DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/15 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.3 - - 68.7 - - - - - 59.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 398 - - 440 - - - - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7460 - - 9817 - - - - - 563 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14402 - - 16375 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16260 - - 18617 - - - - - 9363 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4671 - - 3459 - - - - - 842 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 627 - - 711 - - - - - 23 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 17 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 307 - - 315 - - - - - 334 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 10 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -19 - - -37 - - - - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 787 - - 1949 - - - - - -7875 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15473 - - 16669 - - - - - 17239 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1048 - - -88 - - - - - -13024 ODpotential blCL - - - 17308 - - 18705 - - - - - 22387 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 83 - - - - - 33 maxRH CAPE - - - 210 - - 150 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.3 - - 68.7 - - - - - 59.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.9 - - 27.9 - - - - - 16.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.0 - - 65.1 - - - - - 61.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.3 - - 27.2 - - - - - 16.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 398 - - 440 - - - - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7460 - - 9817 - - - - - 563 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 26 - - 32 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 98712 25 099 20 103 29 070 98712 91228 20 095 24 088 20 080 91228 85492 15 087 17 097 16 089 85492 80748 17 091 17 093 13 082 80748 76664 15 097 15 067 11 077 76664 73054 14 084 12 088 13 061 73054 69787 13 045 10 059 15 056 69787 66795 12 037 6 050 17 049 66795 64027 8 048 8 061 14 047 64027 61364 4 046 6 348 18 002 61364 58617 5 358 11 312 26 324 58617 55779 21 321 19 298 30 298 55779 53057 36 304 28 286 32 288 53057 50594 44 297 39 288 37 285 50594 48378 51 282 47 285 40 283 48378 46365 62 273 54 280 40 284 46365 44522 68 267 58 276 39 288 44522 42828 70 264 60 275 38 293 42828 41257 68 263 61 274 34 296 41257 39793 63 266 59 276 31 305 39793 38430 59 269 59 280 30 312 38430 37139 59 273 60 284 25 319 37139 35858 59 275 58 287 21 331 35858 34558 60 278 47 296 21 345 34558 33244 56 282 30 313 21 348 33244 31907 48 289 22 344 21 345 31907 30541 43 298 24 359 19 342 30541 29151 39 307 26 001 16 345 29151 27742 37 312 27 359 15 351 27742 26319 35 312 27 358 15 351 26319 24887 32 313 24 354 17 349 24887 23446 28 315 24 346 17 348 23446 21990 26 313 22 341 18 340 21990 20543 22 316 19 340 22 330 20543 19170 21 319 18*336 24 321 19170 17927 20 320 18*331 24 315 17927 16813 18*319 17 325 23 313 16813 15803 18*318 18 322 22 316 15803 14879 17 316 18 319 22 320 14879 14031 16 312 18 316 23 325 14031 13252 15 310 18 313 23 328 13252 12540 15 307 18 311 23 330 12540 11887 14 305 18 309 23 331 11887 11281 14 302 17 307 22 332 11281 10727 14 299 17 305 22 331 10727 10253 13 297 17 304 20 331 10253 9879 12 295 16 302 18 331 9879 9617 12 294 15 301 15 332 9617 9456 11 293 14 301 11*333 9456 9363 9 291 11 299 6*334 9363 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