DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/21 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.5 - - 57.8 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 167 - - 175 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 563 - - 563 - - - - - 563 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9346 - - 9346 - - - - - 9346 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9363 - - 9363 - - - - - 9363 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5050 - - 6183 - - - - - 4143 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 206 - - 208 - - - - - 1 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 0 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 206 - - - - - 133 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 14 - - 17 - - - - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3363 - - -4096 - - - - - -4193 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12726 - - 13460 - - - - - 13557 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6691 - - -7035 - - - - - -10281 ODpotential blCL - - - 16054 - - 16398 - - - - - 19644 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 82 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.5 - - 57.8 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.3 - - 31.4 - - - - - 24.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.4 - - 55.6 - - - - - 55.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.1 - - 30.2 - - - - - 23.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 167 - - 175 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 563 - - 563 - - - - - 563 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 38 - - 29 - - - - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 98279 6 144 12 144 3 242 98279 90910 9 084 9 094 2 002 90910 85241 11 107 3 355 4 026 85241 80521 11 018 2 088 13 354 80521 76460 14 360 3 055 17 350 76460 72902 12 352 7 027 12 015 72902 69690 5 017 8 010 8 026 69690 66723 3 053 6 353 8 026 66723 63966 4 074 2 293 10 010 63966 61306 4 076 2 227 9 302 61306 58547 5 063 3 150 8 234 58547 55693 12 281 8 289 9 244 55693 52968 21 265 23 264 19 247 52968 50513 31 268 31 263 26 244 50513 48320 35 269 37 264 28 260 48320 46331 41 263 42 259 39 259 46331 44502 46 260 45 258 47 253 44502 42810 46 265 43 260 53 251 42810 41236 43 267 41 265 60 249 41236 39764 40 267 46 263 64 247 39764 38392 41 269 58 258 64 244 38392 37089 47 270 64 255 61 242 37089 35793 54 268 59 254 60 242 35793 34478 54 265 52 254 59 241 34478 33151 52 265 44 256 56 240 33151 31803 44 262 36 247 50 237 31803 30430 34 258 30 244 40 235 30430 29040 28 250 33 243 34 238 29040 27634 25 255 31 243 30 238 27634 26216 20 266 25 246 24 233 26216 24791 19 268 20 249 19 233 24791 23354 17 265 17 252 15 239 23354 21900 13 263 15 255 12 243 21900 20453 10 262 13 250 11 238 20453 19080 10 264 9 247 11 223 19080 17838 10 268 5 258 9 198 17838 16728 9 272 3 300 10 173 16728 15724 7 279 2 326 11 165 15724 14808 6 290 3 316 12 165 14808 13969 6 299 3 297 11 166 13969 13199 6 296 3 273 11 168 13199 12495 6 283 4 242 11 169 12495 11851 6 272 4 229 10 171 11851 11254 6 263 5 222 10 174 11254 10708 5 250 5 218 9 176 10708 10240 5 241 5 215 8 178 10240 9871 5 236 5 212 7 177 9871 9613 5 232 5 210 5 179 9613 9455 5*228 5*209 3*184 9455 9363 5*227 5*206 0*133 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