DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - 42.2 - - 43.6 - - - - - 35.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 521 - - 293 - - - - - 27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5271 - - 562 - - - - - 562 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12732 - - 8974 - - - - - 9345 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14071 - - 9362 - - - - - 9362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1671 - - 8287 - - - - - 3372 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 610 - - 239 - - - - - 110 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 4 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 11 - - - - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 215 - - - - - 214 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 32 - - 32 - - - - - 21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1039 - - -3860 - - - - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13032 - - 13223 - - - - - 9362 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1183 - - -5053 - - - - - -975 ODpotential blCL - - - 15254 - - 14415 - - - - - 10337 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 100 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.2 - - 43.6 - - - - - 35.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.8 - - 18.4 - - - - - 31.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.6 - - 40.9 - - - - - 34.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.4 - - 18.3 - - - - - 31.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 521 - - 293 - - - - - 27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5271 - - 562 - - - - - 562 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 9 - - 100 - - - - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 97240 43 278 57 299 48 303 97240 89888 39 288 46 298 50 301 89888 84264 29 281 36 289 40 303 84264 79619 22 281 23 279 34 298 79619 75608 16 276 12 281 23 287 75608 72062 12 273 15 260 19 258 72062 68870 15 255 13 231 17 241 68870 65912 17 244 12 261 9 257 65912 63122 14 252 28 254 13 259 63122 60399 28 252 37 240 23 253 60399 57555 35 232 34 227 32 238 57555 54606 33 239 31 244 43 243 54606 51798 39 251 44 250 52 245 51798 49287 50 251 57 244 54 244 49287 47052 65 248 65 242 55 245 47052 45028 78 243 70 240 59 243 45028 43174 81 239 72 237 66 238 43174 41463 79 238 75 238 70 235 41463 39879 81 240 82 241 76 238 39879 38412 86 242 88 241 91 241 38412 37062 90 241 88 240 102 239 37062 35797 90 240 87 238 100 237 35797 34553 87 240 86 237 95 238 34553 33297 86 242 85 238 93 240 33297 32031 85 242 81 239 89 239 32031 30744 82 240 77 237 81 237 30744 29432 77 239 73 235 73 232 29432 28100 72 239 70 234 69 226 28100 26754 70 240 69 235 67 220 26754 25399 67 242 68 235 66 222 25399 24038 62 243 64 234 62 228 24038 22669 57 243 56 235 52 230 22669 21288 53 243 50 238 44 227 21288 19916 49 242 41 237 42 224 19916 18614 45 240 36 235 41 223 18614 17437 41 239 33 234 38 223 17437 16382 38 239 30 232 34 223 16382 15429 31 237 25 229 30 222 15429 14559 25*235 23 227 26 220 14559 13760 22*234 21 225 24 219 13760 13027 19 230 20 224 22 219 13027 12357 18 229 20 222 21 218 12357 11742 17 227 19 221 21 218 11742 11171 16 226 19 220 20 218 11171 10650 16 226 18 220 20 217 10650 10202 16 224 18 219 19 217 10202 9849 15 223 17 218 17 216 9849 9602 14 223 17 218 15 215 9602 9450 13 222 15*217 13*215 9450 9362 11 220 11*215 8*214 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