DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.1 - - 37.3 - - 33.8 - - 30.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 0 - - -5 - - -34 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 341 - - 341 - - 341 - - 340 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6553 - - 6553 - - 6553 - - 6553 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6570 - - 6570 - - 6570 - - 6569 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1168 - - 1975 - - 793 - - 215 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 51 - - 51 - - 45 - - 27 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 206 - - 213 - - 196 - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -9 - - -13 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2030 - - -1693 - - -1151 - - -1084 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8601 - - 8264 - - 7722 - - 7653 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8227 - - -6011 - - -7132 - - -8286 ODpotential blCL - - - 14797 - - 12581 - - 13702 - - 14855 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 89 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.1 - - 37.3 - - 33.8 - - 30.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.9 - - 24.3 - - 23.3 - - 20.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.2 - - 37.9 - - 36.4 - - 34.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.8 - - 23.2 - - 22.1 - - 19.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 0 - - -5 - - -34 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 341 - - 341 - - 341 - - 340 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 54 - - 71 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96892 22 103 16 093 22 079 18 073 96892 89694 17 087 14 106 10 051 20 043 89694 84078 9 066 9 076 3 338 11 021 84078 79382 6 062 4 044 8 343 10 321 79382 75328 2 022 5 336 13 345 13 318 75328 71741 4 308 12 281 22 340 12 329 71741 68485 7 331 13 282 24 323 21 324 68485 65482 11 317 7 303 20 301 24 311 65482 62710 22 296 21 306 21 307 20 293 62710 60051 29 284 29 292 19 302 16 300 60051 57283 41 294 33 297 26 306 27 307 57283 54395 54 294 52 297 44 299 46 299 54395 51631 59 288 60 291 60 292 51 293 51631 49142 58 289 63 293 64 292 62 299 49142 46917 67 294 71 297 81 293 78 298 46917 44932 91 289 90 293 93 287 94 293 44932 43155 100 286 96 287 99 288 103 287 43155 41533 95 287 92 285 114 289 102 288 41533 40027 97 289 93 288 111 289 103 293 40027 38617 101 290 95 290 107 295 103 296 38617 37292 103 290 95 291 107 297 104 296 37292 36020 101 290 95 290 102 297 105 295 36020 34743 97 290 93 288 98 295 104 294 34743 33436 92 290 93 287 94 293 104 294 33436 32103 87 290 93 286 91 289 103 294 32103 30735 83 291 94 287 93 283 101 293 30735 29323 82 291 96 288 99 280 98 291 29323 27871 84 290 94 289 99 281 94 288 27871 26382 84 287 88 289 93 284 89 286 26382 24861 81 283 82 287 87 287 85 285 24861 23320 75 280 78 283 84 286 78 286 23320 21751 67 280 73 279 80 284 73 285 21751 20143 59 279 66 278 75 280 72 283 20143 18524 53 275 59 277 68 278 73 281 18524 16980 49 271 54 276 61 277 71 278 16980 15580 44 270 52 274 54 276 66 276 15580 14333 40 270 49 273 50 276 59 277 14333 13213 35 267 42 271 47 278 51 277 13213 12203 31 260 36 265 44 278 45 277 12203 11291 28 255 33 256 41 273 39 277 11291 10466 28 250 31 250 36 261 36 272 10466 9724 28 245 31 247 32 248 34 264 9724 9055 27 240 30 241 31 239 31 254 9055 8444 25 236 29 233 30 234 29 244 8444 7894 24 232 26 227 31 227 28 236 7894 7427 21 225 23 222 30 218 28 226 7427 7063 17 216 19 219 26 211 25 216 7063 6811 13 213 16 218 20 206 20 207 6811 6658 10*210 13*217 16*203 15 200 6658 6569 5*206 6*213 8*196 8*195 6569 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