DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (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 - - - - - - 0959z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.3 - - - - - 81.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 343 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5854 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6494 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8178 - - - - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 6129 - - - - - 1310 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 518 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 230 - - - - - 006 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 20 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5793 - - - - - -7601 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 13972 - - - - - 9940 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6764 - - - - - -11335 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14942 - - - - - 13674 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.3 - - - - - 81.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.7 - - - - - 45.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 92.0 - - - - - 81.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.3 - - - - - 45.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 343 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5854 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - - - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 99044 29 105 22 104 99044 91595 21 098 23 093 91595 85857 19 092 19 088 85857 81091 20 109 17 084 81091 76980 17 109 16 082 76980 73344 13 101 13 066 73344 70064 9 088 9 058 70064 67062 9 135 7 066 67062 64287 7 134 5 090 64287 61612 0 091 2 153 61612 58829 17 227 6 253 58829 55949 24 212 23 240 55949 53216 30 230 31 245 53216 50768 44 232 43 245 50768 48577 46 231 55 239 48577 46588 52 238 58 239 46588 44760 61 243 60 238 44760 43069 66 244 59 233 43069 41494 70 243 57 227 41494 40021 69 237 58 225 40021 38633 64 232 58 225 38633 37292 59 228 56 225 37292 35928 56 221 53 226 35928 34512 53 215 49 227 34512 33050 48 220 45 226 33050 31529 43 221 43 223 31529 29937 39 216 42 220 29937 28276 38 221 39 221 28276 26544 37 238 33 220 26544 24743 29 244 28 219 24743 22879 19 221 24 222 22879 20949 19 210 24 238 20949 18949 22 217 29 254 18949 16919 22 200 31 255 16919 14969 16 188 28 239 14969 13197 10 208 23 213 13197 11618 10 203 14 188 11618 10212 11 199 8 146 10212 8956 11*204 7 114 8956 7833 10*210 9 100 7833 6833 9 216 11 094 6833 5946 8 222 12 087 5946 5157 7 229 12 076 5157 4449 6 237 12 058 4449 3819 6 245 12 043 3819 3292 6 250 12 031 3292 2886 6 253 11 015 2886 2607 6 255 9 009 2607 2437 6 256 8 008 2437 2339 5 256 5*006 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