DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.9 - - 84.9 - - 85.2 - - 77.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 340 - - 433 - - 251 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1682 - - 3238 - - 3608 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4043 - - 5283 - - 5381 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4744 - - 6301 - - 6670 - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 710 - - 859 - - 864 - - 2071 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 345 - - 465 - - 403 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 20 - - 19 - - 16 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 248 - - 324 - - 345 - - 356 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - 17 - - 21 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5579 - - -6722 - - -5684 - - -7183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10324 - - 13024 - - 12355 - - 10261 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13338 - - -12954 - - -11371 - - -14205 ODpotential blCL - - - 18082 - - 19255 - - 18041 - - 17283 blCL maxRH - - - 52 - - 42 - - 39 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.9 - - 84.9 - - 85.2 - - 77.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.8 - - 38.7 - - 42.0 - - 43.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.7 - - 82.1 - - 83.5 - - 78.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.0 - - 37.6 - - 41.2 - - 42.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 340 - - 433 - - 251 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1682 - - 3238 - - 3608 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 99333 31 111 30 117 25 101 28 098 99333 91770 30 102 30 102 31 104 30 102 91770 85953 29 103 28 103 29 107 31 096 85953 81156 26 116 24 108 29 100 30 105 81156 77043 25 112 22 111 23 101 29 104 77043 73426 20 101 23 105 25 107 21 103 73426 70169 19 120 18 106 16 106 19 111 70169 67185 17 123 11 135 11 110 10 085 67185 64437 11 139 15 149 9 123 9 091 64437 61791 12 179 10 166 10 179 6 111 61791 59041 17 197 13 223 15 222 8 229 59041 56209 21 215 25 214 22 226 19 224 56209 53532 27 232 25 236 21 225 22 236 53532 51128 32 244 31 244 25 240 25 248 51128 48956 40 246 40 244 38 248 37 252 48956 46967 48 241 49 246 48 251 47 250 46967 45131 54 238 55 243 55 251 52 253 45131 43423 56 242 57 243 59 251 56 254 43423 41823 60 245 59 244 61 249 58 251 41823 40309 60 243 58 241 62 246 57 250 40309 38872 56 250 55 247 58 245 53 259 38872 37481 54 257 53 253 55 250 53 265 37481 36079 56 261 56 258 57 259 55 264 36079 34646 57 273 55 269 55 273 54 274 34646 33189 49 281 47 278 45 280 49 283 33189 31686 40 276 37 273 36 275 41 281 31686 30123 40 267 39 262 40 267 45 274 30123 28502 44 267 47 265 49 269 54 275 28502 26821 46 267 50 270 52 275 54 276 26821 25076 44 269 48 276 52 277 49 278 25076 23266 40 275 41 281 50 284 50 284 23266 21390 33 279 33 281 40 287 48 293 21390 19443 27 272 28 274 30 281 36 291 19443 17461 23 265 25 271 25 276 27 280 17461 15547 19 265 21 272 21 279 22 277 15547 13800 17 268 17 277 16 286 18 284 13800 12242 15 276 14 283 13 293 14 293 12242 10850 13 284 11 290 11 302 11 306 10850 9607 10 292 8 298 9 311 10 321 9607 8497 8 299 7 311 8 322 9 331 8497 7509 6 301 5 322 4*338 9 335 7509 6635 5 294 4*349 4*000 8 322 6635 5859 4 270 4*345 4 360 5 310 5859 5162 3*260 4 339 5 350 4 336 5162 4541 2*255 5 325 5 341 7 005 4541 4022 3 250 5 318 5 338 8 007 4022 3621 3 247 5 312 5 334 8 002 3621 3344 4 244 5 309 5 334 7 359 3344 3176 4 244 5 307 5 331 6 357 3176 3078 3 243 4 305 4 330 4*356 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