DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.2 - - 48.6 - - - - - 39.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 565 - - 568 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7093 - - 7272 - - - - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14245 - - 14395 - - - - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15893 - - 16072 - - - - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1982 - - 2196 - - - - - 5676 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 693 - - 701 - - - - - 12 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 18 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 254 - - 259 - - - - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - -24 - - - - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -976 - - -1971 - - - - - -6833 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16870 - - 18044 - - - - - 16196 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3859 - - -5015 - - - - - -10520 ODpotential blCL - - - 19752 - - 21087 - - - - - 19882 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 79 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.2 - - 48.6 - - - - - 39.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 4.7 - - 1.8 - - - - - 1.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.3 - - 44.7 - - - - - 41.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 4.0 - - 1.0 - - - - - 0.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 565 - - 568 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7093 - - 7272 - - - - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 15 - - - - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 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] 97294 22 276 33 260 29 272 97294 89993 28 271 26 278 24 287 89993 84383 21 278 17 291 19 315 84383 79691 7 301 12 296 19 315 79691 75639 12 314 7 310 16 303 75639 72074 7 292 3 315 13 287 72074 68856 14 288 13 296 13 279 68856 65885 17 270 15 280 11 276 65885 63111 19 262 21 263 20 282 63111 60416 24 259 24 250 26 273 60416 57598 26 283 29 266 30 282 57598 54660 41 282 42 274 42 284 54660 51849 53 275 52 276 56 278 51849 49322 59 274 59 278 61 274 49322 47063 61 276 65 277 62 274 47063 45020 63 277 66 276 64 276 45020 43157 65 279 67 280 67 277 43157 41451 69 280 74 280 68 276 41451 39879 75 279 79 280 70 276 39879 38425 81 279 86 279 72 276 38425 37078 84 278 96 279 75 276 37078 35807 79 279 98 275 79 276 35807 34550 76 278 92 275 82 276 34550 33281 74 275 81 275 83 275 33281 32004 70 274 71 273 79 275 32004 30709 67 277 64 271 70 274 30709 29394 67 278 58 267 62 271 29394 28063 65 281 55 266 55 268 28063 26721 58 284 52 270 48 264 26721 25371 50 287 48 276 47 261 25371 24014 43 287 43 279 49 262 24014 22649 37 284 38 277 46 264 22649 21275 34 277 35 274 34 270 21275 19915 30 272 32 271 28 275 19915 18627 25 269 29 268 28 265 18627 17459 20 265 22 263 29 253 17459 16412 17*261 19*260 29 249 16412 15463 17*260 18*259 28 250 15463 14595 16 259 18 259 27 254 14595 13796 16 258 18 260 26 259 13796 13060 16 256 18 260 24 262 13060 12386 16 254 18 260 22 266 12386 11767 15 252 18 260 20 268 11767 11191 15 251 18 260 18 270 11191 10665 15 249 18 260 16 273 10665 10212 15 247 17 259 14 276 10212 9855 14 246 17 258 12 280 9855 9605 13 245 16 258 9 285 9605 9451 12 244 15 257 7*288 9451 9362 10 242 11 256 4*302 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