DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.9 - - 76.2 - - - - - 64.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 475 - - 526 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6689 - - 12019 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13849 - - 18288 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15489 - - 20819 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5268 - - 3240 - - - - - 3169 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 641 - - 807 - - - - - 22 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 12 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 12 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 298 - - 291 - - - - - 294 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -24 - - - - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4058 - - 257 - - - - - -7296 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 19548 - - 20563 - - - - - 16661 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7239 - - -1228 - - - - - -10930 ODpotential blCL - - - 22728 - - 22047 - - - - - 20294 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 71 - - - - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 10 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.9 - - 76.2 - - - - - 64.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.3 - - 17.7 - - - - - 24.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.1 - - 72.3 - - - - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.4 - - 16.9 - - - - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 475 - - 526 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6689 - - 12019 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98916 28 112 26 102 28 095 98916 91388 25 100 24 102 25 080 91388 85596 16 096 16 105 14 065 85596 80820 14 101 14 093 18 073 80820 76720 12 102 13 089 16 080 76720 73097 12 121 11 110 13 089 73097 69822 9 077 9 120 7 051 69822 66829 5 089 6 086 1 275 66829 64075 8 093 4 088 3 174 64075 61438 7 000 2 279 2 216 61438 58720 17 308 4 291 6 263 58720 55910 24 293 21 286 19 295 55910 53227 28 291 27 282 27 279 53227 50807 41 290 34 285 29 284 50807 48637 52 281 47 279 41 294 48637 46670 51 275 53 276 53 286 46670 44862 47 285 50 279 54 277 44862 43176 49 290 47 284 50 276 43176 41594 48 296 46 290 54 281 41594 40106 49 305 47 298 59 285 40106 38716 51 309 49 302 59 288 38716 37398 54 308 50 303 54 289 37398 36089 52 306 51 303 47 290 36089 34763 45 302 48 303 44 291 34763 33426 41 299 44 300 44 293 33426 32067 39 303 43 300 45 294 32067 30680 32 308 38 303 42 293 30680 29271 20 311 28 300 39 291 29271 27844 15 305 19 284 35 292 27844 26405 16 295 17 249 27 291 26405 24964 15 272 16 245 18 270 24964 23522 19 258 10 250 13 241 23522 22071 21 249 7*280 10 234 22071 20624 14 236 8*300 7 233 20624 19247 8 235 9 301 7 234 19247 17996 5 271 10 302 7 237 17996 16874 7 305 11 300 8 242 16874 15855 8*312 12 297 8 247 15855 14924 8*312 13 295 7 247 14924 14069 9 311 13 291 10 262 14069 13284 9 308 14 289 13 271 13284 12566 9 304 14 286 15 275 12566 11908 10 298 15 284 16 277 11908 11297 10 293 15 282 16 278 11297 10739 10 289 15 280 17 278 10739 10260 10 285 15 278 16 278 10260 9884 10 282 14 276 15 279 9884 9620 9 280 14 275 12 281 9620 9457 9 278 13 275 9*283 9457 9364 7 276 10 273 5*294 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