DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/08 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 83.1 - - 89.5 - - - - - 78.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 378 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2546 - - 5237 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3864 - - 6047 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4870 - - 7561 - - - - - 2340 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1532 - - 1644 - - - - - 1187 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 363 - - 515 - - - - - 4 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 18 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 155 - - 186 - - - - - 359 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 16 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7159 - - -4936 - - - - - -7004 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12030 - - 12498 - - - - - 9344 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11667 - - -7692 - - - - - -12101 ODpotential blCL - - - 16537 - - 15253 - - - - - 14441 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 84 - - - - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 0 - - - - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 83.1 - - 89.5 - - - - - 78.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.7 - - 42.7 - - - - - 46.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 81.2 - - 87.2 - - - - - 81.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.4 - - 42.4 - - - - - 45.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 378 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2546 - - 5237 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 35 - - 35 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 99071 19 125 19 130 5 098 99071 91586 18 121 16 147 14 113 91586 85805 13 124 16 130 15 102 85805 81022 10 129 11 110 17 103 81022 76902 14 126 12 111 17 103 76902 73278 19 121 8 128 16 105 73278 70025 15 099 12 110 13 104 70025 67049 8 122 11 100 15 101 67049 64302 10 128 7 117 11 073 64302 61627 8 159 12 177 8 064 61627 58841 11 195 17 197 13 249 58841 55997 19 238 22 238 22 241 55997 53307 37 233 46 242 36 243 53307 50890 51 240 58 233 47 235 50890 48728 58 250 58 235 49 231 48728 46759 73 255 65 249 53 243 46759 44941 84 247 78 247 63 245 44941 43248 85 241 79 241 69 241 43248 41660 79 242 77 239 70 240 41660 40161 72 244 79 238 71 239 40161 38744 64 242 76 236 72 238 38744 37377 58 239 67 236 70 237 37377 35994 61 236 58 238 64 236 35994 34570 59 238 54 240 52 235 34570 33106 48 243 46 241 44 228 33106 31583 37 246 35 244 37 224 31583 29989 34 244 29 241 34 214 29989 28324 32 242 27 238 28 213 28324 26594 28 239 24 236 21 219 26594 24801 24 237 20 230 23 224 24801 22948 21 231 23 225 24 225 22948 21027 20 219 27 228 20 228 21027 19034 22 222 23 230 15 231 19034 17005 23 224 18 228 10 236 17005 15051 20 226 16 226 8 243 15051 13269 17 231 17 228 7 247 13269 11678 15 235 17 232 6 241 11678 10258 14 234 15 233 7 228 10258 8988 13 234 12 227 9 208 8988 7854 11 230 8*208 11 186 7854 6847 9 216 7*198 10 180 6847 5955 8 192 6 195 9 187 5955 5164 7*175 6 189 7 184 5164 4452 6*166 5 184 4 152 4452 3821 6 159 5 178 4 076 3821 3293 5 153 5 176 6 041 3293 2887 5 149 4 174 8 021 2887 2607 4 147 4 172 8 009 2607 2437 4 147 4 173 7*003 2437 2340 4 147 4 171 4*359 2340 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