DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/20 AirSailing_NV 4300ft pt36781@40.056,-119.529,4344ft SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.1 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 55.9 - - 61.6 - - 69.4 - - 63.6 - - 58.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 36 - - 39 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 6021 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4077 - - 4077 - - 7067 - - 4077 - - 4077 Hcrit BL Top 4094 - - 4095 - - 10321 - - 4095 - - 4094 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1129 - - 7061 - - 5347 - - 5530 - - 4515 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 35 - - 277 - - 18 - - 10 W* B/S 1 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 1 - - 17 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 047 - - 093 - - 216 - - 236 - - 308 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - 5 - - 23 - - -5 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4965 - - -6599 - - -549 - - -5019 - - -4573 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9060 - - 10695 - - 10871 - - 9114 - - 8668 sfcLCL ODpotential -9405 - - -9473 - - -8231 - - -7796 - - -8853 ODpotential blCL 13499 - - 13568 - - 18552 - - 11891 - - 12947 blCL maxRH 77 - - 57 - - 54 - - 57 - - 56 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 130 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 55.9 - - 61.6 - - 69.4 - - 63.6 - - 58.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.7 - - 29.0 - - 35.7 - - 37.8 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 57.3 - - 62.6 - - 69.2 - - 64.8 - - 61.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.5 - - 27.9 - - 34.6 - - 36.5 - - 34.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 36 - - 39 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 6021 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 8 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 2 - - 5 - - 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] 97081 29 274 39 271 50 281 44 296 33 293 97081 89819 32 283 23 281 34 271 44 281 33 289 89819 84239 20 292 19 283 26 269 33 271 31 290 84239 79586 18 287 16 275 20 278 25 276 22 285 79586 75579 21 269 19 276 21 284 21 273 16 282 75579 72043 20 265 19 271 20 281 12 287 12 290 72043 68835 14 262 16 271 15 272 12 279 8 318 68835 65862 12 275 16 264 14 249 25 256 16 289 65862 63102 10 256 14 248 14 246 21 250 16 271 63102 60419 5 061 2 203 6 185 11 239 16 264 60419 57603 31 256 23 261 16 263 14 248 28 237 57603 54681 44 241 36 251 30 250 28 246 32 232 54681 51887 39 237 39 243 38 240 33 242 37 230 51887 49375 32 241 35 235 40 233 31 234 38 227 49375 47137 32 248 29 235 38 234 32 238 33 226 47137 45123 38 249 30 241 39 234 39 236 34 225 45123 43299 43 246 40 241 41 226 43 219 43 221 43299 41638 46 251 46 239 44 223 52 209 54 213 41638 40108 54 257 49 240 47 223 60 205 60 205 40108 38677 59 256 53 240 48 224 61 203 63 199 38677 37330 61 254 56 241 51 224 60 203 64 198 37330 36034 64 254 59 241 52 223 58 204 64 198 36034 34726 66 254 60 242 51 224 56 205 62 200 34726 33378 66 254 59 244 49 226 55 205 61 203 33378 31996 62 247 58 246 48 226 55 206 60 207 31996 30567 61 237 55 243 48 224 57 209 60 210 30567 29083 62 230 55 236 51 223 59 214 60 212 29083 27547 59 226 58 230 56 224 60 216 61 213 27547 25961 55 223 58 227 60 225 62 217 65 215 25961 24328 51 221 54 225 60 224 61 216 65 214 24328 22651 49 217 50 220 56 220 57 214 61 211 22651 20926 48 211 48 213 54 214 53 209 54 202 20926 19149 46 206 48 206 53 207 50 201 49 189 19149 17348 43 203 47 203 49 201 48 194 49 178 17348 15613 40 199 44 200 39 194 45 189 48 172 15613 14030 36 195 39 199 28 189 40 187 45 174 14030 12615 33 194 30 197 25 189 35 190 41 181 12615 11348 29 195 21 192 23*193 29 195 38 190 11348 10213 25 196 17 187 21*196 25 203 36 201 10213 9194 22 195 15 181 20 202 25 206 34 210 9194 8283 19 192 13 175 19 210 24 211 31 217 8283 7470 15 190 11 171 19 215 24 216 28 223 7470 6743 12 188 9 169 18 219 23 221 26 231 6743 6085 9 185 8 166 18 223 23 224 25 239 6085 5496 7 174 7 160 17 227 22 226 23 244 5496 5000 6 162 5 155 16 230 21 228 21 248 5000 4616 4 140 4 146 14 233 20 229 18 253 4616 4350 3 099 3 135 13 236 19 231 13 259 4350 4187 3*062 2*122 12 240 16*233 10*268 4187 4093 2*047 1*093 9 245 11*236 4*308 4093 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