DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1333z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 68.9 - - 71.0 - - 69.2 - - 59.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 470 - - 489 - - 175 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6639 - - 9754 - - 564 - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13806 - - 16374 - - 9347 - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15439 - - 18554 - - 9364 - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4508 - - 2321 - - 10407 - - 3295 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 638 - - 735 - - 203 - - 18 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 7 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 19 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 247 - - 272 - - 287 - - 320 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 23 - - -31 - - -14 - - -24 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -886 - - 949 - - -10444 - - -8492 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16326 - - 17606 - - 19809 - - 17857 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3273 - - -1407 - - -13336 - - -13407 ODpotential blCL - - - 18712 - - 19961 - - 22700 - - 22771 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 84 - - 88 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 70 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 68.9 - - 71.0 - - 69.2 - - 59.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.6 - - 26.0 - - 14.7 - - 14.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.1 - - 67.4 - - 67.1 - - 63.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 25.0 - - 13.5 - - 14.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 470 - - 489 - - 175 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6639 - - 9754 - - 564 - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 50 - - 37 - - 52 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 2 - - 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] 98670 19 101 18 101 21 109 18 091 98670 91159 22 111 15 104 18 086 17 085 91159 85416 25 107 16 118 15 062 18 093 85416 80673 25 093 18 099 11 073 18 088 80673 76592 16 091 17 090 14 088 16 091 76592 72996 10 098 12 068 12 087 13 104 72996 69744 11 084 6 081 11 067 13 064 69744 66758 7 107 12 145 6 020 11 042 66758 63992 2 116 7 162 9 287 10 029 63992 61331 5 316 7 229 15 222 9 288 61331 58587 16 293 9 271 12 246 12 261 58587 55751 30 267 22 268 22 267 22 274 55751 53044 35 270 33 267 29 264 33 270 53044 50615 38 274 40 271 38 269 37 267 50615 48443 40 268 46 267 48 266 48 266 48443 46472 48 264 52 263 55 262 59 262 46472 44662 63 263 57 261 59 261 63 257 44662 42982 63 258 63 259 62 262 63 257 42982 41410 57 254 63 258 64 262 64 259 41410 39932 57 256 60 259 62 259 63 260 39932 38549 59 253 54 260 57 257 58 260 38549 37239 57 249 50 257 52 258 53 261 37239 35942 52 253 51 253 48 259 55 259 35942 34627 50 257 50 252 46 260 57 258 34627 33299 48 258 49 256 44 260 53 264 33299 31949 42 257 44 256 41 258 45 269 31949 30572 35 256 38 258 36 258 36 268 30572 29174 34 255 36 265 29 266 30 267 29174 27760 33 257 35 262 27 267 28 270 27760 26334 32 260 35 259 28 263 28 272 26334 24902 32 256 34 261 29 262 27 269 24902 23461 31 254 34 263 28 264 25 264 23461 22007 31 261 34 265 28 266 26 259 22007 20562 33 271 31 267 28 265 27 256 20562 19188 34 276 25*270 28 264 27 257 19188 17941 31 277 21*272 26 267 26 259 17941 16823 23 276 20 272 23 272 24 264 16823 15810 19*274 20 273 21 278 21 271 15810 14884 15*273 19 273 20 283 18 280 14884 14035 13 269 19 273 19 285 17 289 14035 13255 11 257 19 272 19 287 16 297 13255 12542 10 246 19 272 19 288 15 301 12542 11888 10 239 19 271 19 288 15 303 11888 11282 10 236 18 271 18 288 15 303 11282 10729 10 232 18 270 18 289 15 304 10729 10254 10 229 17 269 17 289 14 305 10254 9880 9 227 17 269 16 288 12 306 9880 9618 9 225 16 269 16 288 10 310 9618 9456 9 224 15 267 14*288 8*311 9456 9364 8 222 11 266 10*287 5*320 9364 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