DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 Hernandez 3060ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 52.5 - - 49.3 - - 40.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 107 - - 35 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 345 - - 1221 - - 934 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3405 - - 4281 - - 3994 - - 3076 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 711 - - 1481 - - 790 - - 307 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 111 - - 219 - - 138 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 24 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 011 - - 018 - - 050 - - 022 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 10 - - -2 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -660 - - -440 - - 461 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4066 - - 4721 - - 3533 - - 3076 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4444 - - -3383 - - -2673 - - -5509 ODpotential blCL - - - 7849 - - 7664 - - 6667 - - 8585 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 75 - - 88 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 52.5 - - 49.3 - - 40.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.8 - - 42.4 - - 44.4 - - 38.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.4 - - 51.6 - - 48.9 - - 44.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.8 - - 41.2 - - 43.5 - - 38.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 107 - - 35 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 345 - - 1221 - - 934 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 2 - - 0 - - 51 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 95245 62 283 57 284 52 284 63 274 95245 88426 33 288 39 283 39 293 42 286 88426 83140 13 284 29 285 33 296 31 299 83140 78696 4 280 24 283 28 297 26 323 78696 74821 6 320 16 287 25 294 26 320 74821 71387 13 303 16 303 20 292 23 306 71387 68278 16 274 18 295 19 297 20 298 68278 65402 14 277 18 295 22 292 24 288 65402 62716 16 292 20 290 26 285 24 284 62716 60097 15 287 20 286 27 277 27 285 60097 57345 16 302 22 294 26 278 31 281 57345 54477 27 301 30 301 27 291 31 283 54477 51729 33 294 34 298 31 300 28 295 51729 49244 32 298 35 301 40 301 30 313 49244 47006 36 306 41 302 49 301 44 316 47006 44983 43 308 51 300 56 305 56 308 44983 43151 48 307 55 306 62 310 63 315 43151 41483 50 318 56 319 64 317 76 325 41483 39947 58 333 59 330 76 325 88 328 39947 38516 65 343 63 339 85 327 102 330 38516 37173 75 347 72 341 87 331 103 330 37173 35875 84 346 83 340 87 335 91 330 35875 34558 89 344 92 339 90 336 86 333 34558 33198 91 342 94 340 92 335 86 336 33198 31797 90 340 92 341 92 335 87 337 31797 30345 88 339 87 340 92 336 86 341 30345 28829 87 339 83 340 90 338 84 343 28829 27253 80 339 82 342 85 340 81 347 27253 25620 70 337 79 339 80 341 75 349 25620 23933 62 337 70 335 72 339 69 342 23933 22194 56 339 67 341 64 336 66 346 22194 20391 56 341 73 359 66 355 63 000 20391 18522 55 346 70 004 60 007 51 012 18522 16630 47 350 55 360 46 006 36 020 16630 14820 37 354 39 355 37 003 27 026 14820 13175 29 002 30 001 28 010 20 030 13175 11710 23 011 25 016 20 019 15 044 11710 10402 20 017 20 026 14 028 12 058 10402 9233 18 023 17 031 12 038 10 058 9233 8190 16 029 14 033 12 041 8 050 8190 7260 14 033 13 045 12 042 6 045 7260 6435 13 034 13 060 12 041 5 052 6435 5702 12 035 12 063 9 034 5 041 5702 5043 10 034 9 056 5 023 6 018 5043 4457 9 029 4*046 3*023 6 352 4457 3966 7 021 2*026 3*040 6 331 3966 3587 5*015 2 017 3 050 6 328 3587 3326 3*012 1 018 3 053 4 345 3326 3167 3 010 1 009 3 053 3 010 3167 3076 2 009 1 008 3 053 3*022 3076 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