DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 Blanding_UT 5868ft pt30803@37.612,-109.420,5928ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 - - - 59.6 - - 64.0 - - - - - 54.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 481 - - 483 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6226 - - 9464 - - - - - 175 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10514 - - 13158 - - - - - 6026 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12094 - - 15332 - - - - - 6043 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3192 - - 1934 - - - - - 8729 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 611 - - 705 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 16 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 228 - - 247 - - - - - 265 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 8 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 16 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4134 - - -2355 - - - - - -11044 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16229 - - 17688 - - - - - 17088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7616 - - -5299 - - - - - -14643 ODpotential blCL - - - 19710 - - 20631 - - - - - 20686 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 78 - - - - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.6 - - 64.0 - - - - - 54.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.8 - - 6.3 - - - - - 1.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.8 - - 61.0 - - - - - 59.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.9 - - 5.1 - - - - - 0.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 481 - - 483 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6226 - - 9464 - - - - - 175 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 14 - - - - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 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] 97293 25 284 31 264 31 273 97293 89982 25 264 28 281 23 290 89982 84358 16 285 19 295 21 314 84358 79671 12 298 8 285 20 309 79671 75642 11 287 6 347 13 309 75642 72083 12 300 6 299 10 296 72083 68854 18 263 13 269 10 286 68854 65869 20 256 16 282 15 280 65869 63088 21 256 23 268 24 271 63088 60394 21 273 27 259 26 274 60394 57572 29 283 35 270 31 284 57572 54631 40 276 43 276 43 283 54631 51821 49 274 51 277 54 278 51821 49294 53 275 57 277 59 276 49294 47032 57 278 59 276 60 275 47032 44986 62 279 61 277 63 276 44986 43121 66 281 65 279 66 276 43121 41409 71 281 72 279 68 275 41409 39831 77 280 76 278 70 275 39831 38371 83 278 83 276 71 275 38371 37016 85 276 94 275 74 274 37016 35730 80 276 97 271 76 274 35730 34447 75 276 90 271 80 274 34447 33139 72 274 79 272 80 272 33139 31810 68 273 68 268 75 272 31810 30451 66 275 62 268 61 270 30451 29054 65 277 57 266 47 269 29054 27621 61 280 57 264 40 271 27621 26150 53 284 54 266 41 271 26150 24643 44 286 45 272 46 269 24643 23103 39 284 39 276 47 262 23103 21531 35 280 37 272 39 260 21531 19923 30 277 34 268 23 266 19923 18304 26 274 29 267 20 274 18304 16749 22 272 24*266 25 267 16749 15330 20 269 18*257 28 257 15330 14058 19 265 17 255 28 253 14058 12912 17*257 17 253 26 251 12912 11874 16*249 17 251 24 252 11874 10934 14 242 17 249 22 253 10934 10083 14 239 17 247 20 256 10083 9316 12 229 16 244 19 258 9316 8624 11 223 16 242 18 260 8624 7990 11 216 16 241 17 261 7990 7420 11 213 16 239 15 262 7420 6936 11 210 15 238 14 263 6936 6558 10 208 15 237 11 262 6558 6296 10 207 15 237 8 262 6296 6136 10 206 14 236 6*262 6136 6043 9 206 13 235 4*265 6043 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