DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - 53.8 - - 56.1 - - - - - 47.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 425 - - 420 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6941 - - 10294 - - - - - 563 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14010 - - 16743 - - - - - 9346 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15741 - - 19094 - - - - - 9363 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2935 - - 2235 - - - - - 8353 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 626 - - 711 - - - - - 22 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 16 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 189 - - 202 - - - - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 10 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 41 - - 43 - - - - - 12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -74 - - 2312 - - - - - -5240 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15816 - - 16783 - - - - - 14604 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1804 - - 189 - - - - - -7862 ODpotential blCL - - - 17545 - - 18905 - - - - - 17225 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 78 - - - - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - - - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 53.8 - - 56.1 - - - - - 47.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.1 - - 15.0 - - - - - 16.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.4 - - 52.9 - - - - - 47.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.3 - - 14.2 - - - - - 15.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 425 - - 420 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6941 - - 10294 - - - - - 563 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 51 - - 14 - - - - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97223 39 260 44 251 42 279 97223 89836 29 259 35 270 42 275 89836 84226 24 275 29 284 34 273 84226 79606 25 281 25 284 28 281 79606 75626 26 278 27 267 24 291 75626 72100 26 277 27 263 22 297 72100 68898 25 271 26 266 21 286 68898 65949 22 263 20 270 17 278 65949 63197 19 265 22 258 16 264 63197 60520 20 268 17 245 26 251 60520 57722 30 270 24 260 29 256 57722 54810 41 257 32 260 32 258 54810 52020 46 259 38 260 39 250 52020 49513 46 258 47 252 47 248 49513 47278 44 256 49 248 47 247 47278 45260 49 252 49 246 49 246 45260 43427 51 245 50 243 57 242 43427 41757 50 245 52 240 61 235 41757 40224 54 243 57 237 59 228 40224 38804 53 239 58 230 58 227 38804 37483 48 237 53 228 58 229 37483 36230 48 234 51 230 57 229 36230 34984 49 232 51 231 54 230 34984 33720 48 232 48 232 49 231 33720 32443 44 231 45 233 44 229 32443 31147 39 230 41 232 41 227 31147 29823 34 229 39 231 44 226 29823 28477 28 228 37 231 46 221 28477 27112 25 228 37 230 43 213 27112 25736 25 226 37 229 38 208 25736 24353 27 225 35 227 32 212 24353 22962 29 227 33 222 26 215 22962 21558 28 232 28 217 21 215 21558 20161 27 234 22*212 19 213 20161 18837 27 219 20*210 17 212 18837 17638 28 205 18 206 17 213 17638 16564 26*200 17 205 17 212 16564 15591 23*200 17 204 18 210 15591 14701 20 199 16 203 18 207 14701 13882 17 196 16 202 19 203 13882 13129 15 192 16 201 20 199 13129 12441 13 185 15 200 21 195 12441 11809 13 182 15 199 22 191 11809 11222 13 181 15 198 22 188 11222 10686 13 179 15 197 21 186 10686 10225 12 178 14 197 19 186 10225 9863 12 177 14 196 17 188 9863 9609 12 176 13 196 14 191 9609 9453 11 176 13 196 10*195 9453 9363 9 175 10 194 4*201 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