DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 Driggs_ID 6229ft pt41635@43.809,-111.283,6348ft SPONSORED BY: Jack Burnham BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.4 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 6.8 - - 13.2 - - 12.0 - - 4.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 50 - - -5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 339 - - 339 - - 339 - - 339 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6551 - - 6551 - - 6551 - - 6551 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6568 - - 6568 - - 6568 - - 6568 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 633 - - 3230 - - 2598 - - 566 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 27 - - 111 - - 19 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 246 - - 291 - - 272 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - 2 - - -1 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3148 - - -1175 - - -279 - - -495 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9716 - - 7744 - - 6848 - - 7063 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8688 - - -3009 - - -2607 - - -4132 ODpotential blCL - - - 15256 - - 9577 - - 9175 - - 10700 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 88 - - 90 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 6.8 - - 13.2 - - 12.0 - - 4.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - -11.8 - - 2.9 - - 5.7 - - -2.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 8.4 - - 12.4 - - 13.3 - - 9.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - -12.8 - - 2.0 - - 5.3 - - 2.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 50 - - -5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 339 - - 339 - - 339 - - 339 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 29 - - 52 - - 61 - - 87 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 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] 93779 91 286 80 290 76 274 97 283 93779 87360 65 288 63 293 67 298 70 297 87360 82324 47 291 55 295 61 301 52 299 82324 78041 36 300 50 297 49 299 45 299 78041 74263 29 299 42 290 43 300 43 303 74263 70863 28 294 36 283 44 307 41 303 70863 67740 32 306 35 301 46 310 39 301 67740 64832 36 307 41 305 42 305 39 297 64832 62106 38 299 42 298 38 301 41 297 62106 59441 40 297 42 298 41 302 43 300 59441 56639 45 302 46 299 46 302 45 300 56639 53707 50 303 50 298 48 298 47 302 53707 50883 52 303 49 299 49 295 49 304 50883 48324 52 305 49 304 50 299 49 307 48324 46020 53 307 53 305 53 304 50 316 46020 43929 53 304 56 304 55 306 58 320 43929 42019 51 302 55 302 54 307 61 317 42019 40260 47 304 51 304 51 308 56 315 40260 38630 46 315 49 312 48 314 51 318 38630 37119 52 321 49 315 46 320 49 318 37119 35718 56 317 46 315 45 324 47 319 35718 34396 50 315 43 322 50 330 46 325 34396 33093 45 325 48 332 55 331 51 336 33093 31790 45 337 54 334 54 337 60 344 31790 30491 52 345 57 339 61 349 70 347 30491 29185 61 348 65 347 72 352 74 347 29185 27854 69 350 74 350 78 351 76 348 27854 26493 73 351 76 350 79 352 76 350 26493 25099 73 352 74 350 79 356 73 350 25099 23678 71 352 71 351 77 356 65 348 23678 22235 67 350 69 352 73 353 60 345 22235 20763 63 348 67 351 69 349 58 344 20763 19259 56 343 63 349 65 347 58 345 19259 17748 46 331 56 348 61 348 55 347 17748 16306 41 323 47 341 55 349 50 347 16306 15002 39 326 42 332 48 348 41 346 15002 13842 36 333 39 329 40 344 35 344 13842 12801 32 337 36 332 35 339 31 340 12801 11859 27 339 31 338 30 336 30 338 11859 11007 22 339 27 341 27 335 29 335 11007 10235 19 336 23 341 24 333 25 330 10235 9539 16 332 20 335 22 330 21 319 9539 8910 14 329 17 322 19 325 18 308 8910 8335 12 325 15 306 17 317 15 301 8335 7817 10 319 13 293 15 306 13 290 7817 7377 8 309 10 285 12 293 11 270 7377 7035 6 294 9 287 10 278 7 245 7035 6797 5 273 8 288 8 273 5 205 6797 6651 4*255 7*289 6*272 4*161 6651 6568 3*246 5*291 4*272 4*138 6568 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