DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 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 - - - 77.0 - - 79.6 - - - - - 64.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 451 - - - - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 564 - - 8533 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9012 - - 15329 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9364 - - 17333 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 11129 - - 3794 - - - - - 341 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 252 - - 682 - - - - - 58 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 13 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 282 - - - - - 352 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 6 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - -8 - - - - - -45 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5658 - - 908 - - - - - -2280 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15023 - - 16426 - - - - - 11644 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7069 - - -1009 - - - - - -7184 ODpotential blCL - - - 16433 - - 18342 - - - - - 16548 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 78 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 530 - - 440 - - - - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.0 - - 79.6 - - - - - 64.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.2 - - 39.6 - - - - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.7 - - 75.9 - - - - - 65.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.4 - - 39.3 - - - - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 451 - - - - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 564 - - 8533 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 78 - - 11 - - - - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 9 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] 99234 35 111 31 104 45 093 99234 91756 37 111 36 103 29 093 91756 85999 39 100 37 101 22 089 85999 81198 30 099 34 097 24 094 81198 77063 25 097 24 095 28 097 77063 73436 25 096 14 090 28 095 73436 70174 24 096 12 100 23 088 70174 67193 21 088 19 118 18 089 67193 64456 13 109 19 108 13 091 64456 61823 12 125 11 106 10 084 61823 59092 13 147 8 168 2 027 59092 56296 14 182 18 173 15 196 56296 53666 16 214 17 189 21 200 53666 51308 22 228 24 230 21 216 51308 49170 27 226 33 219 23 219 49170 47203 32 217 33 207 23 216 47203 45380 28 204 27 202 23 213 45380 43682 23 193 23 192 24 210 43682 42090 19 194 22 188 24 199 42090 40590 11 195 15 182 21 188 40590 39184 6 211 7 176 16 176 39184 37846 9 254 8 217 13 160 37846 36516 16 264 12 252 10 134 36516 35169 21 259 11 230 5 113 35169 33809 25 259 12 213 5 123 33809 32428 19 242 17 220 9 183 32428 31019 20 225 21 228 12 210 31019 29588 26 223 22 231 14 217 29588 28140 30 224 17 230 16 218 28140 26679 26 223 13 224 13 221 26679 25211 22 201 14 218 14 231 25211 23737 17 192 15 213 15 236 23737 22250 15 200 14 226 17 230 22250 20773 7 234 4 253 19 218 20773 19372 5 284 2 330 19 210 19372 18101 6 287 3*312 18 207 18101 16961 6 278 3*304 17 208 16961 15929 6 276 4 296 15 213 15929 14984 6 270 8 288 14 221 14984 14118 6 264 10 285 13 233 14118 13323 6 256 11 283 12 249 13323 12595 7 247 11 282 12 267 12595 11929 7 244 12 280 13 284 11929 11313 7 240 12 279 14 302 11313 10750 7 237 12 278 16 324 10750 10267 7 234 12 276 19 340 10267 9887 7 231 12 275 20 352 9887 9621 7 229 11 274 18 356 9621 9458 6 229 11 273 15*356 9458 9364 5*227 9 271 9*352 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