DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.0 - - 70.4 - - - - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 430 - - 104 - - - - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5925 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13190 - - 9347 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14725 - - 9364 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3717 - - 6326 - - - - - 763 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 594 - - 183 - - - - - 63 W* B/S - - - 30 - - 37 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 1 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 334 - - - - - 034 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 27 - - 3 - - - - - -41 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 220 - - -1248 - - - - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14506 - - 10612 - - - - - 9364 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1526 - - -3773 - - - - - -4777 ODpotential blCL - - - 16251 - - 13137 - - - - - 14141 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 97 - - - - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 330 - - 2000 - - - - - 610 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.0 - - 70.4 - - - - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.4 - - 55.4 - - - - - 52.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.3 - - 68.5 - - - - - 62.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.1 - - 54.2 - - - - - 52.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 430 - - 104 - - - - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5925 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 54 - - 90 - - - - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 13 - - - - - 12 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] 99308 44 100 38 099 33 096 99308 91794 42 097 33 108 31 094 91794 86015 32 096 30 100 28 094 86015 81242 27 101 28 100 27 094 81242 77143 29 108 26 107 24 089 77143 73526 29 108 24 107 21 087 73526 70264 28 098 22 109 19 089 70264 67278 17 093 17 116 19 097 67278 64535 6 109 11 097 17 109 64535 61913 6 122 6 096 15 099 61913 59203 6 114 7 138 9 079 59203 56411 11 131 9 146 5 144 56411 53776 18 133 15 153 13 169 53776 51425 19 133 18 155 18 166 51425 49306 16 144 15 154 20 160 49306 47359 13 149 12 157 15 158 47359 45550 6 173 9 171 10 182 45550 43859 10 235 9 198 9 213 43859 42269 17 241 11 217 8 229 42269 40772 17 230 14 218 6 215 40772 39368 18 213 15 205 7 188 39368 38032 18 210 15 191 9 183 38032 36701 16 215 11 185 10 184 36701 35346 15 217 12 194 9 186 35346 33976 14 215 13 212 9 179 33976 32582 10 209 11 222 7 183 32582 31158 7 195 8 213 6 219 31158 29712 6 162 5 192 6 232 29712 28246 4 137 4 135 7 214 28246 26770 1 126 5 141 9 211 26770 25289 7 181 6 140 10 210 25289 23800 10 156 8 152 8 220 23800 22295 9 148 10 174 7 240 22295 20799 10 131 10 180 7 258 20799 19382 12 107 11 172 8 273 19382 18101 15 093 10 157 9 286 18101 16956 15 086 10 144 9 298 16956 15920 10 077 8 136 9 309 15920 14975 6*063 5 131 8 322 14975 14109 4*037 2 121 8 339 14109 13313 3 350 1 094 9 356 13313 12587 3 315 0 037 9 014 12587 11922 4 300 0 343 11 028 11922 11305 5 291 1 341 14 038 11305 10744 5 283 1 337 17 045 10744 10263 6 277 1 333 20 048 10263 9885 6 272 1 329 21 046 9885 9620 6 270 1 330 19 041 9620 9458 5 268 1*329 16*038 9458 9364 5 265 1*334 9*034 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