DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 Driggs_ID 6229ft pt41635@43.809,-111.283,6348ft SPONSORED BY: Jack Burnham BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.4 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 - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.6 - - 54.2 - - 51.8 - - 44.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 197 - - 3 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3745 - - 6907 - - 341 - - 341 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8451 - - 11029 - - 6554 - - 6553 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9974 - - 13136 - - 6570 - - 6570 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3922 - - 3907 - - 8747 - - 5804 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 353 - - 482 - - 66 - - 35 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 27 - - 32 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 247 - - 252 - - 257 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 19 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -27 - - -26 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 198 - - 1403 - - -5051 - - -1995 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9776 - - 11733 - - 11621 - - 8566 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2468 - - -859 - - -6465 - - -4600 ODpotential blCL - - - 12442 - - 13995 - - 13035 - - 11170 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 86 - - 88 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 70 - - 100 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.6 - - 54.2 - - 51.8 - - 44.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.5 - - 25.4 - - 23.7 - - 29.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.5 - - 52.7 - - 51.6 - - 45.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.3 - - 24.3 - - 22.6 - - 28.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 197 - - 3 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3745 - - 6907 - - 341 - - 341 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 32 - - 43 - - 51 - - 73 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 96377 8 287 18 268 17 256 18 288 96377 89182 8 293 9 269 9 277 12 283 89182 83642 11 302 10 317 3 348 16 290 83642 79050 11 316 14 321 14 301 20 288 79050 75092 11 334 11 307 15 309 12 302 75092 71575 18 310 14 328 19 311 12 281 71575 68381 24 270 23 286 21 307 20 272 68381 65443 20 271 25 283 23 309 27 291 65443 62695 32 287 28 281 36 302 32 294 62695 60009 36 286 35 288 43 293 39 296 60009 57191 38 277 40 281 42 283 38 286 57191 54247 37 270 40 266 42 273 43 276 54247 51420 39 267 40 263 46 274 46 269 51420 48876 44 264 45 270 52 274 45 272 48876 46611 47 263 51 269 55 272 50 277 46611 44579 53 271 54 270 62 273 61 281 44579 42743 61 275 58 276 70 273 70 280 42743 41074 69 275 75 277 77 275 79 280 41074 39544 78 276 84 274 84 275 88 279 39544 38129 87 276 89 274 86 274 97 280 38129 36815 93 273 92 272 81 270 107 282 36815 35563 96 269 92 271 79 267 112 282 35563 34309 96 268 90 270 83 265 102 280 34309 33027 94 271 85 267 83 262 83 271 33027 31724 88 275 81 266 79 257 79 262 31724 30386 82 276 78 271 76 254 79 259 30386 29006 77 273 75 271 71 258 73 263 29006 27590 74 268 71 263 67 269 62 263 27590 26140 73 265 71 258 63 273 53 262 26140 24660 70 264 70 260 61 270 50 267 24660 23153 66 265 66 264 59 265 50 269 23153 21618 62 265 62 269 58 268 51 270 21618 20047 59 266 58 272 56 272 52 267 20047 18467 55 267 53 272 53 273 52 262 18467 16952 51 267 46 269 49 271 50 259 16952 15573 48 266 42 266 43 267 46 260 15573 14339 45 264 39 263 37 261 40 263 14339 13232 43 260 36*258 35 259 34 267 13232 12230 41 256 35*255 34 259 30 271 12230 11322 39 253 35 254 34 259 28 274 11322 10500 35*252 34 253 33 258 27 277 10500 9757 32*250 33 252 32 259 27 279 9757 9085 30 248 33 252 32 258 26 281 9085 8470 29 246 32 252 31 258 25 281 8470 7914 28 246 32 251 30 258 24 281 7914 7442 27 246 31 251 28 258 22 280 7442 7074 25 245 29 251 26 258 19 278 7074 6817 24 245 27 251 23 258 14 276 6817 6660 21 245 24 251 20 258 11*275 6660 6570 14 244 16 251 13*257 5*267 6570 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