DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - 55.5 - - 56.2 - - - - - 48.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 510 - - 252 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6989 - - 7000 - - - - - 114 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11979 - - 11662 - - - - - 6782 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13674 - - 13685 - - - - - 6799 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1654 - - 2902 - - - - - 6232 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 651 - - 515 - - - - - 26 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 18 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 239 - - 225 - - - - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 10 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - -6 - - - - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 693 - - 1157 - - - - - -1673 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12982 - - 12529 - - - - - 8473 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1834 - - 138 - - - - - -3238 ODpotential blCL - - - 15508 - - 13547 - - - - - 10037 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 98 - - - - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 40 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.5 - - 56.2 - - - - - 48.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.1 - - 24.8 - - - - - 34.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.8 - - 54.8 - - - - - 49.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.6 - - 24.6 - - - - - 34.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 510 - - 252 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6989 - - 7000 - - - - - 114 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 14 - - 90 - - - - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 5 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] 97254 41 279 56 299 49 304 97254 89900 40 286 49 298 50 302 89900 84270 32 287 37 288 42 304 84270 79627 23 285 19 277 36 301 79627 75619 15 271 10 296 20 273 75619 72079 10 260 20 276 16 270 72079 68879 14 264 18 224 14 254 68879 65912 23 267 10 252 17 207 65912 63122 25 267 32 252 16 273 63122 60407 33 241 41 243 32 239 60407 57580 34 233 34 235 36 234 57580 54639 35 245 30 245 41 246 54639 51831 43 249 48 248 52 245 51831 49317 54 249 60 244 55 244 49317 47077 69 247 66 241 59 245 47077 45053 78 244 69 238 67 241 45053 43204 81 241 71 237 72 236 43204 41506 79 240 74 239 76 235 41506 39935 80 241 80 242 82 238 39935 38477 83 241 85 242 93 241 38477 37125 86 240 86 240 101 240 37125 35849 85 239 85 238 98 238 35849 34583 83 240 83 237 91 239 34583 33294 81 241 80 238 89 242 33294 31985 81 242 77 240 86 242 31985 30641 78 241 73 239 79 241 30641 29256 74 239 69 237 71 237 29256 27835 69 239 68 236 65 231 27835 26382 67 239 68 237 62 224 26382 24899 66 239 65 238 59 224 24899 23389 60 242 61 238 54 230 23389 21848 53 244 54 236 48 233 21848 20272 49 243 44 240 44 232 20272 18687 45 242 35 238 45 232 18687 17172 41 244 30 235 45 227 17172 15794 37 246 26 232 41 227 15794 14563 32*247 23*229 36 229 14563 13457 22*245 22*229 31 230 13457 12456 19 243 20 226 27 231 12456 11550 15 238 19 226 24 232 11550 10729 14 238 19 225 22 233 10729 9988 14 237 18 224 21 233 9988 9317 14 237 18 223 20 234 9317 8703 13 237 17 223 19 235 8703 8147 13 237 17 223 19 236 8147 7674 13 237 16 222 18 236 7674 7305 12 237 16 222 17 236 7305 7047 12 237 15 222 15 236 7047 6890 11 237 15 222 12*236 6890 6799 10 237 13 222 9*236 6799 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