DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.6 - - 64.8 - - 57.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 379 - - 98 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6412 - - 4291 - - 342 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 10935 - - 8580 - - 6554 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 12641 - - 10520 - - 6571 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2756 - - 2498 - - 3336 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 573 - - 320 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 18 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 233 - - 257 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -23 - - -12 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -862 - - -3076 - - -6421 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 13504 - - 13597 - - 12993 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3274 - - -6239 - - -11656 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15915 - - 16759 - - 18227 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 63 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.6 - - 64.8 - - 57.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.9 - - 27.9 - - 23.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 63.7 - - 58.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.5 - - 27.5 - - 23.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 379 - - 98 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6412 - - 4291 - - 342 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 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] 98608 21 273 24 275 25 261 98608 91248 25 271 21 281 19 273 91248 85536 15 258 19 269 14 282 85536 80774 8 251 16 278 15 281 80774 76663 8 287 6 291 12 282 76663 73034 9 279 10 307 8 311 73034 69763 10 236 11 284 14 319 69763 66769 3 271 9 246 16 277 66769 63994 9 265 9 273 5 226 63994 61301 11 269 16 240 11 226 61301 58495 21 273 13 247 17 266 58495 55588 38 266 38 259 40 257 55588 52804 44 239 47 249 54 248 52804 50289 48 246 53 249 57 244 50289 48029 56 252 57 250 55 249 48029 45973 65 251 63 247 59 252 45973 44088 73 248 74 245 66 249 44088 42356 78 247 83 244 74 242 42356 40756 84 248 88 244 79 236 40756 39270 93 249 91 244 82 234 39270 37884 100 247 94 243 85 234 37884 36565 100 245 95 242 88 235 36565 35249 99 244 96 242 91 236 35249 33909 96 244 95 242 91 237 33909 32547 90 244 91 242 89 239 32547 31154 83 243 86 241 88 240 31154 29720 77 241 82 239 86 240 29720 28248 75 238 78 237 84 240 28248 26744 74 237 74 235 81 240 26744 25215 72 237 72 234 76 238 25215 23665 69 238 69 234 72 236 23665 22088 66 236 67 235 70 231 22088 20469 65 236 65 236 68 226 20469 18835 63 236 62 237 64 224 18835 17269 56 235 55 236 55 225 17269 15843 47 231 45 229 46 227 15843 14567 39 226 37 220 36 225 14567 13420 33*226 29 217 25 218 13420 12383 29*227 23 223 14 214 12383 11446 26 229 18 241 7 224 11446 10599 25 231 18*249 8 261 10599 9836 25 232 18*252 10 276 9836 9147 24 234 18 255 12 281 9147 8517 24 235 18 257 14 284 8517 7948 23 236 18 258 15 285 7948 7464 22 237 18 259 15 285 7464 7087 21 238 17 259 13 285 7087 6824 20 239 17 260 10 281 6824 6663 18 239 15 261 7*275 6663 6571 14 240 11 262 4*272 6571 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