DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 64.5 - - 67.7 - - - - - 58.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 523 - - 509 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6665 - - 10385 - - - - - 563 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13867 - - 16916 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15465 - - 19185 - - - - - 9363 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2351 - - 2102 - - - - - 6757 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 662 - - 761 - - - - - 13 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 20 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 215 - - 224 - - - - - 267 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 17 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 40 - - 37 - - - - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1170 - - 986 - - - - - -7461 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16636 - - 18200 - - - - - 16825 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4886 - - -1783 - - - - - -11966 ODpotential blCL - - - 20351 - - 20968 - - - - - 21329 blCL maxRH - - - 52 - - 54 - - - - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 30 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.5 - - 67.7 - - - - - 58.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.9 - - 20.1 - - - - - 17.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.7 - - 64.0 - - - - - 61.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.8 - - 19.0 - - - - - 17.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 523 - - 509 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6665 - - 10385 - - - - - 563 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98663 16 134 20 112 18 095 98663 91169 19 075 22 098 12 074 91169 85452 22 085 20 104 19 101 85452 80737 20 124 15 112 20 089 80737 76683 24 114 16 120 17 115 76683 73103 21 098 15 119 18 114 73103 69855 12 131 12 133 8 120 69855 66871 7 174 8 164 7 166 66871 64117 18 188 19 185 7 223 64117 61453 21 181 17 176 14 217 61453 58672 18 219 23 203 10 229 58672 55786 37 234 32 226 35 238 55786 53035 49 231 43 226 53 222 53035 50549 56 235 53 229 54 220 50549 48311 70 239 69 236 64 234 48311 46280 80 238 86 237 81 239 46280 44421 83 236 89 235 91 238 44421 42703 76 235 84 236 88 235 42703 41109 66 237 72 236 75 234 41109 39628 60 240 60 238 62 239 39628 38256 54 238 46 241 53 241 38256 36961 47 240 36 244 46 241 36961 35681 43 244 33 248 39 242 35681 34387 41 245 33 250 34 244 34387 33081 40 244 30 251 31 248 33081 31752 40 244 27 253 30 248 31752 30393 40 246 24 252 29 242 30393 29013 42 246 20 242 34 236 29013 27619 45 243 23 246 41 231 27619 26216 45 238 37 246 41 226 26216 24804 45 236 44 241 39 225 24804 23380 44 235 45 240 37 224 23380 21938 42 235 43 240 35 224 21938 20501 39 235 37*238 33 222 20501 19134 35 235 28*232 31 220 19134 17895 32 237 24 227 29 219 17895 16785 24 233 22 225 27 220 16785 15781 20*229 21 224 25 222 15781 14861 17*222 20 224 25 225 14861 14017 16 219 20 223 24 228 14017 13241 16 217 19 223 23 230 13241 12531 15 215 19 223 22 233 12531 11880 15 214 18 223 21 237 11880 11276 15 213 18 222 20 239 11276 10725 15 212 17 222 19 242 10725 10251 15 211 17 222 17 243 10251 9878 14 210 16 221 15 245 9878 9617 14 209 16 221 13 245 9617 9456 13 208 14 220 9*247 9456 9363 10 207 11 219 4*267 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