DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 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 - - - 0955z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.9 - - 70.6 - - - - - 62.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 413 - - 262 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 564 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9043 - - 8933 - - - - - 9347 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9364 - - 9364 - - - - - 9364 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 10062 - - 10123 - - - - - 4794 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 267 - - 230 - - - - - 17 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 267 - - 274 - - - - - 343 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - -3 - - - - - -25 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6220 - - -6232 - - - - - -3367 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15585 - - 15597 - - - - - 12732 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7538 - - -7754 - - - - - -7079 ODpotential blCL - - - 16902 - - 17118 - - - - - 16443 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 95 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 190 - - 210 - - - - - 350 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.9 - - 70.6 - - - - - 62.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.0 - - 34.7 - - - - - 39.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.4 - - 67.9 - - - - - 64.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.7 - - 34.6 - - - - - 39.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 413 - - 262 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 564 - - 564 - - - - - 564 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 66 - - 79 - - - - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 7 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] 99213 24 125 19 105 24 107 99213 91794 25 114 20 139 20 107 91794 86031 20 103 22 122 17 096 86031 81242 17 087 23 099 20 087 81242 77117 14 094 19 084 20 080 77117 73462 10 109 14 090 11 093 73462 70168 8 100 6 090 11 095 70168 67163 8 089 8 079 10 100 67163 64397 4 165 4 101 9 079 64397 61733 9 175 12 200 7 013 61733 58960 6 168 13 190 8 252 58960 56111 8 179 11 192 16 231 56111 53415 23 218 21 224 20 260 53415 50996 34 230 36 236 37 257 50996 48835 44 230 47 237 43 245 48835 46870 47 233 49 238 44 245 46870 45061 52 243 55 243 44 248 45061 43380 52 248 54 244 44 249 43380 41804 50 246 50 242 46 248 41804 40324 46 242 48 242 47 247 40324 38938 41 239 47 241 45 245 38938 37619 37 237 46 239 42 242 37619 36307 31 234 43 239 37 241 36307 34977 29 235 35 237 33 246 34977 33635 29 228 32 235 31 244 33635 32274 31 223 31 245 30 244 32274 30884 30 224 29 250 25 248 30884 29468 24 219 30 241 22 252 29468 28033 19 218 27 231 21 257 28033 26586 14 217 18 220 23 253 26586 25130 10 228 13 215 22 250 25130 23665 10 255 5 236 17 247 23665 22187 11 260 2 337 13 229 22187 20717 8 260 3 026 13 212 20717 19322 6 277 3 032 13 209 19322 18056 4 309 4 022 12 204 18056 16921 4 317 4 003 10 196 16921 15893 5 319 4 337 7 200 15893 14953 5 316 5 317 4 237 14953 14091 6 312 6 309 5 297 14091 13300 6 306 8 298 6 316 13300 12577 7 302 9 291 7 325 12577 11916 7 294 9 286 7 331 11916 11302 7 288 10 284 7 336 11302 10742 8 283 10 281 8 342 10742 10262 8 278 10 279 8 346 10262 9884 8 275 10 278 8 347 9884 9620 7 273 9 277 7 346 9620 9458 7*271 9*276 6*346 9458 9364 6*267 7*274 5*343 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