DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/27 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 - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 47.2 - - 49.3 - - 45.9 - - 39.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 590 - - 546 - - 156 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7158 - - 9214 - - 562 - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14314 - - 15978 - - 9345 - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15958 - - 18014 - - 9362 - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1702 - - 1923 - - 10334 - - 9723 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 705 - - 748 - - 194 - - 22 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 29 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 191 - - 209 - - 233 - - 250 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 70 - - 70 - - 22 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 53 - - 235 - - -7644 - - -5959 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15906 - - 17780 - - 17007 - - 15322 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3093 - - -1854 - - -9496 - - -8162 ODpotential blCL - - - 19051 - - 19868 - - 18858 - - 17524 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 92 - - 101 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.2 - - 49.3 - - 45.9 - - 39.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 10.0 - - 3.7 - - 4.0 - - 5.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.5 - - 45.9 - - 44.0 - - 39.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 9.4 - - 3.0 - - 3.6 - - 5.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 590 - - 546 - - 156 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7158 - - 9214 - - 562 - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 66 - - 104 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 1 - - 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] 97553 8 262 5 254 11 276 10 317 97553 90160 10 128 6 139 4 360 3 073 90160 84538 8 119 9 145 5 056 8 059 84538 79882 7 086 8 061 8 055 13 038 79882 75849 4 152 10 084 11 103 6 063 75849 72279 6 130 10 093 12 103 13 085 72279 69038 11 123 10 130 6 127 9 073 69038 66047 11 135 5 226 2 298 7 046 66047 63276 10 105 10 187 13 191 13 185 63276 60610 11 070 10 187 4 233 8 217 60610 57816 24 220 24 237 29 219 30 207 57816 54872 36 191 39 195 30 219 29 218 54872 52036 33 230 28 227 29 234 35 239 52036 49485 44 237 42 234 41 237 43 237 49485 47205 45 236 48 232 51 236 47 237 47205 45137 50 233 53 232 57 235 53 238 45137 43245 61 229 61 230 61 234 57 236 43245 41499 72 225 68 227 65 231 60 237 41499 39879 79 224 74 228 70 232 67 239 39879 38374 87 226 87 228 82 233 75 238 38374 36982 97 226 103 226 95 231 79 236 36982 35671 98 224 110 223 106 229 81 236 35671 34382 94 222 113 224 114 227 84 235 34382 33088 92 222 113 224 117 226 86 233 33088 31797 92 221 110 223 113 225 86 231 31797 30498 91 221 104 223 105 223 85 228 30498 29188 89 221 100 220 95 220 84 226 29188 27868 87 221 97 218 87 218 80 223 27868 26539 85 221 94 217 81 219 74 219 26539 25205 83 220 88 217 74 217 67 217 25205 23869 80 219 80 215 69 214 60 217 23869 22528 77 218 74 214 64 211 54 216 22528 21177 71 216 66 213 57 208 46 212 21177 19834 64 215 58 211 50 207 35 209 19834 18558 57 214 44*209 40 207 31 211 18558 17401 47 210 35*208 34 209 30 216 17401 16363 36*204 33 208 32 211 29 224 16363 15421 29*197 31 209 30 214 28 231 15421 14559 26 193 30 210 28 218 29 237 14559 13765 25 192 29 210 26 224 29 242 13765 13035 24 191 29 210 25 228 30 247 13035 12365 24 190 28 210 24 230 31 250 12365 11750 23 190 28 210 24 232 32 252 11750 11179 23 190 27 210 23 233 32 252 11179 10656 22 190 27 210 23 234 31 253 10656 10206 22 189 26 210 22 235 28 252 10206 9852 21 189 25 209 22 235 25 252 9852 9603 20 189 24 209 20 235 20 251 9603 9450 18 188 21 208 18*235 16*251 9450 9362 14 187 15 207 12*233 10*250 9362 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