DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/22 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 - - - 62.8 - - 67.0 - - - - - 57.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 487 - - 497 - - - - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6726 - - 9138 - - - - - 175 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10922 - - 12901 - - - - - 6026 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12594 - - 15006 - - - - - 6043 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1331 - - 1919 - - - - - 4387 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 629 - - 702 - - - - - 17 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 26 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 238 - - - - - 291 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 11 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 25 - - 21 - - - - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1828 - - -1813 - - - - - -10592 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14423 - - 16820 - - - - - 16636 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5287 - - -5039 - - - - - -14256 ODpotential blCL - - - 17881 - - 20045 - - - - - 20299 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 73 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.8 - - 67.0 - - - - - 57.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.2 - - 13.4 - - - - - 5.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.0 - - 64.3 - - - - - 58.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.7 - - 12.6 - - - - - 5.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 487 - - 497 - - - - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6726 - - 9138 - - - - - 175 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97421 44 265 42 288 30 294 97421 90069 33 275 31 279 33 292 90069 84415 24 276 25 284 32 308 84415 79722 24 280 21 293 25 308 79722 75690 20 295 16 284 21 309 75690 72137 16 307 10 279 18 319 72137 68923 15 303 9 307 14 290 68923 65967 12 312 14 294 7 288 65967 63216 14 290 16 284 10 274 63216 60539 18 287 17 282 13 249 60539 57747 15 277 18 271 16 276 57747 54848 13 296 15 284 25 287 54848 52065 21 290 17 270 40 286 52065 49544 24 289 14 274 44 277 49544 47273 30 291 35 289 43 270 47273 45205 44 272 51 271 49 274 45205 43315 50 265 63 268 64 275 43315 41589 65 269 71 268 77 272 41589 40008 83 271 82 270 82 271 40008 38552 89 271 91 269 91 275 38552 37206 89 271 93 267 98 273 37206 35925 89 272 91 264 95 269 35925 34644 87 271 89 263 91 266 34644 33332 82 269 87 263 88 262 33332 31997 78 264 84 263 85 259 31997 30627 75 261 80 262 81 258 30627 29215 73 259 78 261 76 258 29215 27764 71 258 76 260 71 258 27764 26276 70 257 72 259 65 258 26276 24756 67 255 67 258 58 256 24756 23207 63 253 61 257 51 253 23207 21624 59 251 57 254 45 250 21624 20002 55 250 53 253 40 250 20002 18365 50 249 49 252 36 247 18365 16795 46 248 46 250 33 240 16795 15365 43 247 36*244 32 238 15365 14082 39 246 29*238 31 240 14082 12928 29*240 28 238 31 245 12928 11885 23*233 27 238 31 253 11885 10939 21 227 27 238 31 262 10939 10085 20 226 26 238 30 271 10085 9316 20 225 26 239 30 279 9316 8623 19 224 25 239 29 286 8623 7989 19 223 25 239 29 289 7989 7419 18 222 24 239 29 290 7419 6935 18 222 24 239 27 290 6935 6558 17 221 23 239 23 290 6558 6296 17 221 22 239 18 291 6296 6135 16 221 21 239 15*291 6135 6043 14 220 18 239 9*291 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