DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/23 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 41.7 - - 44.4 - - - - - 33.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 422 - - 351 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5637 - - 8288 - - - - - 4303 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11631 - - 13677 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13137 - - 15788 - - - - - 11803 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1139 - - 1280 - - - - - 2215 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 570 - - 608 - - - - - 31 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 32 - - - - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 300 - - 299 - - - - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 25 - - - - - 28 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -35 - - -44 - - - - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3063 - - 4781 - - - - - 3396 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10074 - - 11008 - - - - - 8407 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1327 - - 2879 - - - - - 1184 ODpotential blCL - - - 11810 - - 12909 - - - - - 10619 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 90 - - - - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 41.7 - - 44.4 - - - - - 33.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.5 - - 19.0 - - - - - 19.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.0 - - 45.3 - - - - - 37.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.7 - - 18.8 - - - - - 19.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 422 - - 351 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5637 - - 8288 - - - - - 4303 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 40 - - 62 - - - - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97202 20 284 20 284 15 329 97202 89806 13 252 18 312 22 300 89806 84216 2 282 13 311 12 300 84216 79609 5 343 10 265 6 030 79609 75601 9 292 8 210 10 331 75601 72038 13 275 4 213 14 275 72038 68807 18 262 4 261 9 235 68807 65809 22 244 9 258 4 259 65809 62993 21 230 15 250 12 260 62993 60243 20 243 18 251 17 250 60243 57366 19 257 18 253 13 252 57366 54378 21 270 23 264 10 286 54378 51523 21 271 26 261 10 315 51523 48941 17 262 18 267 14 308 48941 46617 17 287 19 288 28 292 46617 44503 32 288 29 295 25 292 44503 42563 39 278 32 287 30 300 42563 40784 37 267 35 289 43 306 40784 39159 31 263 42 294 57 308 39159 37676 36 286 58 295 65 303 37676 36318 53 299 60 291 64 296 36318 35041 58 303 55 299 59 303 35041 33776 56 301 60 312 65 314 33776 32499 52 299 69 317 75 317 32499 31209 50 297 71 315 81 314 31209 29891 50 297 69 309 83 311 29891 28533 50 298 67 305 82 309 28533 27139 51 301 67 304 82 306 27139 25713 52 304 66 305 81 302 25713 24257 52 306 64 305 79 300 24257 22776 50 305 61 303 77 299 22776 21264 48 304 59 301 74 298 21264 19718 46 302 59 300 70 299 19718 18164 45 302 56 300 66 301 18164 16681 44 303 46*301 57 306 16681 15338 42 306 38*301 42 310 15338 14140 37*309 36 300 32 312 14140 13065 29*310 35 300 30 312 13065 12093 24 307 34 299 31*310 12093 11212 22 303 33 298 31*309 11212 10413 20 300 33 298 31 309 10413 9693 20 298 32 298 29 309 9693 9041 19 296 31 298 27 310 9041 8445 19 294 31 298 23 311 8445 7906 18 293 30 297 20 313 7906 7447 18 293 28 297 16 314 7447 7089 17 292 26 297 13 316 7089 6840 15 292 24 297 10 318 6840 6687 14 292 21 297 8 320 6687 6600 11 292 14 296 4 321 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