5*093 5 130 5 177 5 167 2 147 6690 6600 2*010 4 120 4 174 3 157 2 098 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