DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 84.5 - - 88.3 - - - - - 72.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 482 - - - - - 10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2136 - - 2931 - - - - - 319 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3629 - - 4325 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4459 - - 5255 - - - - - 2641 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1379 - - 1891 - - - - - 421 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 369 - - 460 - - - - - 61 W* B/S - - - 50 - - 14 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 6 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 286 - - 308 - - - - - 325 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -9267 - - -8745 - - - - - -5297 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13726 - - 14001 - - - - - 7938 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -16582 - - -15825 - - - - - -13761 ODpotential blCL - - - 21041 - - 21080 - - - - - 16402 blCL maxRH - - - 41 - - 40 - - - - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 84.5 - - 88.3 - - - - - 72.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.9 - - 35.2 - - - - - 46.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 82.4 - - 85.4 - - - - - 72.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.4 - - 34.6 - - - - - 46.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 482 - - - - - 10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2136 - - 2931 - - - - - 319 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 99277 38 100 45 111 31 104 99277 91778 40 114 31 112 29 099 91778 85982 37 118 28 113 29 097 85982 81179 32 107 30 107 29 102 81179 77072 28 104 24 105 28 102 77072 73466 26 110 16 121 26 097 73466 70205 21 111 15 124 17 102 70205 67214 12 127 10 127 12 100 67214 64454 15 138 10 153 7 147 64454 61804 7 162 17 146 14 186 61804 59070 17 208 12 209 14 185 59070 56259 26 212 24 214 17 240 56259 53587 32 213 32 205 29 251 53587 51185 35 214 38 207 36 229 51185 49028 40 221 41 210 41 213 49028 47055 47 228 42 219 42 208 47055 45226 53 228 46 223 41 214 45226 43519 57 222 51 223 43 219 43519 41916 60 218 54 224 46 223 41916 40404 61 217 56 221 50 227 40404 38976 63 217 57 219 54 228 38976 37595 65 217 57 220 58 225 37595 36195 65 219 57 218 61 223 36195 34743 64 222 58 217 61 222 34743 33244 56 222 53 218 61 218 33244 31690 47 214 47 213 60 217 31690 30076 42 215 43 211 50 222 30076 28403 38 218 41 213 39 228 28403 26668 36 219 38 214 32 224 26668 24869 30 221 33 219 30 221 24869 23007 24 223 27 221 27 222 23007 21075 23 225 25 226 22 224 21075 19068 25 225 25 230 17 228 19068 17024 24 223 24 232 15 233 17024 15050 21 226 22 233 15 237 15050 13251 18 234 20 233 15 240 13251 11647 15 241 18 234 15 242 11647 10219 13 247 15 235 15 244 10219 8948 11 251 11 234 13 239 8948 7816 9 253 8 227 12 218 7816 6811 8 249 4 215 11 209 6811 5922 6 237 3*216 7 216 5922 5134 3*208 2*259 4 244 5134 4427 2*187 4 300 3 295 4427 3800 1 221 7 310 7 335 3800 3277 2 303 8 312 14 331 3277 2876 2 310 8 313 14*327 2876 2602 3 312 8 313 13*325 2602 2435 3 313 8 313 11 325 2435 2339 3 313 7 312 7 324 2339 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