DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/22 Durango_CO 6685ft pt29606@37.028,-107.768,6634ft 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 - - - 63.7 - - 67.1 - - - - - 56.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 502 - - 505 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6635 - - 9616 - - - - - 114 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11686 - - 14129 - - - - - 6782 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13320 - - 16301 - - - - - 6799 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1958 - - 1756 - - - - - 801 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 637 - - 723 - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 24 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 251 - - 252 - - - - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 11 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4797 - - -1772 - - - - - -8870 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 18118 - - 18074 - - - - - 15669 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9166 - - -5328 - - - - - -11896 ODpotential blCL - - - 22486 - - 21629 - - - - - 18695 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 66 - - - - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.7 - - 67.1 - - - - - 56.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 7.3 - - 10.6 - - - - - 11.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.1 - - 64.5 - - - - - 58.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.5 - - 9.7 - - - - - 11.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 502 - - 505 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6635 - - 9616 - - - - - 114 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 2 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] 97430 55 266 46 285 32 292 97430 90087 31 269 35 285 38 291 90087 84433 20 287 26 281 32 299 84433 79740 24 284 19 277 21 304 79740 75705 20 290 15 289 24 317 75705 72145 16 308 16 305 19 313 72145 68929 15 299 12 302 12 303 68929 65981 12 312 11 321 9 292 65981 63232 19 300 17 303 9 304 63232 60561 17 307 16 273 14 279 60561 57768 18 317 12 287 10 292 57768 54867 28 275 28 271 27 293 54867 52101 35 264 31 268 36 293 52101 49603 41 275 36 277 42 278 49603 47354 50 274 48 275 44 275 47354 45305 54 268 51 272 52 277 45305 43431 56 268 57 272 67 275 43431 41721 63 273 67 274 75 272 41721 40154 78 275 77 274 76 272 40154 38708 82 274 82 272 79 275 38708 37365 78 275 83 270 82 274 37365 36088 74 276 82 269 78 268 36088 34813 70 274 79 268 75 263 34813 33511 67 270 74 266 73 260 33511 32188 65 268 71 264 71 257 32188 30832 63 267 70 262 71 257 30832 29436 60 265 69 262 71 258 29436 28003 56 263 67 262 71 259 28003 26535 54 259 64 262 69 258 26535 25038 52 255 60 261 66 256 25038 23518 50 253 55 259 61 253 23518 21973 47 251 50 256 53 251 21973 20398 44 251 47 254 42 246 20398 18818 41 251 44 253 31 244 18818 17307 37 251 38*251 28 253 17307 15930 35 249 27*248 29 256 15930 14694 32 249 26 248 30 257 14694 13578 26*250 26 249 30 259 13578 12566 22*250 25 250 30 260 12566 11645 20 250 25 251 30 262 11645 10809 19 251 24 253 30 263 10809 10054 19 251 24 254 30 264 10054 9369 18 251 24 255 30 264 9369 8741 18 251 23 255 30 263 8741 8174 18 251 23 256 28 261 8174 7691 17 251 22 257 26 259 7691 7314 17 251 21 257 23 257 7314 7052 16 251 21 257 17 253 7052 6891 15 251 19 257 14*251 6891 6799 13 251 17 257 7*248 6799 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