DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - - 33.1 - - 37.3 - - 32.4 - - 29.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 88 - - 43 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9345 - - 9345 - - 9345 - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9362 - - 9362 - - 9361 - - 9361 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2761 - - 4718 - - 2661 - - 1251 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 154 - - 162 - - 127 - - 45 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 129 - - 182 - - 216 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 30 - - 13 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1 - - -1334 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9362 - - 10696 - - 9361 - - 9361 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -754 - - -3182 - - -660 - - -987 ODpotential blCL - - - 10116 - - 12544 - - 10021 - - 10348 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.1 - - 37.3 - - 32.4 - - 29.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.5 - - 23.2 - - 29.0 - - 27.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.6 - - 35.8 - - 31.0 - - 29.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.4 - - 22.5 - - 28.8 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 88 - - 43 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 85 - - 100 - - 101 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 96469 23 085 25 072 22 106 15 079 96469 89412 25 091 24 091 20 103 18 074 89412 83908 16 100 16 099 14 086 12 078 83908 79316 11 105 11 099 11 080 12 070 79316 75342 7 072 9 068 9 126 3 036 75342 71819 2 289 3 290 4 357 5 023 71819 68624 4 058 4 245 8 258 12 312 68624 65693 4 312 12 271 9 258 11 285 65693 62966 11 288 14 273 14 272 16 275 62966 60306 22 287 21 266 22 269 21 265 60306 57512 30 261 27 260 24 267 23 272 57512 54597 43 252 37 259 29 273 29 283 54597 51817 48 250 43 252 35 276 35 285 51817 49315 49 247 42 249 37 275 39 281 49315 47063 50 247 43 254 39 271 42 277 47063 45006 54 247 49 253 42 266 43 273 45006 43115 60 246 57 245 44 263 44 271 43115 41367 72 244 60 239 46 258 45 267 41367 39748 85 240 64 237 50 250 44 262 39748 38252 92 238 70 237 51 246 46 256 38252 36880 103 236 79 234 53 245 49 242 36880 35600 113 233 87 234 61 237 47 238 35600 34340 113 231 92 235 64 232 44 239 34340 33076 106 229 93 233 71 228 41 231 33076 31816 99 228 75 225 73 224 37 223 31816 30549 93 228 67 220 72 220 40 227 30549 29259 86 229 67 223 64 218 38 220 29259 27950 75 228 69 233 61 223 38 217 27950 26622 67 227 67 239 57 228 38 217 26622 25280 63 228 53 242 52 227 38 220 25280 23932 56 229 40 240 50 224 34 221 23932 22577 49 229 35 235 49 227 32 223 22577 21207 43 232 32 234 42 230 32 232 21207 19843 38 238 30 228 28 225 27 232 19843 18549 37 239 31 221 18 218 21 227 18549 17378 37 234 31 220 14 222 16 224 17378 16332 36 227 30 220 14 233 12 232 16332 15386 34 221 29 219 14 240 11 246 15386 14521 31 213 24 212 14 243 9 256 14521 13728 28 204 19 200 12 240 7 274 13728 12999 26 194 17 190 10 234 7 291 12999 12333 22 185 16 186 9 231 8 289 12333 11722 19 173 15 184 9 229 7 290 11722 11155 16 160 15 183 9 227 7 294 11155 10637 14 146 14 183 9 225 6 300 10637 10193 13 136 14 183 9 223 6 304 10193 9844 12 132 14 182 8 221 5 304 9844 9599 11 130 13 182 8 219 4 306 9599 9448 10*130 12*182 7*218 3*306 9448 9361 8*129 9*182 5*216 3*310 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