DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 Durango_CO 6685ft pt29606@37.028,-107.768,6634ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 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 - - - 58.9 - - 61.8 - - - - - 51.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 516 - - 516 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9115 - - 9447 - - - - - 114 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13726 - - 14000 - - - - - 6782 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15800 - - 16132 - - - - - 6799 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1656 - - 1992 - - - - - 5921 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 715 - - 724 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 17 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 255 - - 258 - - - - - 294 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 6 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 4 - - -5 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1309 - - -2053 - - - - - -9409 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 17110 - - 18186 - - - - - 16208 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4391 - - -5033 - - - - - -13028 ODpotential blCL - - - 20191 - - 21165 - - - - - 19827 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 83 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 58.9 - - 61.8 - - - - - 51.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.8 - - 4.7 - - - - - 4.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.2 - - 59.1 - - - - - 55.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.1 - - 3.8 - - - - - 4.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 516 - - 516 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9115 - - 9447 - - - - - 114 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 31 - - - - - 33 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 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] 97317 21 279 35 260 29 270 97317 90004 30 267 25 276 26 288 90004 84387 22 280 18 292 19 305 84387 79695 7 302 11 283 19 321 79695 75641 11 310 7 313 17 299 75641 72080 12 289 7 309 12 290 72080 68865 16 293 14 312 13 287 68865 65893 19 278 21 279 14 279 65893 63122 23 264 25 257 21 284 63122 60433 25 256 25 252 30 278 60433 57625 27 282 31 268 30 282 57625 54693 43 283 44 274 41 283 54693 51884 55 279 54 277 55 277 51884 49359 62 276 62 277 61 273 49359 47101 64 275 66 276 63 275 47101 45055 64 277 66 277 66 275 45055 43188 66 278 69 280 68 276 43188 41478 70 279 76 281 72 278 41478 39905 78 279 81 280 75 278 39905 38450 84 278 87 278 79 277 38450 37102 86 277 95 279 84 276 37102 35823 80 278 97 275 90 276 35823 34548 75 279 93 275 93 277 34548 33249 72 275 84 277 94 276 33249 31930 67 273 73 273 88 276 31930 30580 64 275 66 273 78 275 30580 29194 63 276 60 270 68 273 29194 27779 62 280 56 268 56 269 27779 26336 57 283 53 270 48 269 26336 24861 50 286 48 276 52 267 24861 23358 42 288 42 279 53 264 23358 21826 36 282 39 277 47 262 21826 20264 31 274 36 274 36 263 20264 18699 26 269 32 270 30 259 18699 17204 20*262 27*265 26 253 17204 15841 17*261 19*258 24 254 15841 14619 16 262 18 258 24 258 14619 13514 15 262 17 257 23 260 13514 12512 14 260 17 258 22 261 12512 11601 14 257 17 258 21 264 11601 10773 12 250 17 258 20 267 10773 10024 11 248 17 258 18 271 10024 9347 11 247 17 258 17 276 9347 8724 11 246 17 258 16 281 8724 8162 11 245 17 258 15 286 8162 7684 10 244 16 258 14 290 7684 7310 10 244 16 258 13 293 7310 7050 10 243 15 258 10 294 7050 6890 9 244 15 258 7*295 6890 6799 9 243 13 258 4*294 6799 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