DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/25 Hernandez 3062ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0959z - - 1337z - - 1602z - - 1900z - - 2201z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 71.3 - - 81.5 - - 87.7 - - 84.1 - - 71.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - 280 - - 395 - - 223 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2569 - - 5071 - - 2338 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 3062 - - 4649 - - 6692 - - 4398 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top 3078 - - 5632 - - 8133 - - 5400 - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 931 - - 1821 - - 2272 - - 3241 - - 1157 Hgt.Variab. W* 21 - - 375 - - 526 - - 336 - - 11 W* B/S 2 - - 25 - - 21 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 3 - - 5 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 020 - - 240 - - 236 - - 245 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - 9 - - 12 - - 14 - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7729 - - -6820 - - -6070 - - -6091 - - -3842 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10807 - - 12453 - - 14204 - - 11491 - - 6920 sfcLCL ODpotential -14717 - - -12154 - - -10230 - - -9940 - - -8630 ODpotential blCL 17795 - - 17786 - - 18363 - - 15340 - - 11708 blCL maxRH 46 - - 73 - - 77 - - 74 - - 63 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m 71.3 - - 81.5 - - 87.7 - - 84.1 - - 71.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 35.1 - - 37.5 - - 35.7 - - 44.2 - - 52.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 72.4 - - 79.6 - - 85.2 - - 82.3 - - 72.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 34.5 - - 36.3 - - 34.5 - - 43.6 - - 52.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - 280 - - 395 - - 223 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2569 - - 5071 - - 2338 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 - - 9 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] 98260 13 104 17 120 9 098 19 094 18 102 98260 90864 19 116 18 131 11 135 3 077 16 110 90864 85158 12 113 11 152 8 159 0 148 8 124 85158 80398 4 140 7 165 4 181 4 144 4 140 80398 76279 3 151 7 183 5 210 5 132 7 159 76279 72634 4 095 6 181 7 190 4 138 8 135 72634 69347 7 095 9 154 9 192 5 180 1 022 69347 66343 4 089 6 129 7 196 7 187 5 284 66343 63577 2 281 0 049 5 202 6 227 7 257 63577 60924 6 333 4 306 4 248 8 271 9 248 60924 58177 16 324 6 320 6 264 11 243 10 255 58177 55340 17 306 7 289 6 264 13 234 12 262 55340 52636 16 290 13 278 8 273 13 247 14 273 52636 50199 14 276 17 271 12 282 14 278 17 295 50199 48005 14 261 19 257 19 287 17 299 24 296 48005 46004 16 254 20 247 22 261 20 303 26 291 46004 44169 21 256 22 245 23 241 23 283 21 283 44169 42485 27 254 26 244 28 230 27 245 19 267 42485 40934 31 251 30 247 30 232 32 226 26 249 40934 39489 31 252 30 245 31 235 29 227 31 235 39489 38134 30 252 27 244 29 233 28 227 29 231 38134 36826 27 248 24 241 27 232 28 223 26 230 36826 35501 23 244 23 241 24 234 25 223 24 228 35501 34131 20 245 22 244 22 238 23 229 23 228 34131 32720 17 250 21 245 22 241 23 235 24 228 32720 31253 14 250 20 244 23 243 22 234 25 226 31253 29720 11 246 18 243 21 243 20 230 24 223 29720 28122 9 234 17 239 18 237 18 226 21 220 28122 26460 11 235 17 238 17 234 16 224 19 219 26460 24737 14 245 16 243 15 236 16 224 17 218 24737 22957 13 259 14 245 13 241 16 222 16 215 22957 21112 10 263 11 240 12 239 14 220 14 208 21112 19195 8 250 8 228 8 228 8 197 11 191 19195 17241 5 239 7 198 5 191 10 155 16 162 17241 15360 3 204 10 192 10 194 11 154 22 157 15360 13650 5 174 13 196 15 199 10 182 18 162 13650 12126 8 172 14 196 15 204 10 203 16 185 12126 10766 9 164 13 192 12 205 8 198 18 200 10766 9549 5 154 11 186 7 197 4 184 16 201 9549 8458 2 270 7 185 3*186 2 185 11 183 8458 7483 7 284 5 220 2*198 2 262 8 162 7483 6616 9 278 5 253 3 213 4 273 4 166 6616 5844 9 271 5*254 3 232 8*262 4 253 5844 5149 7 271 3*246 5 238 10*255 8 283 5149 4532 4 271 2 243 6 242 13 246 11 280 4532 4014 2 268 3 240 6 242 14 244 13 263 4014 3616 1 302 3 238 7 243 14 242 13 249 3616 3341 1 012 3 238 7 243 14 242 12 245 3341 3174 2 013 3 237 7 244 13 242 11 244 3174 3078 2*020 3 238 6 243 11 242 7*245 3078 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