DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - 51.2 - - 55.5 - - 54.8 - - 44.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 142 - - 191 - - 29 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3276 - - 6175 - - 342 - - 341 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8141 - - 10452 - - 6554 - - 6554 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9505 - - 12404 - - 6571 - - 6570 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2868 - - 2572 - - 7880 - - 136 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 345 - - 462 - - 100 - - 36 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 26 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 249 - - 250 - - 247 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -17 - - -22 - - -6 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -565 - - 1251 - - -4702 - - -2006 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10070 - - 11153 - - 11273 - - 8576 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4170 - - -1074 - - -6396 - - -6327 ODpotential blCL - - - 13675 - - 13478 - - 12967 - - 12897 blCL maxRH - - - 80 - - 83 - - 76 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.2 - - 55.5 - - 54.8 - - 44.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.9 - - 29.4 - - 28.2 - - 30.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.9 - - 54.2 - - 54.2 - - 48.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.7 - - 28.2 - - 27.1 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 142 - - 191 - - 29 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3276 - - 6175 - - 342 - - 341 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 22 - - 32 - - 4 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96300 12 300 11 284 9 253 15 268 96300 89071 8 314 4 325 8 261 16 300 89071 83555 4 301 17 297 12 331 8 346 83555 78974 7 307 16 295 17 314 14 343 78974 75020 15 293 12 310 17 289 22 316 75020 71542 17 281 20 308 19 304 18 312 71542 68378 20 287 21 294 23 295 20 310 68378 65446 20 275 18 277 23 280 26 297 65446 62719 19 266 17 281 16 282 25 284 62719 60068 24 275 29 290 29 289 26 273 60068 57280 36 276 39 273 38 274 25 270 57280 54347 44 269 44 266 43 275 31 281 54347 51526 49 268 52 264 49 276 44 283 51526 49005 53 268 55 260 54 273 54 280 49005 46781 55 268 55 260 62 269 61 275 46781 44796 59 268 59 264 65 263 65 267 44796 43007 63 264 61 266 65 263 68 260 43007 41379 66 262 63 269 64 264 70 258 41379 39877 69 266 65 270 63 268 72 260 39877 38474 71 270 67 270 66 271 72 261 38474 37158 69 273 66 270 66 271 69 261 37158 35898 65 273 64 270 64 271 66 262 35898 34636 61 274 61 272 62 270 63 264 34636 33344 58 274 60 274 62 269 61 267 33344 32027 56 271 60 273 62 267 60 269 32027 30675 55 267 59 270 61 265 59 271 30675 29282 52 263 59 267 59 264 59 272 29282 27851 48 262 59 266 58 264 60 271 27851 26387 45 263 56 267 57 267 60 271 26387 24890 42 264 53 266 54 268 59 271 24890 23366 40 265 51 263 52 268 57 272 23366 21810 39 266 50 261 50 269 54 272 21810 20218 40 266 48 260 49 271 49 271 20218 18617 40 263 45 261 48 271 46 270 18617 17085 39 261 41 263 44 272 42 270 17085 15692 37 260 38 265 39 271 39 269 15692 14443 35 262 33 262 33 265 37 268 14443 13319 34 265 29*257 30 257 35 265 13319 12303 32 266 28*254 29 254 33 261 12303 11381 29 264 28 252 29 252 30 259 11381 10547 25 260 28 251 29 252 27 259 10547 9794 23*254 27 251 29 251 27 258 9794 9114 22*252 27 250 28 250 27 256 9114 8491 22 250 26 249 28 249 27 254 8491 7929 21 249 26 249 27 249 27 252 7929 7452 21 248 25 249 26 249 25 249 7452 7079 19 248 23 248 24 248 21 245 7079 6820 18 248 22 248 22 248 16 237 6820 6661 16 247 19 248 19*248 11*226 6661 6570 11 247 14 248 12*247 6*213 6570 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