DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 Panoche 2321ft 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 49.9 - - 57.9 - - - - - 51.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 59 - - 74 - - - - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 613 - - 1724 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2321 - - 2322 - - - - - 2321 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2934 - - 4046 - - - - - 2338 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1350 - - 4010 - - - - - 3099 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 140 - - 218 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 9 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 242 - - 197 - - - - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -13 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 367 - - -295 - - - - - -130 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2567 - - 4342 - - - - - 2469 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1040 - - -1659 - - - - - -817 ODpotential blCL - - - 3974 - - 5705 - - - - - 3155 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 100 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.9 - - 57.9 - - - - - 51.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.7 - - 46.9 - - - - - 48.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.3 - - 57.4 - - - - - 51.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 46.0 - - 45.6 - - - - - 47.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 59 - - 74 - - - - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 613 - - 1724 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 96 - - 98 - - - - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 8 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] 96781 33 289 42 277 42 300 96781 89478 28 291 34 288 30 296 89478 83882 25 285 26 293 25 315 83882 79282 18 291 20 288 23 314 79282 75348 18 298 20 288 20 308 75348 71876 20 298 24 290 24 317 71876 68714 20 288 23 283 24 311 68714 65774 25 284 21 275 28 290 65774 63031 28 278 27 274 28 271 63031 60350 27 290 34 273 29 280 60350 57539 45 286 39 267 43 285 57539 54622 49 286 41 271 50 281 54622 51831 57 283 54 273 57 279 51831 49316 64 276 62 275 63 277 49316 47064 68 270 69 275 67 274 47064 45023 68 266 74 273 68 272 45023 43155 74 275 82 272 71 274 43155 41436 117 279 100 268 77 275 41436 39844 159 279 125 265 84 274 39844 38361 166 277 134 265 86 271 38361 36970 150 275 129 263 82 272 36970 35634 134 271 123 258 83 275 35634 34287 123 265 125 252 90 274 34287 32901 114 262 129 247 88 268 32901 31479 109 260 125 246 77 262 31479 30009 102 258 116 245 70 261 30009 28478 94 256 102 248 66 260 28478 26888 86 255 82 255 63 260 26888 25243 77 257 64 254 55 260 25243 23550 68 257 57 242 44 255 23550 21802 61 254 58 239 44 259 21802 19990 52 250 60 249 38 278 19990 18107 49 256 56 267 26 283 18107 16186 49 263 50 279 14 282 16186 14331 42 269 43 284 16 298 14331 12640 32 271 32 288 17 304 12640 11131 21 271 25 272 15 301 11131 9787 17 280 23 246 9 294 9787 8588 16 276 22 234 8 292 8588 7519 14 256 21 228 10 285 7519 6571 13 235 19 223 12 276 6571 5734 13 227 17 218 12 277 5734 4991 11 226 15 213 13 283 4991 4324 10 229 13*206 13 285 4324 3732 8 237 11*199 13 282 3732 3236 6*248 10 197 12 276 3236 2853 5*245 9 197 11 271 2853 2590 4 242 9 197 9 270 2590 2430 4 241 8 197 8*270 2430 2338 3 240 6 197 5*270 2338 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