DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 Hernandez 3061ft 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 - - 1331z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.7 - - 59.6 - - 59.4 - - 51.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 60 - - 22 - - 23 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1365 - - 1345 - - 1946 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4426 - - 4406 - - 5007 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1964 - - 1754 - - 1905 - - 1643 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 195 - - 152 - - 171 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 188 - - 236 - - 234 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 5 - - 6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 81 - - -682 - - 220 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4345 - - 5088 - - 4787 - - 3077 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2379 - - -4227 - - -2791 - - -1352 ODpotential blCL - - - 6805 - - 8633 - - 7798 - - 4429 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 101 - - 71 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.7 - - 59.6 - - 59.4 - - 51.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 52.2 - - 47.9 - - 49.0 - - 51.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.2 - - 59.4 - - 59.3 - - 53.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 50.9 - - 46.6 - - 47.7 - - 52.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 60 - - 22 - - 23 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1365 - - 1345 - - 1946 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 61 - - 102 - - 0 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 96362 9 080 4 017 7 015 7 086 96362 89257 13 046 6 112 1 219 10 001 89257 83795 9 008 6 043 4 046 9 020 83795 79258 8 012 10 354 12 351 14 357 79258 75374 8 010 7 356 8 003 8 005 75374 71968 17 341 14 329 18 311 18 344 71968 68898 20 331 16 330 13 314 15 326 68898 66062 15 301 18 306 20 316 13 330 66062 63396 24 293 30 280 35 292 27 305 63396 60788 34 290 37 276 41 276 37 289 60788 58058 38 291 45 284 44 283 46 281 58058 55214 47 284 52 280 49 281 51 275 55214 52476 53 277 55 276 53 277 55 272 52476 49989 58 273 56 272 61 273 58 271 49989 47749 60 268 57 268 64 269 60 266 47749 45709 56 266 56 262 62 265 59 263 45709 43828 51 265 57 258 62 263 60 265 43828 42080 54 266 60 255 67 259 68 265 42080 40453 63 266 64 257 69 257 72 261 40453 38937 66 260 70 258 72 259 72 260 38937 37523 62 255 73 252 76 258 74 260 37523 36174 53 238 72 239 86 251 80 259 36174 34826 51 235 70 236 87 246 85 256 34826 33450 51 237 72 240 86 245 91 253 33450 32046 53 242 72 243 88 248 95 250 32046 30591 54 247 73 245 82 248 87 248 30591 29074 54 249 73 245 73 248 79 253 29074 27495 54 248 74 246 72 250 81 256 27495 25853 52 243 73 249 70 250 77 257 25853 24154 52 243 73 248 67 252 69 257 24154 22402 53 248 72 246 64 253 65 259 22402 20590 51 249 65 247 58 253 56 260 20590 18711 50 251 60 250 56 253 46 258 18711 16801 48 255 54 251 56 254 43 254 16801 14965 46 258 47 250 51 253 41 254 14965 13296 45 255 43 249 45 248 39 252 13296 11811 44 249 41 246 41 244 37 250 11811 10488 41 246 41 244 40 243 34 251 10488 9307 36 245 38 244 36 245 28 254 9307 8254 29 246 33 246 28 246 22 252 8254 7316 23 247 26 248 19 243 15 244 7316 6484 17 246 18 248 11 236 9 231 6484 5743 13 238 12 246 7 229 5 217 5743 5076 11 222 8 239 6*230 4 213 5076 4482 9*200 7*234 6*232 3 227 4482 3983 7*188 6*235 6 233 2 258 3983 3598 7 187 6 236 6 234 2 292 3598 3332 6 188 6 237 6 235 3 289 3332 3170 6 188 6 238 6 236 3 278 3170 3077 5 188 5 238 5 235 2*277 3077 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