DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - 0954z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 29.7 - - 32.1 - - 32.7 - - 27.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 176 - - 159 - - 83 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9344 - - 9345 - - 9344 - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9361 - - 9362 - - 9361 - - 9361 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 7257 - - 6733 - - 6127 - - 2671 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 206 - - 200 - - 161 - - 22 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 9 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 230 - - 241 - - 269 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 19 - - 12 - - -5 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - -161 - - -693 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9361 - - 9523 - - 10054 - - 9361 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1262 - - -1698 - - -2493 - - -1651 ODpotential blCL - - - 10623 - - 11060 - - 11854 - - 11012 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 101 - - 80 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 40 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 29.7 - - 32.1 - - 32.7 - - 27.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.5 - - 23.2 - - 21.5 - - 24.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.7 - - 30.2 - - 31.2 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.4 - - 22.0 - - 20.5 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 176 - - 159 - - 83 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 97 - - 105 - - 19 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 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 43 294 61 295 54 297 56 294 97210 89884 46 298 50 295 49 305 43 299 89884 84254 41 289 35 295 45 309 39 306 84254 79581 34 273 33 289 38 292 34 300 79581 75557 29 264 36 277 31 269 35 269 75557 72010 14 249 28 261 27 247 31 246 72010 68785 4 225 19 216 21 207 24 226 68785 65788 17 246 18 208 25 228 28 240 65788 62996 37 235 35 232 41 237 34 239 62996 60287 41 226 43 225 45 228 38 235 60287 57459 36 234 38 225 41 225 38 231 57459 54519 36 244 36 239 37 233 38 239 54519 51721 40 242 39 242 40 237 42 242 51721 49210 45 239 43 240 43 240 39 242 49210 46957 52 238 49 241 44 246 38 249 46957 44908 56 236 54 241 47 249 44 248 44908 43032 53 238 55 237 47 248 49 240 43032 41303 55 242 52 236 45 245 50 236 41303 39700 63 239 52 240 47 244 50 238 39700 38214 70 234 60 242 53 244 50 239 38214 36840 76 231 71 240 62 242 47 240 36840 35548 79 230 81 236 70 239 47 240 35548 34276 82 230 88 234 77 236 52 238 34276 32999 87 231 93 235 82 235 54 239 32999 31724 92 232 96 235 82 235 49 241 31724 30442 97 232 97 236 77 236 38 244 30442 29147 99 232 96 237 67 238 26 259 29147 27844 101 233 90 237 53 241 22 284 27844 26525 98 233 79 237 39 260 22 305 26525 25194 91 233 64 242 34 281 25 315 25194 23854 81 232 51 250 35 288 28 316 23854 22504 72 232 43 256 33 285 27 319 22504 21140 64 234 40 258 30 276 22 323 21140 19785 50 235 38 260 33 269 17 332 19785 18499 38 237 32 258 31 270 13 332 18499 17335 32 238 28 254 25 276 11 314 17335 16294 29 238 26 251 22 280 12 302 16294 15352 26 239 24 247 20 278 14 299 15352 14493 23 239 23 245 20 274 17 297 14493 13706 21 240 21 243 20 271 19 297 13706 12983 20 240 19 242 19 268 20 297 12983 12321 19 239 18 242 18 267 20 296 12321 11714 18 238 17 243 17 267 19 295 11714 11150 17 236 16 243 16 268 19 294 11150 10635 15 234 16 243 15 269 18 294 10635 10192 15 234 15 244 14 270 17 295 10192 9843 14 233 15 244 13 270 14 296 9843 9599 14 232 14 243 12 270 12 297 9599 9448 12*231 13*243 11*270 9*297 9448 9361 9*230 9*241 8*269 5*299 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