DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 Animas_CO 8800ft pt30207@37.366,-108.034,9098ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -1.0 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 - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.2 - - 61.2 - - 49.5 - - 43.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 412 - - 385 - - 101 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6772 - - 8276 - - 563 - - 563 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13862 - - 15053 - - 9346 - - 9346 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15572 - - 17076 - - 9363 - - 9363 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4999 - - 3709 - - 4629 - - 2237 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 615 - - 644 - - 173 - - 111 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 16 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 142 - - 170 - - 179 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 36 - - 51 - - 25 - - 15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 22 - - 1626 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15551 - - 15450 - - 9363 - - 9363 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1776 - - 12 - - -2043 - - -388 ODpotential blCL - - - 17348 - - 17064 - - 11406 - - 9751 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 94 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 120 - - 250 - - 470 - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.2 - - 61.2 - - 49.5 - - 43.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.5 - - 25.8 - - 40.6 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.8 - - 58.0 - - 47.7 - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.6 - - 25.0 - - 39.5 - - 41.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 412 - - 385 - - 101 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6772 - - 8276 - - 563 - - 563 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 85 - - 76 - - 93 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98424 17 111 18 108 15 107 16 082 98424 90961 9 128 11 059 15 092 14 081 90961 85236 10 109 8 057 13 052 15 078 85236 80499 9 102 13 075 13 060 14 073 80499 76416 10 081 11 082 13 076 9 065 76416 72803 3 056 6 100 7 064 3 117 72803 69537 5 163 5 248 6 023 8 081 69537 66518 6 161 10 222 4 289 6 030 66518 63710 2 221 8 203 9 246 5 244 63710 60992 8 245 10 223 13 251 9 251 60992 58158 10 244 14 238 18 249 16 272 58158 55215 15 243 17 246 17 246 20 259 55215 52411 18 244 17 249 16 253 17 246 52411 49893 19 247 18 250 20 252 14 246 49893 47639 20 248 19 245 22 240 15 246 47639 45604 19 247 18 237 22 231 20 238 45604 43758 25 226 18 227 23 222 23 219 43758 42076 28 207 23 216 21 204 20 197 42076 40531 25 203 25 201 22 183 24 186 40531 39103 32 199 27 195 33 174 35 178 39103 37772 34 192 44 199 45 166 43 161 37772 36508 26 200 45 196 40 167 43 141 36508 35251 26 207 45 194 39 169 40 132 35251 33976 30 210 43 193 37 168 38 132 33976 32686 32 211 40 191 35 167 38 142 32686 31372 30 211 33 187 35 167 40 153 31372 30030 26 211 25 180 37 168 42 164 30030 28665 20 216 16 169 39 169 45 174 28665 27281 16 215 17 152 37 170 45 177 27281 25883 16 201 22 138 40 172 44 178 25883 24478 16 188 25 142 40 172 43 180 24478 23063 21 175 27 157 36 170 41 178 23063 21635 26 176 27 163 32 166 41 171 21635 20216 28 178 25 165 30 161 40 164 20216 18872 28 178 23 165 27 159 36 163 18872 17655 25 173 22*165 27 158 33 163 17655 16567 21 165 19*167 26 159 31 165 16567 15583 18*157 18 168 25 161 30 167 15583 14686 16*154 17 168 24 166 29 168 14686 13864 14 147 16 169 24 171 29 167 13864 13111 13 142 16 170 24 174 28 164 13111 12423 12 140 16 171 22 175 27 159 12423 11794 12 139 16 171 19 176 25 151 11794 11209 12 139 16 171 17 177 24 148 11209 10677 12 138 15 171 14 179 23 145 10677 10219 12 138 15 171 12 179 20 140 10219 9859 11 138 15 171 11 180 18 136 9859 9607 11 138 14 171 11 179 15 133 9607 9452 10 139 13 172 10*180 13*132 9452 9363 9 140 11 171 8*179 8*130 9363 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