DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 Durango_CO 6685ft pt29606@37.028,-107.768,6634ft SPONSORED BY: Dave Piotrowski BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 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 - - - 69.0 - - 71.2 - - - - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 441 - - 451 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9952 - - 11960 - - - - - 115 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14336 - - 16003 - - - - - 6783 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16637 - - 18645 - - - - - 6800 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1862 - - 1603 - - - - - 10937 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 698 - - 748 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 23 - - 16 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 9 - - - - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 231 - - 231 - - - - - 013 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - -9 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1127 - - 2375 - - - - - -7693 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15511 - - 16271 - - - - - 14494 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -271 - - 893 - - - - - -10506 ODpotential blCL - - - 16908 - - 17752 - - - - - 17306 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 74 - - - - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 50 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.0 - - 71.2 - - - - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.3 - - 22.9 - - - - - 22.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.5 - - 68.6 - - - - - 65.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.6 - - 22.2 - - - - - 22.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 441 - - 451 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9952 - - 11960 - - - - - 115 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 97507 45 258 48 269 43 281 97507 90187 41 276 38 269 36 276 90187 84516 39 281 33 281 25 275 84516 79801 32 268 34 284 22 300 79801 75751 21 255 28 268 25 301 75751 72182 18 267 20 255 24 298 72182 68955 21 284 14 258 19 298 68955 65993 25 280 15 278 16 310 65993 63248 22 267 21 258 19 284 63248 60592 25 260 21 244 22 277 60592 57821 34 259 26 255 30 267 57821 54940 41 258 34 250 39 257 54940 52189 46 254 40 245 43 252 52189 49721 48 247 46 241 43 254 49721 47519 44 250 43 243 40 251 47519 45541 34 252 31 249 33 263 45541 43748 23 242 26 247 34 272 43748 42099 14 216 23 230 32 264 42099 40566 9 191 27 208 26 249 40566 39134 8 207 24 182 21 260 39134 37794 8 188 18 186 23 282 37794 36510 12 191 13 221 26 287 36510 35223 17 232 22 239 29 272 35223 33909 18 241 23 233 30 258 33909 32573 16 238 20 221 28 254 32573 31203 12 230 20 205 27 256 31203 29791 9 193 22 199 26 259 29791 28341 11 174 20 216 25 256 28341 26858 9 214 14 233 23 243 26858 25348 12 241 12 251 20 243 25348 23810 11 228 12 228 17 248 23810 22238 10 197 11 191 19 243 22238 20632 9 178 11 173 21 232 20632 19024 7 202 8*179 24 224 19024 17484 12*233 7*207 22 221 17484 16081 12*227 7 213 19 224 16081 14822 8 218 7 218 17 227 14822 13686 5 222 8 224 14 231 13686 12655 4 229 8 228 12 234 12655 11719 4 233 9 232 9 237 11719 10869 4 235 10 236 7 241 10869 10101 5 236 10 238 6 244 10101 9406 5 239 10 239 5 249 9406 8769 5 240 11 241 4 256 8769 8193 5 242 11 242 3 264 8193 7704 5 242 11 242 3 271 7704 7322 5 243 11 243 3 282 7322 7056 5 243 10 243 2 292 7056 6893 5 243 10 244 1*323 6893 6800 5 243 9 244 2*013 6800 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