DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 Animas_CO 8800ft pt30207@37.366,-108.034,9098ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -1.0 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 - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 66.5 - - 58.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 66 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 564 - - 564 - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 9347 - - 9347 - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9364 - - 9364 - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 9434 - - 9475 - - 3776 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 221 - - 146 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 230 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 23 - - 14 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3634 - - -3644 - - -802 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 12999 - - 13009 - - 10166 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5397 - - -5771 - - -4748 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14761 - - 15135 - - 14112 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 88 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 430 - - 340 - - 560 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 66.5 - - 58.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 41.6 - - 45.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.7 - - 65.1 - - 61.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.3 - - 41.5 - - 45.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 66 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 564 - - 564 - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 53 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 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] 98716 14 066 11 077 5 077 98716 91344 9 096 10 069 11 083 91344 85609 10 105 6 120 8 061 85609 80837 15 149 4 159 4 074 80837 76732 3 118 8 154 3 200 76732 73118 4 206 2 260 2 038 73118 69854 4 157 4 260 1 247 69854 66852 6 225 5 234 6 262 66852 64082 8 255 8 271 8 275 64082 61423 10 270 10 274 9 262 61423 58680 14 251 17 276 18 269 58680 55880 18 237 20 258 23 266 55880 53239 16 252 19 252 24 258 53239 50863 27 262 27 256 31 256 50863 48729 31 257 33 255 33 253 48729 46779 31 251 33 251 30 255 46779 44972 31 248 34 245 29 251 44972 43283 32 248 34 242 32 244 43283 41700 33 250 34 247 36 245 41700 40216 31 253 32 250 37 243 40216 38827 30 252 30 248 36 242 38827 37507 29 253 30 250 34 243 37507 36196 29 255 31 254 34 247 36196 34865 26 253 31 256 35 248 34865 33520 23 250 31 255 34 245 33520 32153 20 249 28 255 34 239 32153 30757 19 243 25 257 32 239 30757 29339 20 234 23 258 27 241 29339 27903 19 230 24 255 24 242 27903 26455 16 226 24 246 24 241 26455 25001 15 230 22 232 26 236 25001 23538 15 217 21 218 27 233 23538 22063 17 212 22 216 28 230 22063 20601 15 216 20 219 28 225 20601 19218 15 217 17 216 28 218 19218 17968 16 219 16 214 27 215 17968 16850 17 219 16 214 25 217 16850 15836 16 219 15 216 24 220 15836 14909 14 218 14 219 22 223 14909 14056 14 217 14 223 21 225 14056 13273 13 218 13 226 20 226 13273 12557 13 218 13 228 18 227 12557 11901 13 218 13 229 17 226 11901 11291 13 218 12 230 16 225 11291 10735 13 218 12 231 13 222 10735 10258 12 218 12 231 11 220 10258 9882 12 217 11 232 8 218 9882 9619 11 217 11 232 6 220 9619 9457 11*217 10*231 4*223 9457 9364 9*215 8*230 2*266 9364 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