DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 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 - - - - - - 1006z - - 1904z - - 1908z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.9 - - 36.0 - - 29.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - -5 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 514 - - 513 - - 513 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 9297 - - 9296 - - 9296 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9314 - - 9313 - - 9313 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5320 - - 5563 - - 3271 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 42 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 22 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 117 - - 323 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -16 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -678 - - -757 - - -222 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9993 - - 10070 - - 9536 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2858 - - -3216 - - -3753 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12172 - - 12529 - - 13066 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.9 - - 36.0 - - 29.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.9 - - 24.6 - - 20.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.6 - - 35.9 - - 33.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.9 - - 22.8 - - 21.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - -5 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 514 - - 513 - - 513 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 90 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96676 16 295 17 314 19 324 96676 89493 9 005 9 315 12 359 89493 83955 10 033 5 007 9 034 83955 79343 8 353 11 038 12 062 79343 75353 4 360 11 020 11 038 75353 71812 9 357 13 002 13 012 71812 68602 13 341 16 342 16 339 68602 65654 18 331 19 328 16 337 65654 62921 23 328 24 319 24 323 62921 60285 30 324 30 311 32 312 60285 57545 38 316 34 309 34 310 57545 54690 42 309 38 310 37 306 54690 51947 46 305 42 306 41 302 51947 49470 51 303 47 302 50 300 49470 47244 59 305 51 303 55 301 47244 45215 67 307 59 305 63 305 45215 43350 72 305 70 303 77 304 43350 41622 78 304 78 302 85 302 41622 40010 78 304 79 303 88 300 40010 38506 72 305 74 304 87 299 38506 37112 56 302 68 306 80 298 37112 35807 44 293 59 302 67 300 35807 34534 38 277 44 288 57 299 34534 33264 30 276 41 280 49 290 33264 32000 31 278 37 277 41 281 32000 30721 29 279 34 280 37 278 30721 29414 27 280 33 282 34 276 29414 28087 25 280 31 282 33 280 28087 26743 23 277 28 280 32 282 26743 25389 22 273 25 279 30 281 25389 24027 20 273 22 280 28 278 24027 22654 17 272 19 278 27 279 22654 21270 14 265 16 274 24 268 21270 19896 13 263 17 261 22 257 19896 18592 13 262 19 253 20 257 18592 17410 14 253 20 254 17 265 17410 16352 14 242 20 257 14 275 16352 15394 13 233 18 259 14 284 15394 14520 13 228 16 262 13 290 14520 13717 12 224 15 265 12 293 13717 12982 11 221 13 267 12 292 12982 12310 10 218 12 269 11 290 12310 11694 10 216 11 271 11 287 11694 11123 9 215 10 276 10 282 11123 10601 7 213 8 284 10 280 10601 10153 4 207 7 298 10 280 10153 9800 1 162 6 310 9 281 9800 9553 1 127 6 315 7 287 9553 9401 1*119 5*319 7*293 9401 9313 1*117 4*323 7*299 9313 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