DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.9 - - 72.1 - - - - - 65.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 497 - - 306 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8473 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15321 - - 8985 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17273 - - 9364 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3880 - - 11683 - - - - - 8069 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 702 - - 242 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 27 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 207 - - 244 - - - - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 28 - - 9 - - - - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 586 - - -6558 - - - - - -6383 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16688 - - 15923 - - - - - 15748 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1530 - - -7988 - - - - - -9862 ODpotential blCL - - - 18803 - - 17352 - - - - - 19226 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 100 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 180 - - 310 - - - - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.9 - - 72.1 - - - - - 65.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.1 - - 34.6 - - - - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.0 - - 69.0 - - - - - 68.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.8 - - 34.4 - - - - - 29.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 497 - - 306 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8473 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 46 - - 102 - - - - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 5 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] 99220 43 110 33 108 38 091 99220 91670 44 108 33 108 25 101 91670 85874 34 089 31 105 23 107 85874 81098 26 094 23 098 30 101 81098 77018 21 096 20 110 27 092 77018 73427 22 108 22 106 22 093 73427 70170 21 123 17 094 24 093 70170 67184 20 120 11 113 19 077 67184 64442 20 094 18 123 7 051 64442 61810 14 057 7 075 2 133 61810 59072 9 021 5 098 2 065 59072 56246 13 326 3 338 5 295 56246 53567 16 315 14 323 12 280 53567 51153 24 307 23 301 22 294 51153 48974 31 295 32 300 30 299 48974 46977 34 287 37 293 38 295 46977 45124 34 284 38 285 42 291 45124 43392 37 290 38 283 47 291 43392 41771 40 291 38 285 47 295 41771 40255 36 288 34 289 40 298 40255 38844 29 288 22 290 30 299 38844 37513 20 301 6 300 18 303 37513 36201 7 285 7 229 9 287 36201 34876 5 223 12 200 9 290 34876 33540 7 230 13 193 6 292 33540 32183 7 226 14 186 9 256 32183 30799 8 200 12 188 8 233 30799 29394 6 195 8 200 6 215 29394 27969 7 167 4 214 6 206 27969 26533 8 197 2 294 6 217 26533 25091 7 211 4 289 7 211 25091 23640 4 235 5 287 8 200 23640 22173 5 298 3 284 6 184 22173 20711 7 281 3 273 6 170 20711 19321 4 236 3 258 5 165 19321 18058 3*216 5 249 2 174 18058 16924 3*218 6 250 1 274 16924 15897 3 218 6 252 3 315 15897 14958 3 216 7 253 5 318 14958 14096 3 215 7 253 6 316 14096 13306 4 212 7 253 8 312 13306 12582 5 209 7 252 9 308 12582 11920 6 206 7 251 10 305 11920 11306 6 204 7 251 10 301 11306 10746 7 201 7 250 11 300 10746 10264 7 200 7 249 11 298 10264 9886 8 199 7 249 10 297 9886 9621 8 197 7 248 9 298 9621 9458 7 196 6*247 7*299 9458 9364 6 195 5*244 5*307 9364 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