DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/26 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.4 - - 38.4 - - - - - 28.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 67 - - 91 - - - - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - - - - 561 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9345 - - 9345 - - - - - 9344 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9361 - - 9362 - - - - - 9361 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4456 - - 6394 - - - - - 1295 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 152 - - 169 - - - - - 26 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 12 - - - - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 224 - - 232 - - - - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 21 - - - - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - -308 - - - - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9361 - - 9670 - - - - - 9361 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -702 - - -2117 - - - - - -1650 ODpotential blCL - - - 10063 - - 11479 - - - - - 11011 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 99 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 320 - - 400 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.4 - - 38.4 - - - - - 28.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.1 - - 28.4 - - - - - 25.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.2 - - 36.9 - - - - - 28.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.3 - - 27.2 - - - - - 25.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 67 - - 91 - - - - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - - - - 561 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 96 - - 96 - - - - - 55 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] 97210 31 267 33 281 24 279 97210 89882 20 273 19 266 21 291 89882 84275 12 262 14 284 19 305 84275 79648 3 288 13 265 15 310 79648 75667 10 300 9 289 13 310 75667 72134 14 274 13 299 13 297 72134 68921 13 301 10 302 12 319 68921 65972 21 294 14 291 7 349 65972 63236 17 298 11 267 6 226 63236 60581 22 274 16 261 25 231 60581 57783 33 278 35 257 21 232 57783 54826 50 264 51 251 35 250 54826 51969 54 260 49 250 46 249 51969 49386 53 255 46 245 51 249 49386 47077 55 253 50 248 55 253 47077 44996 59 252 57 254 61 257 44996 43098 65 252 62 257 68 260 43098 41352 72 253 68 258 73 261 41352 39735 79 253 74 256 75 261 39735 38237 86 251 83 253 77 261 38237 36852 91 249 91 250 80 260 36852 35553 94 248 97 250 81 259 35553 34277 95 248 101 250 77 258 34277 33001 95 248 101 251 70 258 33001 31730 95 248 98 250 61 258 31730 30450 93 247 93 249 53 259 30450 29153 88 245 87 249 50 262 29153 27836 82 244 82 248 50 262 27836 26506 75 243 77 249 47 261 26506 25169 68 243 70 250 41 263 25169 23828 60 241 64 250 37 264 23828 22481 51 238 54 251 35 267 22481 21120 45 232 41 242 35 268 21120 19767 43 229 38 233 34 268 19767 18483 41 226 38 229 33 265 18483 17323 41 225 38 228 35 260 17323 16287 40 226 38 228 37 256 16287 15351 40 227 38 229 38 254 15351 14496 39 228 37 230 38 255 14496 13710 38 229 35 231 37 258 13710 12987 37 229 34 232 35 261 12987 12325 35 229 32 233 33 266 12325 11717 32 228 30 233 32 271 11717 11152 30 227 28 234 25 275 11152 10637 28 227 26 234 26 283 10637 10193 26 226 24 235 24 291 10193 9844 25 226 23 235 21 297 9844 9599 22 225 21 235 17 302 9599 9448 20*225 18*234 14*304 9448 9361 12*224 12*232 8*304 9361 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