DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 Williams 107ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 79.4 - - 88.6 - - - - - 78.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 84 - - 167 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 685 - - 1897 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 107 - - 1003 - - - - - 107 Hcrit BL Top - - - 791 - - 2004 - - - - - 123 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 571 - - 993 - - - - - 482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 162 - - 282 - - - - - 4 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 9 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 354 - - 008 - - - - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -8214 - - -8982 - - - - - -8026 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9006 - - 10987 - - - - - 8150 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15282 - - -14195 - - - - - -13966 ODpotential blCL - - - 16073 - - 16199 - - - - - 14089 blCL maxRH - - - 25 - - 23 - - - - - 21 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 79.4 - - 88.6 - - - - - 78.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.3 - - 41.3 - - - - - 44.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.7 - - 87.3 - - - - - 84.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.3 - - 40.2 - - - - - 43.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 84 - - 167 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 685 - - 1897 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 96466 13 320 9 310 13 296 96466 89347 2 123 7 320 7 274 89347 83895 4 167 6 307 6 297 83895 79372 1 343 3 273 4 336 79372 75469 3 225 7 248 1 309 75469 72021 4 036 7 250 4 297 72021 68905 5 345 11 284 10 329 68905 66051 9 341 10 276 9 318 66051 63415 13 309 9 274 9 287 63415 60865 18 284 14 289 10 278 60865 58194 22 273 19 281 16 270 58194 55404 24 268 23 263 25 273 55404 52718 30 262 30 266 36 276 52718 50272 34 266 38 263 43 272 50272 48055 41 269 43 260 45 263 48055 46028 44 263 45 253 46 258 46028 44164 45 253 50 246 52 251 44164 42449 51 248 55 244 55 244 42449 40871 58 241 56 242 55 239 40871 39410 61 239 57 241 55 238 39410 38041 58 240 53 242 53 238 38041 36716 60 239 50 242 52 236 36716 35364 60 237 50 241 52 234 35364 33954 57 237 51 240 54 232 33954 32488 55 237 52 240 54 232 32488 30950 53 235 53 239 53 233 30950 29327 49 235 52 237 50 235 29327 27619 46 237 48 237 48 236 27619 25825 40 234 47 236 46 235 25825 23948 37 229 44 231 43 235 23948 21991 37 231 41 231 38 235 21991 19948 36 234 38 233 33 238 19948 17814 31 232 33 237 28 240 17814 15637 24 234 23 237 22 229 15637 13537 18 250 14 236 19 210 13537 11619 13 260 11 232 16 211 11619 9908 7 260 10 222 13 222 9908 8387 3 211 9 219 8 241 8387 7035 4 196 6 238 4 293 7035 5836 2 264 5 292 6 328 5836 4774 6 336 7 329 6 324 4774 3839 9 354 10 343 5 311 3839 3014 11 006 10 358 4 307 3014 2278 14 009 9*006 3 307 2278 1630 16 006 7*009 0 344 1630 1091 15*360 6 009 2 124 1091 678 10*354 6 008 2 136 678 393 8 354 5 008 2 149 393 222 8 354 5 007 2 164 222 123 7 353 4 007 2*179 123 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