DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1333z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.6 - - 79.6 - - 77.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 402 - - 181 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2095 - - 3690 - - 3118 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3563 - - 4859 - - 4117 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - 4417 - - 6013 - - 5440 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 939 - - 979 - - 1263 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 352 - - 468 - - 339 - - - W* B/S - - - 8 - - 14 - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 6 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - 009 - - 360 - - 354 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 0 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 9 - - 7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6202 - - -7044 - - -4770 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10620 - - 13057 - - 10210 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15651 - - -15616 - - -12834 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - 20068 - - 21629 - - 18274 - - - blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 47 - - 38 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.6 - - 79.6 - - 77.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.5 - - 30.5 - - 40.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.7 - - 77.1 - - 76.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.1 - - 30.1 - - 40.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 402 - - 181 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2095 - - 3690 - - 3118 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - - 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] 98631 14 151 16 189 7 213 98631 91235 12 138 15 185 9 189 91235 85508 7 130 10 164 8 150 85508 80756 5 121 12 136 7 150 80756 76675 5 221 5 119 8 129 76675 73060 5 188 1 306 9 103 73060 69775 6 184 2 300 4 075 69775 66760 10 189 7 243 9 323 66760 63989 2 170 8 215 7 278 63989 61329 9 295 8 297 8 299 61329 58562 12 251 16 251 18 264 58562 55691 12 267 18 253 23 267 55691 52963 36 268 43 261 49 269 52963 50521 41 264 46 256 53 259 50521 48329 50 275 51 271 51 268 48329 46334 59 281 58 279 52 275 46334 44500 63 284 65 281 64 285 44500 42802 67 281 70 281 69 283 42802 41225 70 273 69 272 72 274 41225 39753 67 268 66 266 68 266 39753 38374 62 267 60 265 58 267 38374 37044 57 270 52 261 53 272 37044 35694 51 272 46 264 50 268 35694 34295 46 274 43 270 42 261 34295 32851 43 275 40 278 39 271 32851 31346 37 275 38 285 39 275 31346 29769 32 278 37 282 39 268 29769 28119 31 286 37 274 38 268 28119 26400 29 272 31 265 36 264 26400 24616 29 265 31 259 35 260 24616 22766 30 271 33 263 36 263 22766 20844 28 274 29 272 32 273 20844 18846 27 275 26 277 26 281 18846 16813 24 278 22 284 20 285 16813 14856 20 283 18 289 14 283 14856 13077 14 287 11 292 9 273 13077 11497 9 285 6 290 6 264 11497 10093 5 287 2 275 2 259 10093 8844 3 310 1 158 0 305 8844 7733 3 345 2 050 2 059 7733 6748 6 005 5*006 5 038 6748 5878 8 002 5*360 6*022 5878 5107 9*009 6 360 7*011 5107 4412 8*009 6 360 8 003 4412 3795 8 010 7 359 9 353 3795 3278 8 009 7 359 9 350 3278 2879 8 009 7 360 9 348 2879 2603 7 009 7 000 9 347 2603 2435 7 009 6 360 9 347 2435 2339 6 009 6 360 7 346 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