DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/27 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 = 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 - - - 65.5 - - 70.8 - - - - - 59.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 468 - - 534 - - - - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8288 - - 10320 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15153 - - 16884 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17088 - - 19120 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2075 - - 1440 - - - - - 4350 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 688 - - 771 - - - - - 36 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 33 - - 38 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 235 - - 238 - - - - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 25 - - 24 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 44 - - 42 - - - - - 8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1461 - - 67 - - - - - -9831 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15628 - - 19054 - - - - - 19196 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1339 - - -4665 - - - - - -17098 ODpotential blCL - - - 18427 - - 23785 - - - - - 26462 blCL maxRH - - - 59 - - 48 - - - - - 27 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.5 - - 70.8 - - - - - 59.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.2 - - 19.3 - - - - - 8.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.3 - - 67.6 - - - - - 60.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.4 - - 18.5 - - - - - 7.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 468 - - 534 - - - - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8288 - - 10320 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 99184 35 107 32 114 25 087 99184 91662 35 103 26 098 24 073 91662 85856 28 106 25 103 20 094 85856 81045 25 110 22 109 23 088 81045 76926 22 106 20 105 18 086 76926 73287 17 101 18 111 18 090 73287 69988 11 081 13 105 12 095 69988 66953 3 320 2 130 7 076 66953 64130 9 174 2 186 3 234 64130 61404 6 192 12 228 1 236 61404 58580 8 249 12 236 9 277 58580 55689 23 233 19 259 23 274 55689 52977 21 247 29 242 18 251 52977 50545 31 257 36 238 24 234 50545 48347 44 252 41 244 37 263 48347 46361 51 249 45 256 47 267 46361 44561 56 259 56 260 41 262 44561 42894 62 266 54 265 46 266 42894 41333 60 270 62 280 50 266 41333 39868 60 275 67 282 54 262 39868 38496 60 276 67 279 58 260 38496 37192 61 272 65 272 61 260 37192 35894 61 267 66 267 62 260 35894 34577 61 263 68 265 63 261 34577 33248 62 262 70 266 63 261 33248 31896 63 263 71 267 62 260 31896 30517 64 264 71 268 62 258 30517 29114 63 265 71 268 62 258 29114 27693 61 265 68 267 62 260 27693 26259 59 264 65 263 61 261 26259 24819 55 256 60 255 59 262 24819 23370 53 247 56 248 57 261 23370 21908 52 244 53 245 54 257 21908 20458 51 243 49*242 48 253 20458 19088 50 242 42*237 44 247 19088 17851 45*240 41 237 41 243 17851 16746 41*238 40 237 39 244 16746 15746 38 236 40 237 38 247 15746 14832 35 235 39 238 38 250 14832 13994 34 234 39 238 38 251 13994 13223 33 234 38 239 38 250 13223 12517 32 234 38 239 39 249 12517 11870 32 234 37 239 39 248 11870 11269 31 234 37 240 38 246 11269 10719 30 234 36 239 37 245 10719 10248 29 234 35 239 34 243 10248 9876 28 234 33 240 30 242 9876 9616 26 234 31 239 23 242 9616 9456 23 233 27 239 17*241 9456 9364 16 231 18 237 9*242 9364 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