DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/23 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 - - - 40.6 - - 44.4 - - - - - 35.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 617 - - 607 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7593 - - 5967 - - - - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14687 - - 13348 - - - - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16393 - - 14767 - - - - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1394 - - 1491 - - - - - 3742 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 729 - - 670 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 22 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 301 - - 302 - - - - - 336 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 11 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -75 - - -51 - - - - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1263 - - -2045 - - - - - -6219 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15131 - - 16812 - - - - - 15582 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -641 - - -5789 - - - - - -10947 ODpotential blCL - - - 17034 - - 20556 - - - - - 20309 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 37 - - - - - 34 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.6 - - 44.4 - - - - - 35.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 7.0 - - 3.2 - - - - - 0.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 36.8 - - 40.5 - - - - - 36.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.6 - - 2.7 - - - - - 0.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 617 - - 607 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7593 - - 5967 - - - - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 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] 97333 48 267 34 281 33 284 97333 90002 32 275 32 279 30 299 90002 84395 17 284 28 278 30 308 84395 79724 13 295 19 297 23 296 79724 75683 15 287 14 318 15 304 75683 72125 12 307 8 305 12 296 72125 68913 14 298 15 294 7 294 68913 65951 16 253 27 255 23 296 65951 63193 13 254 24 249 25 272 63193 60511 4 230 14 272 17 262 60511 57693 15 289 15 292 24 258 57693 54749 29 275 32 265 35 263 54749 51928 45 261 49 266 41 268 51928 49390 52 261 55 265 45 275 49390 47121 54 263 57 265 51 277 47121 45068 56 266 59 267 58 277 45068 43192 60 271 60 272 64 276 43192 41468 70 278 69 280 71 276 41468 39879 84 282 83 280 79 277 39879 38412 97 281 94 278 89 279 38412 37061 106 280 101 276 96 279 37061 35789 111 279 103 277 97 278 35789 34533 113 279 104 278 94 278 34533 33262 114 277 105 276 92 278 33262 31980 111 276 103 274 90 278 31980 30678 107 275 98 275 85 278 30678 29353 103 274 98 278 74 278 29353 28014 103 276 83 283 58 277 28014 26670 93 277 59 282 34 278 26670 25326 74 278 41 284 24 280 25326 23980 59 277 34 290 22 281 23980 22625 51 277 34 296 23 283 22625 21254 47 280 37 298 24 285 21254 19890 43 286 38 297 24 286 19890 18595 37 291 37 298 24 289 18595 17422 31*295 33 301 24 293 17422 16371 29*297 26 305 23 297 16371 15421 28 298 23*305 22 300 15421 14554 27 299 23*305 20 299 14554 13757 25 302 23 305 20 297 13757 13026 23 303 23 304 19 298 13026 12356 23 304 23 303 18 302 12356 11742 22 304 23 303 18 309 11742 11172 22 304 23 302 18 320 11172 10650 21 303 23 301 18 330 10650 10202 20 303 22 299 18 335 10202 9849 19 302 21 298 16 337 9849 9602 18 302 20 298 13 336 9602 9450 16 301 18 297 9*337 9450 9362 12 299 13 295 5*336 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