DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/08 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 33.1 - - 42.7 - - 45.7 - - 43.9 - - 38.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 56 - - 409 - - 502 - - 116 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1591 - - 3921 - - 4839 - - 3547 - - 1311 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 10260 - - 11050 - - 9426 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 9091 - - 11421 - - 12339 - - 11047 - - 8811 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1050 - - 2393 - - 1837 - - 2990 - - 2211 Hgt.Variab. W* 197 - - 500 - - 572 - - 317 - - 53 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 33 - - 23 - - 20 - - 25 - - 24 BL Wind Direction 345 - - 003 - - 016 - - 019 - - 016 Direction Wind Shear 29 - - 16 - - 15 - - 21 - - 23 Wind Shear Max.Converg -58 - - -21 - - -19 - - -8 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1721 - - 2243 - - 3030 - - 2003 - - 1332 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7370 - - 9178 - - 9309 - - 9044 - - 7479 sfcLCL ODpotential -3057 - - -50 - - 1322 - - -487 - - -1744 ODpotential blCL 12148 - - 11471 - - 11017 - - 11534 - - 10555 blCL maxRH 89 - - 93 - - 94 - - 98 - - 89 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.1 - - 42.7 - - 45.7 - - 43.9 - - 38.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.0 - - 25.4 - - 27.8 - - 27.3 - - 29.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.5 - - 43.1 - - 45.8 - - 45.8 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.0 - - 24.7 - - 27.5 - - 26.9 - - 28.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 56 - - 409 - - 502 - - 116 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1591 - - 3921 - - 4839 - - 3547 - - 1311 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 57 - - 72 - - 76 - - 91 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 98057 11 023 6 070 2 351 8 308 10 340 98057 90695 8 040 9 020 6 019 9 016 13 034 90695 85061 6 046 4 084 8 001 14 038 12 050 85061 80381 4 025 7 109 7 007 14 039 8 063 80381 76336 6 049 5 081 6 047 9 029 8 049 76336 72749 9 072 5 117 5 092 5 356 10 035 72749 69490 10 089 6 113 7 130 3 284 7 031 69490 66471 7 110 4 099 6 123 2 215 1 002 66471 63651 4 137 3 110 4 125 2 117 4 059 63651 60912 1 319 4 112 0 081 1 061 5 025 60912 58047 5 332 4 057 3 325 5 011 5 015 58047 55056 4 350 4 016 3 015 7 340 6 005 55056 52194 7 360 8 009 5 044 5 359 7 010 52194 49620 12 360 8 038 7 047 7 032 13 022 49620 47316 7 003 11 051 9 050 10 041 9 039 47316 45231 18 027 18 042 14 060 14 056 16 040 45231 43330 25 013 22 029 21 055 23 036 20 032 43330 41577 25 017 21 013 22 038 22 039 26 054 41577 39955 19 018 17 028 22 048 26 059 44 062 39955 38460 14 033 22 046 29 060 46 059 59 064 38460 37080 17 038 30 043 38 057 53 055 67 068 37080 35773 21 042 38 034 37 059 49 058 71 071 35773 34475 28 040 40 031 41 064 49 067 70 074 34475 33161 41 026 40 026 43 060 52 073 70 078 33161 31835 48 017 39 021 40 058 52 071 70 084 31835 30485 48 013 38 026 41 057 48 065 68 088 30485 29098 42 014 39 033 44 054 44 066 61 085 29098 27677 39 016 39 037 45 052 45 075 53 080 27677 26220 39 020 39 039 42 051 47 076 47 076 26220 24731 37 022 39 042 39 052 46 073 44 073 24731 23212 33 023 36 043 38 055 44 067 43 072 23212 21660 31 025 29 038 36 055 41 060 41 070 21660 20067 28 028 27 031 33 052 38 055 38 069 20067 18465 25 031 28 033 31 051 34 049 35 066 18465 16936 23 035 28 041 30 053 32 049 32 063 16936 15552 22 039 26 050 29 054 32 052 29 060 15552 14318 23 041 25 057 27 052 32 056 27 062 14318 13210 26 036 25 058 25*047 32 057 27 066 13210 12210 30 030 24*052 23*040 32 056 29 066 12210 11304 34 020 22*038 21 032 31*050 32 062 11304 10484 39 009 21 019 21 024 30*041 34 055 10484 9746 42*358 23 006 21 014 28 031 34 047 9746 9080 42*352 24 359 21 009 26 020 31*038 9080 8471 39 348 26 356 21 007 26 013 31*028 8471 7923 36 345 27 355 21 005 25 011 28 019 7923 7458 32 343 26 354 20 004 25 010 26 013 7458 7096 28 341 25 354 19 003 23 009 23 009 7096 6843 25 340 23 354 18 003 22 008 20 007 6843 6689 21 340 21 354 16 003 19 007 16 006 6689 6600 13 340 13 355 12 003 12 008 9 005 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