DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/23 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1902z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 327 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - - - - 6539 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - - - - 6556 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - - - - 180 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - - - - 161 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - - - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 6556 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - - - - -3033 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 9589 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - - - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 26.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 31.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 327 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 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] 96650 35 025 96650 89634 26 017 89634 84093 14 011 84093 79447 7 349 79447 75426 5 313 75426 71861 5 306 71861 68603 8 275 68603 65594 15 269 65594 62799 13 259 62799 60081 24 251 60081 57248 22 232 57248 54304 16 238 54304 51481 17 233 51481 48934 14 256 48934 46643 25 267 46643 44571 36 256 44571 42695 37 246 42695 40982 29 238 40982 39406 22 234 39406 37951 15 230 37951 36608 11 224 36608 35338 8 232 35338 34076 17 249 34076 32798 30 241 32798 31506 32 239 31506 30186 29 243 30186 28825 27 245 28825 27426 25 238 27426 25990 21 232 25990 24521 11 224 24521 23023 4 238 23023 21492 4 033 21492 19920 4 080 19920 18336 1 320 18336 16822 3 297 16822 15450 3 292 15450 14226 2 302 14226 13125 1 354 13125 12132 2 024 12132 11232 2 031 11232 10417 3 034 10417 9684 3 048 9684 9021 3 055 9021 8416 2 079 8416 7871 3 115 7871 7408 5 134 7408 7048 6 143 7048 6797 7 148 6797 6644 7*154 6644 6556 6*161 6556 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