DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/28 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0956z - - 1327z - - 1555z - - 1855z - - 2152z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.1 - - 35.1 - - 35.2 - - 32.3 - - 30.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 8 - - 109 - - 149 - - 67 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 253 - - 2870 - - 6129 - - 3667 - - 2135 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 8982 - - 11562 - - 9205 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 7753 - - 10370 - - 13629 - - 11167 - - 9635 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1008 - - 4031 - - 2481 - - 2839 - - 4163 Hgt.Variab. W* 55 - - 302 - - 429 - - 279 - - 84 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 21 - - 24 - - 16 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 225 - - 291 - - 258 - - 267 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear 9 - - 21 - - 18 - - 7 - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg -22 - - -54 - - -57 - - -58 - - -41 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1154 - - 2980 - - 6429 - - 3989 - - 2372 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 7391 - - 7200 - - 7179 - - 7263 sfcLCL ODpotential 714 - - -382 - - 1912 - - 789 - - -2101 ODpotential blCL 7039 - - 10752 - - 11717 - - 10378 - - 11736 blCL maxRH 99 - - 80 - - 73 - - 88 - - 85 maxRH CAPE 20 - - 30 - - 250 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 32.1 - - 35.1 - - 35.2 - - 32.3 - - 30.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 31.4 - - 25.7 - - 26.6 - - 23.9 - - 21.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 34.9 - - 37.1 - - 36.9 - - 34.4 - - 33.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 31.1 - - 24.4 - - 25.4 - - 22.8 - - 20.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 8 - - 109 - - 149 - - 67 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 253 - - 2870 - - 6129 - - 3667 - - 2135 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 95 - - 21 - - 0 - - 51 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96807 27 271 32 274 26 290 27 281 27 293 96807 89521 29 268 26 278 29 274 34 275 27 275 89521 83895 26 258 26 262 27 255 29 258 26 250 83895 79210 16 243 22 255 25 255 23 264 18 266 79210 75155 10 263 20 242 22 249 25 262 14 300 75155 71537 14 281 15 239 23 246 22 254 14 284 71537 68240 15 279 15 248 21 228 22 277 23 263 68240 65195 20 247 14 237 17 237 32 256 25 256 65195 62342 20 241 24 262 23 250 33 247 21 262 62342 59537 24 256 31 253 41 257 43 254 29 264 59537 56604 31 253 35 251 49 250 49 237 37 248 56604 53599 34 234 37 246 45 240 41 231 30 238 53599 50749 32 235 40 243 35 240 29 246 24 256 50749 48180 38 251 40 249 37 255 33 266 39 264 48180 45892 44 259 46 261 46 259 48 264 48 257 45892 43838 62 254 52 260 52 255 54 257 51 252 43838 41971 64 250 53 255 54 253 55 258 50 253 41971 40258 62 252 57 250 57 253 59 261 48 258 40258 38676 68 253 63 246 59 253 65 263 53 266 38676 37217 77 249 68 245 61 251 73 259 64 264 37217 35881 85 244 75 242 65 247 77 254 72 257 35881 34629 90 243 81 239 70 241 76 253 75 254 34629 33390 92 241 83 238 70 238 72 254 75 254 33390 32132 89 239 82 239 65 236 66 255 73 256 32132 30854 79 237 78 237 59 237 58 256 70 257 30854 29545 63 227 65 236 56 237 49 257 65 260 29545 28198 55 205 47 229 55 235 42 260 58 262 28198 26822 52 205 42 217 53 232 36 265 46 258 26822 25421 49 205 45 215 49 228 33 268 35 253 25421 23997 47 209 50 220 47 226 31 269 29 254 23997 22547 49 218 53 228 45 227 31 268 29 257 22547 21066 53 226 54 237 46 231 31 268 31 260 21066 19552 53 233 53 240 46 236 32 269 30 265 19552 18033 46 239 46 240 44 246 33 268 23 268 18033 16584 39 245 37 252 40 258 29 275 13 268 16584 15265 35 249 36 266 34 267 20 290 13 267 15265 14083 34 251 34 270 29*272 16 293 16 269 14083 13018 32 249 29 269 27*272 15 290 18 269 13018 12054 30 244 28 268 25 270 14 284 21 268 12054 11178 28 240 29 271 25 267 15*277 23 268 11178 10385 25 239 31*275 25 263 16*273 24 268 10385 9669 23 241 30*280 25 258 17 271 24*269 9669 9022 21 245 27 286 25 253 17 268 23*269 9022 8429 18 246 23 292 25 249 17 267 21 270 8429 7894 15*242 20 296 25 246 17 266 17 269 7894 7440 13*232 18 298 24 244 17 265 13 267 7440 7085 11 225 17 298 23 244 16 265 11 264 7085 6838 8 220 15 298 21 243 15 264 9 262 6838 6686 7 219 14 298 19 242 14 264 8 263 6686 6599 4 217 9 298 11 241 9 264 5 263 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