DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 43.9 - - 49.4 - - - - - 40.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 388 - - 502 - - - - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5642 - - 8507 - - - - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12931 - - 15359 - - - - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14442 - - 17307 - - - - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2383 - - 2713 - - - - - 5711 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 568 - - 708 - - - - - 19 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 20 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 231 - - 222 - - - - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 14 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 30 - - 38 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1980 - - 1414 - - - - - -5813 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12462 - - 15894 - - - - - 15175 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 93 - - -374 - - - - - -9169 ODpotential blCL - - - 14349 - - 17681 - - - - - 18531 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 70 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.9 - - 49.4 - - - - - 40.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.9 - - 12.3 - - - - - 7.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 40.9 - - 45.9 - - - - - 42.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.1 - - 11.6 - - - - - 7.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 388 - - 502 - - - - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5642 - - 8507 - - - - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 97224 39 289 47 281 63 284 97224 89885 42 276 46 281 43 288 89885 84266 38 273 37 276 29 293 84266 79620 29 276 24 277 22 278 79620 75632 21 271 21 280 21 276 75632 72084 18 259 17 274 15 260 72084 68847 17 244 16 265 11 279 68847 65863 15 239 15 230 10 252 65863 63088 21 225 24 259 15 251 63088 60369 28 233 35 238 23 268 60369 57529 38 234 32 235 34 254 57529 54602 39 235 35 245 36 235 54602 51808 48 238 41 246 36 230 51808 49296 56 233 49 245 45 242 49296 47069 55 235 60 240 60 247 47069 45079 57 239 59 238 65 247 45079 43272 56 242 54 250 67 251 43272 41610 55 252 61 263 73 256 41610 40067 58 262 66 266 82 257 40067 38626 61 267 69 265 88 256 38626 37282 64 267 72 261 88 253 37282 36006 61 260 76 258 86 251 36006 34740 55 249 79 257 86 250 34740 33461 57 241 80 258 87 250 33461 32173 60 240 78 257 87 250 32173 30867 59 243 72 255 84 250 30867 29536 54 246 67 252 78 249 29536 28189 49 246 63 249 70 246 28189 26833 45 245 60 247 62 243 26833 25472 43 244 58 246 56 240 25472 24109 44 244 56 245 53 239 24109 22740 43 244 53 243 49 238 22740 21361 41 242 50 240 45 236 21361 19992 37 237 42 235 41 232 19992 18693 34 234 34 230 38 227 18693 17515 29 234 29*228 36 223 17515 16459 25 236 25*226 35 224 16459 15502 23 237 24 225 34 228 15502 14627 22*237 23 224 34 231 14627 13822 20*235 21 223 34 234 13822 13081 19 233 20 221 34 236 13081 12402 18 232 19 221 34 238 12402 11779 17 231 19 220 34 239 11779 11200 17 230 18 219 33 240 11200 10671 16 229 17 218 32 241 10671 10215 16 229 17 218 29 241 10215 9857 15 227 16 217 25 241 9857 9606 14 227 15 216 20 241 9606 9451 13 226 14 216 14*241 9451 9362 10 224 11 214 6*244 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