DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 Blanding_UT 5868ft pt30803@37.612,-109.420,5928ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 1012z - - 1334z - - 1603z - - 1903z - - 2158z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 70.8 - - 82.2 - - 88.8 - - 91.0 - - 82.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 151 - - 448 - - 477 - - 135 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1041 - - 4058 - - 10679 - - 14822 - - 175 BL Depth Hcrit 6089 - - 8755 - - 14146 - - 16533 - - 6026 Hcrit BL Top 6909 - - 9926 - - 16547 - - 20690 - - 6043 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 810 - - 4705 - - 4496 - - 2414 - - 226 Hgt.Variab. W* 228 - - 516 - - 728 - - 535 - - 0 W* B/S 16 - - 15 - - 17 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 6 - - 8 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 142 - - 201 - - 255 - - 276 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 4 - - 12 - - -28 - - 23 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7327 - - -7045 - - -1538 - - 734 - - -12038 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 14237 - - 16972 - - 18086 - - 19957 - - 18082 sfcLCL ODpotential -11865 - - -9681 - - -3733 - - -197 - - -14856 ODpotential blCL 18774 - - 19607 - - 20280 - - 20887 - - 20899 blCL maxRH 40 - - 52 - - 52 - - 95 - - 76 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 70 - - 40 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 70.8 - - 82.2 - - 88.8 - - 91.0 - - 82.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.0 - - 28.5 - - 29.8 - - 23.4 - - 23.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 70.6 - - 80.5 - - 86.1 - - 89.4 - - 83.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.0 - - 28.6 - - 29.6 - - 23.4 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 151 - - 448 - - 477 - - 135 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1041 - - 4058 - - 10679 - - 14822 - - 175 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 81 - - 6 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 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] 99379 25 100 28 111 21 097 14 107 23 089 99379 92950 21 107 23 102 16 092 17 120 20 093 92950 87790 18 094 14 086 16 108 18 105 20 095 87790 83405 16 080 12 087 17 107 15 089 18 096 83405 79562 15 079 11 100 14 100 14 092 15 085 79562 76134 15 081 14 100 14 090 15 089 15 073 76134 73019 14 076 15 091 12 078 16 081 15 072 73019 70149 11 071 14 074 10 070 15 072 13 059 70149 67486 9 083 12 068 9 055 15 061 13 046 67486 64910 9 053 8 066 7 039 14 040 14 037 64910 62233 6 051 5 057 2 353 12 010 14 024 62233 59468 10 001 9 012 5 320 10 336 13 352 59468 56851 18 331 18 350 11 329 12 324 15 323 56851 54515 25 318 25 331 20 329 16 326 13 303 54515 52424 29 313 31 319 28 321 23 319 18 297 52424 50520 32 311 35 314 33 315 29 311 23 297 50520 48767 35 312 38 314 35 312 31 306 27 296 48767 47140 37 314 40 314 37 311 33 302 31 295 47140 45618 39 315 41 314 39 310 36 300 34 294 45618 44186 40 315 42 314 39 309 38 300 37 294 44186 42834 42 315 42 314 40 309 40 303 39 296 42834 41524 42 314 42 315 41 309 41 305 40 299 41524 40189 43 314 42 316 41 311 42 309 41 303 40189 38803 42 314 41 317 41 311 42 312 42 307 38803 37366 42 315 40 319 40 312 41 314 41 311 37366 35867 41 315 39 320 38 312 37 314 38 313 35867 34292 39 316 37 320 36 313 32 313 34 314 34292 32642 35 319 34 321 33 314 28 311 30 313 32642 30916 29 324 29 321 30 315 26 312 26 311 30916 29116 22 330 22 320 26 315 24 315 23 310 29116 27244 15 338 14 318 23 311 21 317 21 307 27244 25290 11 347 8 314 18 305 16 310 20 295 25290 23247 10 347 6 316 12 300 14 301 23 284 23247 21158 8 338 5 319 8 298 14*295 24 280 21158 19136 6 326 4 306 8 300 13*290 22 277 19136 17286 4 317 3 269 9*294 13 287 17 273 17286 15633 2 304 4 249 9*287 12 283 11 268 15633 14158 2 281 4 242 9 281 12 280 10 263 14158 12843 1 275 5 234 9 274 12 276 8 257 12843 11672 1 298 5 227 8 261 11 274 8 252 11672 10632 1 053 6*218 8 251 11 271 7 247 10632 9715 1 075 6*210 8 244 11 269 7 241 9715 8905 1 097 6 204 8 238 11 267 7 235 8905 8180 1 169 6 201 8 233 11 265 7 229 8180 7539 2 177 6 200 8 230 10 264 7 222 7539 7004 2*153 6 198 8 227 10 263 7 217 7004 6594 2*141 7 196 8 226 10 263 7 211 6594 6311 3 141 7 195 8 225 10 262 7 207 6311 6141 3 144 6 196 8 224 10 261 6*203 6141 6043 3 143 6 195 8 223 9 261 3*212 6043 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