DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/12 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.5 - - 44.6 - - - - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 81 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - - - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9345 - - 9345 - - - - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - 9362 - - 9362 - - - - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1924 - - 3384 - - - - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 117 - - 161 - - - - - - W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - - B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 10 - - - - - - BL Wind Direction - - - 185 - - 205 - - - - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 26 - - 24 - - - - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9362 - - 9362 - - - - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 0 - - -544 - - - - - - ODpotential blCL - - - 9362 - - 9906 - - - - - - blCL maxRH - - - 101 - - 95 - - - - - - maxRH CAPE - - - 80 - - 190 - - - - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.5 - - 44.6 - - - - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 41.7 - - - - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.3 - - 43.1 - - - - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.7 - - 40.8 - - - - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 81 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - - - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 82 - - - - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - - 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] 97570 18 289 22 294 97570 90371 12 289 15 289 90371 84806 5 284 13 283 84806 80149 6 007 3 248 80149 76153 7 341 3 135 76153 72651 5 229 4 312 72651 69477 5 164 8 259 69477 66551 5 154 4 214 66551 63847 9 236 10 261 63847 61235 5 228 6 293 61235 58539 24 252 25 230 58539 55773 30 210 27 203 55773 53117 25 221 13 209 53117 50683 40 242 31 241 50683 48472 54 241 57 238 48472 46459 69 236 75 235 46459 44610 81 235 88 235 44610 42894 90 236 98 236 42894 41286 97 238 103 235 41286 39772 100 240 103 235 39772 38350 101 241 103 237 38350 36996 100 239 105 239 36996 35648 98 238 105 238 35648 34283 92 237 101 234 34283 32912 84 236 95 231 32912 31527 81 235 91 231 31527 30122 81 235 88 231 30122 28705 83 234 86 232 28705 27284 80 232 83 231 27284 25866 76 231 81 230 25866 24453 73 230 80 230 24453 23038 71 229 78 230 23038 21610 68 229 74 230 21610 20191 63 229 69 231 20191 18847 58 230 54 227 18847 17633 53 228 42 222 17633 16549 44 222 38 221 16549 15569 39 218 36 222 15569 14676 35 217 35 222 14676 13858 32 214 33 220 13858 13107 30 210 31 217 13107 12421 28 207 28 213 12421 11793 26 203 26 210 11793 11210 24 199 23 208 11210 10677 21 195 22 208 10677 10220 19 191 20 207 10220 9860 16 187 17 206 9860 9608 14 186 15 206 9608 9452 12*185 14*206 9452 9362 9*185 10*205 9362 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