DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 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 - - - 49.4 - - 49.2 - - - - - 38.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 385 - - 446 - - - - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6183 - - 5103 - - - - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13357 - - 12545 - - - - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14983 - - 13903 - - - - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2972 - - 2433 - - - - - 2478 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 582 - - 573 - - - - - 82 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 24 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 250 - - 245 - - - - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 12 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 15 - - 19 - - - - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1362 - - 1354 - - - - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13621 - - 12550 - - - - - 9362 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -44 - - 181 - - - - - -2239 ODpotential blCL - - - 15027 - - 13722 - - - - - 11601 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 96 - - - - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 70 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.4 - - 49.2 - - - - - 38.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.3 - - 26.7 - - - - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.4 - - 45.9 - - - - - 37.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.0 - - 26.5 - - - - - 30.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 385 - - 446 - - - - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6183 - - 5103 - - - - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 84 - - 84 - - - - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 96550 30 266 32 271 49 276 96550 89257 36 261 27 268 34 276 89257 83729 34 264 31 274 27 306 83729 79187 21 271 31 277 26 320 79187 75279 8 315 26 266 22 306 75279 71819 9 339 16 276 20 296 71819 68674 18 316 17 297 14 296 68674 65752 25 298 22 292 16 303 65752 63011 31 284 26 282 34 296 63011 60349 32 275 37 281 41 278 60349 57567 39 277 45 271 40 270 57567 54668 45 275 42 271 43 276 54668 51898 45 278 45 283 46 284 51898 49405 48 283 54 284 57 283 49405 47187 51 281 61 279 70 272 47187 45208 52 285 70 277 69 272 45208 43433 57 300 79 280 89 284 43433 41811 84 302 76 284 113 286 41811 40298 92 295 71 287 104 284 40298 38870 87 289 70 285 90 278 38870 37530 81 288 71 281 77 269 37530 36254 74 285 72 280 77 267 36254 34985 62 276 67 281 77 266 34985 33698 60 267 58 276 73 265 33698 32401 58 264 60 272 66 265 32401 31086 51 265 58 270 59 266 31086 29744 45 268 53 270 56 267 29744 28382 42 270 50 272 58 266 28382 27004 43 269 50 274 59 260 27004 25618 45 266 52 275 61 256 25618 24229 47 264 52 273 65 254 24229 22834 47 262 49 270 66 254 22834 21429 43 261 45 266 64 255 21429 20036 37 256 39 259 55 256 20036 18716 30 248 31 248 44 250 18716 17522 28 244 29 244 37 241 17522 16454 27 244 27 243 34 237 16454 15488 24*247 27 243 32 236 15488 14607 23*250 26*244 31 238 14607 13798 22 250 26*244 29 240 13798 13057 22 251 25 245 28 242 13057 12380 21 251 25 245 26 245 12380 11759 21 251 25 246 24 249 11759 11184 21 250 24 246 18 251 11184 10658 20 250 24 246 15 258 10658 10207 20 249 23 246 13 270 10207 9852 19 249 22 245 11 284 9852 9603 18 249 21 245 10 291 9603 9450 16 248 19 245 9*294 9450 9362 12 246 13 243 6*296 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