DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/11 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 - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 44.2 - - 40.4 - - 46.9 - - 39.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 180 - - 141 - - 53 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - 562 - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9345 - - 9345 - - 9346 - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9362 - - 9362 - - 9362 - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 6093 - - 2427 - - 9513 - - 4177 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 210 - - 192 - - 140 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 202 - - 285 - - 253 - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 25 - - -17 - - 5 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -995 - - 0 - - -3142 - - -2661 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10357 - - 9362 - - 12504 - - 12023 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2694 - - -774 - - -5126 - - -6067 ODpotential blCL - - - 12056 - - 10136 - - 14488 - - 15429 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 95 - - 85 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 390 - - 310 - - 160 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 44.2 - - 40.4 - - 46.9 - - 39.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.3 - - 36.0 - - 24.7 - - 19.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.2 - - 38.5 - - 45.6 - - 42.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.1 - - 34.7 - - 23.8 - - 19.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 180 - - 141 - - 53 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 562 - - 562 - - 562 - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 76 - - 81 - - 39 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 97216 50 270 44 269 54 281 51 281 97216 89831 32 262 43 277 42 285 40 286 89831 84155 21 266 32 272 32 283 34 279 84155 79516 26 277 24 268 29 275 26 277 79516 75564 28 287 15 246 20 276 17 278 75564 72051 20 287 14 265 15 271 16 280 72051 68836 13 269 16 259 16 258 16 252 68836 65874 11 243 14 257 11 218 15 239 65874 63120 9 246 9 251 7 239 13 246 63120 60439 20 259 23 234 15 253 9 242 60439 57631 37 249 24 231 28 248 25 244 57631 54718 44 239 27 252 37 234 33 239 54718 51940 46 239 39 249 39 235 39 233 51940 49438 47 239 51 245 44 242 38 232 49438 47195 49 233 54 242 50 242 41 240 47195 45166 51 226 57 238 53 240 45 241 45166 43323 53 226 60 232 55 239 46 239 43323 41640 61 233 63 231 59 236 43 238 41640 40090 74 233 70 232 64 232 43 237 40090 38655 83 229 76 232 68 229 44 238 38655 37322 88 225 81 229 71 227 48 234 37322 36060 88 223 85 226 76 224 51 232 36060 34809 84 221 81 225 81 221 53 231 34809 33543 77 221 69 227 86 221 52 231 33543 32265 72 222 62 231 80 223 45 235 32265 30969 69 224 57 234 66 229 36 245 30969 29646 65 226 53 239 60 238 32 258 29646 28304 60 227 51 242 57 243 30 264 28304 26944 54 226 53 238 53 247 29 263 26944 25573 50 225 52 233 48 249 28 259 25573 24196 48 225 43 230 46 251 29 258 24196 22811 47 226 37 227 44 249 30 258 22811 21414 46 227 36 225 38 241 32 256 21414 20030 44 226 36 225 35 235 32 250 20030 18722 40 222 35 227 34 234 31 246 18722 17540 38 219 34 230 34 234 31 245 17540 16482 37 218 33 232 33 236 30 245 16482 15521 36 218 31 233 31 237 30 246 15521 14642 34 218 29 235 28 240 29 245 14642 13834 31 219 28 237 26 243 28 245 13834 13091 26 219 26 241 24 246 27 243 13091 12410 22 217 24 246 22 249 27 242 12410 11785 19 214 23 252 21 252 26 241 11785 11204 16 210 18 256 20 253 25 241 11204 10674 14 207 16 269 19 254 23 240 10674 10217 13 206 15 280 18 255 21 239 10217 9858 12 205 14 283 17 255 19 239 9858 9606 12 204 13 285 16 255 15 238 9606 9451 11*203 12*286 14*255 10*239 9451 9362 9*202 8*285 9*253 5*253 9362 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