DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 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 = 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 42.6 - - 44.0 - - 49.8 - - 52.7 - - 45.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 60 - - 311 - - 224 - - 137 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2359 - - 4507 - - 9340 - - 9827 - - 7283 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 10620 - - 14258 - - 14271 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 9859 - - 12007 - - 16840 - - 17327 - - 14783 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2119 - - 1317 - - 2173 - - 2062 - - 2927 Hgt.Variab. W* 224 - - 477 - - 545 - - 471 - - 0 W* B/S 24 - - 19 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 4 - - 12 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 106 - - 256 - - 253 - - 258 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 17 - - 15 - - 15 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - -16 - - 33 - - -14 - - 29 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -990 - - 2739 - - 5587 - - 4942 - - 3875 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10849 - - 9269 - - 11254 - - 12386 - - 10908 sfcLCL ODpotential -4085 - - 1144 - - 3686 - - 2012 - - 700 ODpotential blCL 13944 - - 10863 - - 13154 - - 15315 - - 14083 blCL maxRH 85 - - 92 - - 98 - - 83 - - 81 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 0 - - 150 - - 100 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m 42.6 - - 44.0 - - 49.8 - - 52.7 - - 45.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.2 - - 26.3 - - 23.4 - - 21.2 - - 21.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 44.7 - - 44.8 - - 51.0 - - 54.4 - - 52.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.7 - - 26.0 - - 23.1 - - 20.9 - - 21.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 60 - - 311 - - 224 - - 137 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2359 - - 4507 - - 9340 - - 9827 - - 7283 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 40 - - 69 - - 91 - - 31 - - 22 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 97493 6 048 5 073 8 095 5 029 11 061 97493 90139 11 084 11 096 9 148 4 012 10 038 90139 84492 4 095 3 305 5 103 2 130 5 003 84492 79796 5 102 11 215 3 319 3 311 3 058 79796 75711 3 154 9 199 5 280 1 321 4 297 75711 72090 3 083 15 219 12 264 4 279 8 274 72090 68806 5 341 13 206 15 255 12 283 16 278 68806 65767 20 299 8 148 11 228 18 255 22 251 65767 62937 25 277 7 298 8 192 17 258 15 252 62937 60184 24 263 23 281 19 278 22 281 13 267 60184 57308 24 258 26 262 25 262 25 278 18 282 57308 54322 21 257 23 264 27 260 32 265 27 276 54322 51479 21 272 27 267 30 256 36 261 31 267 51479 48936 31 274 31 263 30 252 36 260 32 259 48936 46672 35 267 30 261 28 256 34 262 30 258 46672 44625 33 261 33 261 32 264 32 266 28 260 44625 42752 34 265 39 264 38 264 36 266 30 260 42752 41030 43 268 45 261 43 258 41 261 35 257 41030 39443 52 263 50 260 46 250 47 252 42 251 39443 37979 58 255 59 257 49 251 52 245 50 241 37979 36633 62 249 66 251 58 252 59 241 57 234 36633 35370 63 248 68 249 69 251 64 238 63 232 35370 34120 63 247 69 249 76 251 67 236 67 229 34120 32848 63 246 68 249 76 252 68 237 67 226 32848 31557 61 246 65 248 75 247 67 237 64 224 31557 30236 58 247 61 247 71 238 67 236 61 224 30236 28877 54 249 56 245 66 231 66 234 57 225 28877 27481 50 250 51 245 62 228 63 235 53 226 27481 26051 47 251 45 247 61 232 59 237 50 227 26051 24590 44 254 42 250 61 244 53 239 46 228 24590 23102 44 258 42 253 52 256 48 241 43 229 23102 21582 43 258 42 256 45 263 44 243 41 232 21582 20025 39 252 41 257 42 267 39 245 38 234 20025 18457 38 251 37 255 34 268 30*248 31 239 18457 16956 36 255 37 250 24*267 19*250 18 245 16956 15591 32 258 38 248 20*265 15 250 6*257 15591 14368 27 254 36 252 17 263 11 252 1*275 14368 13266 26 249 28 264 14 259 9 255 0 259 13266 12267 24 244 20*274 12 254 8 257 1 268 12267 11360 20 237 15*278 11 251 7 261 3 282 11360 10537 14*233 10 278 11 249 7 262 4 291 10537 9794 8*232 6 273 10 246 7 267 5 299 9794 9121 3 224 4 256 9 244 7 270 6 304 9121 8505 2 078 3 218 9 242 7 272 7 307 8505 7948 5 070 3 193 8 240 7 273 7 308 7948 7475 6 077 3 178 8 237 7 276 7 307 7475 7106 5 087 3 167 8 236 7 276 6 302 7106 6849 3 097 3 161 7 235 6 276 5 294 6849 6691 3 100 3 158 7 233 6 277 3 286 6691 6600 2 104 3 155 6 231 5 277 2 285 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