DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - 33.5 - - 36.5 - - 32.0 - - 25.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 140 - - 213 - - 1 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9344 - - 9345 - - 9345 - - 9344 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9361 - - 9362 - - 9361 - - 9361 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3317 - - 4537 - - 1708 - - 217 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 187 - - 215 - - 45 - - 32 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 5 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 358 - - 012 - - 002 - - 005 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -23 - - -31 - - -49 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3953 - - -4707 - - -3975 - - -2904 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13315 - - 14070 - - 13336 - - 12266 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7683 - - -9413 - - -10237 - - -10821 ODpotential blCL - - - 17044 - - 18775 - - 19598 - - 20182 blCL maxRH - - - 40 - - 38 - - 40 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.5 - - 36.5 - - 32.0 - - 25.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.6 - - 8.1 - - 7.1 - - 5.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.7 - - 34.5 - - 31.6 - - 27.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.4 - - 7.3 - - 6.5 - - 5.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 140 - - 213 - - 1 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 561 - - 562 - - 561 - - 561 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95301 62 267 78 276 61 288 58 277 95301 88384 40 278 60 280 44 290 49 291 88384 83033 28 284 47 287 41 298 42 304 83033 78550 33 302 38 302 39 303 43 313 78550 74664 32 293 27 295 30 293 42 312 74664 71218 29 295 26 304 28 300 39 311 71218 68093 37 312 37 318 39 319 34 319 68093 65215 41 311 44 315 48 320 40 324 65215 62542 41 303 46 307 52 307 50 311 62542 59957 39 306 44 305 50 299 53 298 59957 57250 41 319 41 319 43 305 48 299 57250 54420 48 326 46 326 48 321 57 324 54420 51718 58 322 57 322 69 317 74 314 51718 49293 66 313 62 317 71 308 72 306 49293 47114 61 322 66 326 60 323 62 319 47114 45136 74 341 78 336 74 337 74 332 45136 43346 92 339 83 338 86 336 84 331 43346 41719 88 336 82 341 88 338 81 338 41719 40216 81 350 78 346 86 344 73 344 40216 38813 92 003 79 352 85 350 68 345 38813 37500 99 004 83 356 85 353 67 344 37500 36248 100 003 86 358 84 354 67 344 36248 34999 97 004 86 359 81 354 67 347 34999 33729 94 005 83 360 78 354 64 349 33729 32444 90 004 79 001 74 357 62 351 32444 31136 88 001 77 360 70 359 60 355 31136 29800 86 359 75 358 68 357 55 357 29800 28442 81 359 72 359 65 354 49 357 28442 27069 72 001 68 001 62 354 44 355 27069 25686 66 004 61 000 57 354 41 353 25686 24297 61 004 53 360 51 351 40 352 24297 22899 57 001 47 359 46 349 39 352 22899 21487 51 359 44 357 44 351 40 353 21487 20084 43 360 43 357 43 353 40 354 20084 18753 35 360 41 360 40 355 39 356 18753 17547 28 358 37 003 37 356 39 357 17547 16469 24 354 33 007 34 359 38 358 16469 15493 21 350 27 010 31 003 37 358 15493 14603 19 347 23 012 28 007 35 360 14603 13788 18 347 20 012 26 011 34 001 13788 13042 16 348 18 012 24 015 33 002 13042 12361 15 351 16 011 23 016 32 004 12361 11739 14 353 15 010 22 016 31 007 11739 11164 12 356 15 009 21 014 30 009 11164 10641 11 357 14 008 21 011 29 012 10641 10194 8 356 14 008 19 007 26 013 10194 9843 7 357 13 009 17 004 24 013 9843 9598 6 358 12 010 15 004 19 010 9598 9448 5*358 11*010 12*003 15*007 9448 9361 4*358 8*012 7*002 9*005 9361 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