DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/23 Blanding_UT 5868ft pt30803@37.612,-109.420,5928ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 0655z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 54.6 - - 64.6 - - 70.1 - - 69.1 - - 58.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 81 - - 449 - - 478 - - 146 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 815 - - 3727 - - 9746 - - 9634 - - 175 BL Depth Hcrit 6026 - - 8497 - - 13382 - - 12532 - - 6027 Hcrit BL Top 6683 - - 9595 - - 15614 - - 15502 - - 6043 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 761 - - 5843 - - 2030 - - 2571 - - 468 Hgt.Variab. W* 172 - - 503 - - 708 - - 476 - - 9 W* B/S 7 - - 9 - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 14 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 117 - - 177 - - 203 - - 231 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 8 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 6 - - 16 - - 18 - - 16 - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -8394 - - -6045 - - -2154 - - -2710 - - -10648 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 15078 - - 15641 - - 17769 - - 18213 - - 16691 sfcLCL ODpotential -13471 - - -9047 - - -4921 - - -5179 - - -14910 ODpotential blCL 20154 - - 18642 - - 20535 - - 20681 - - 20953 blCL maxRH 70 - - 66 - - 62 - - 57 - - 59 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 54.6 - - 64.6 - - 70.1 - - 69.1 - - 58.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 9.9 - - 16.5 - - 12.1 - - 9.3 - - 6.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.7 - - 61.7 - - 67.0 - - 67.7 - - 62.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 9.6 - - 16.1 - - 11.4 - - 8.9 - - 6.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 81 - - 449 - - 478 - - 146 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 815 - - 3727 - - 9746 - - 9634 - - 175 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97551 6 059 1 176 2 340 4 241 7 309 97551 90163 10 087 5 225 7 013 10 052 9 108 90163 84502 3 006 7 173 5 297 9 328 11 058 84502 79812 4 127 7 184 5 224 6 324 5 332 79812 75766 10 112 5 261 7 177 1 244 3 272 75766 72182 8 159 7 286 7 238 7 309 1 100 72182 68926 6 239 7 234 19 240 15 289 12 323 68926 65941 11 280 5 253 13 243 21 262 24 276 65941 63189 29 285 16 294 8 277 19 250 25 262 63189 60510 36 268 29 281 20 290 20 271 26 275 60510 57692 37 264 38 265 33 268 32 263 32 262 57692 54756 40 263 44 264 43 261 38 262 33 260 54756 51950 45 264 47 262 49 263 43 268 36 264 51950 49426 51 266 50 259 52 262 47 266 43 266 49426 47170 55 265 52 257 53 258 53 260 48 260 47170 45129 56 262 54 256 53 256 53 255 47 255 45129 43269 55 263 56 256 56 257 51 256 45 254 43269 41567 56 265 59 256 60 255 51 258 45 254 41567 40003 58 265 59 255 60 249 53 254 46 252 40003 38557 56 263 56 255 56 244 54 249 45 248 38557 37216 50 260 54 253 51 243 51 244 44 245 37216 35942 47 257 53 251 49 245 46 242 41 241 35942 34670 46 255 52 249 47 245 43 242 39 240 34670 33370 46 254 51 246 44 245 40 242 36 235 33370 32050 46 251 48 246 42 244 38 242 32 230 32050 30698 41 243 42 246 39 245 34 242 30 227 30698 29304 35 235 35 242 34 246 32 241 29 226 29304 27868 33 237 30 240 30 241 30 238 28 228 27868 26392 32 241 28 243 26 237 26 235 26 232 26392 24879 29 242 28 246 22 241 22 236 22 233 24879 23333 26 244 27 243 20 243 20 241 18 227 23333 21747 22 245 24 238 19 237 18 240 17 226 21747 20115 18 242 20 235 19 227 17 232 18 225 20115 18467 20 243 17 229 18 215 16 229 18 217 18467 16887 26 233 17 228 17*201 14*234 12 210 16887 15449 21 218 20 204 17*197 14*236 9 210 15449 14159 18 210 18 199 16 198 13 236 12 216 14159 12997 16 204 17 195 16 198 13 236 14 221 12997 11946 12 198 18 183 15 200 13 235 16 227 11946 10993 8 197 19 175 14 203 13 234 18 232 10993 10131 6 206 18*174 13 205 13 232 19 235 10131 9354 4 217 15*174 13 206 12 230 20 239 9354 8653 4 207 12 176 12 208 12 228 20 242 8653 8013 4 174 10 178 12 209 12 226 21 245 8013 7435 6 156 9 178 12 210 12 224 21 247 7435 6945 7*149 9 179 11 210 11 222 20 247 6945 6564 5*133 8 179 11 210 11 221 18 246 6564 6299 4 113 8 179 11 211 11 221 15 242 6299 6137 4 109 8 178 10 211 10 221 12*241 6137 6043 4 108 7 179 10 210 9 220 6*241 6043 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