DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 Hernandez 3062ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 85.6 - - 90.8 - - 91.8 - - 80.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 417 - - 211 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2424 - - 4532 - - 5634 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4545 - - 6279 - - 6838 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5487 - - 7595 - - 8696 - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1540 - - 1203 - - 1384 - - 3298 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 369 - - 512 - - 440 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 29 - - 59 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 212 - - 243 - - 292 - - 019 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 21 - - 37 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7395 - - -6050 - - -5889 - - -8121 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12883 - - 13646 - - 14585 - - 11200 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13693 - - -11454 - - -11002 - - -14906 ODpotential blCL - - - 19180 - - 19049 - - 19698 - - 17985 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 76 - - 71 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 85.6 - - 90.8 - - 91.8 - - 80.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 41.5 - - 38.4 - - 42.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 83.6 - - 88.1 - - 90.1 - - 83.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.6 - - 40.9 - - 37.8 - - 42.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 417 - - 211 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2424 - - 4532 - - 5634 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 23 - - 5 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 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] 99236 32 132 28 112 22 107 23 110 99236 91702 27 117 31 111 30 118 23 107 91702 85907 29 109 27 109 25 106 25 094 85907 81113 31 100 26 115 19 105 22 100 81113 76989 23 090 20 112 19 097 21 103 76989 73356 17 097 15 108 17 087 20 091 73356 70084 13 109 16 113 14 094 17 089 70084 67088 16 105 13 120 10 116 12 098 67088 64326 11 097 13 112 13 125 11 108 64326 61666 4 156 5 107 13 115 14 134 61666 58900 15 173 14 182 12 186 13 165 58900 56041 15 185 27 190 27 207 18 221 56041 53326 24 218 29 202 30 208 31 219 53326 50887 37 219 36 220 33 222 33 228 50887 48706 41 223 47 226 44 231 39 239 48706 46742 47 233 49 225 48 228 42 240 46742 44948 48 238 44 231 43 229 40 239 44948 43284 49 238 40 237 36 234 38 237 43284 41725 46 238 36 236 33 233 35 232 41725 40257 42 243 33 236 31 232 33 229 40257 38869 41 248 31 236 29 236 31 226 38869 37528 38 251 31 234 29 238 29 226 37528 36168 35 248 32 234 29 238 28 228 36168 34761 33 242 32 231 29 239 27 229 34761 33310 32 235 30 228 28 241 25 229 33310 31803 30 220 31 231 25 242 23 228 31803 30231 31 219 31 235 29 240 25 233 30231 28598 28 230 31 233 32 238 28 234 28598 26899 24 238 27 226 29 240 26 230 26899 25137 20 231 25 220 25 230 25 227 25137 23314 22 222 25 224 24 225 25 225 23314 21427 22 226 22 232 20 232 19 225 21427 19471 17 230 17 229 14 233 12 221 19471 17482 14 226 15 218 12 220 10 215 17482 15568 14 219 14 220 12 217 8 221 15568 13824 14 217 14 227 11 222 6 229 13824 12269 13 222 12 236 10 232 5 239 12269 10881 10 230 10 248 7 242 5 253 10881 9639 7 242 7 260 2*232 5 239 9639 8529 5 257 4*262 1*061 5 183 8529 7540 3 264 2*242 1 034 5 168 7540 6665 3 247 2 238 1 323 4 177 6665 5885 3*227 2 238 1 288 2 149 5885 5183 3*212 3 242 2 287 3 070 5183 4557 4 212 4 245 2 284 5 052 4557 4032 4 212 5 246 3 281 6 042 4032 3627 4 212 5 246 3 281 6 036 3627 3347 4 214 5 247 3 281 5 030 3347 3177 4 214 5 246 3 279 3*023 3177 3079 4 215 5 246 3 277 2*019 3079 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