DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 Williams 105ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare 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 - - 1002z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.4 - - 66.7 - - - - - 63.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 360 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3506 - - 5929 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2353 - - 4342 - - - - - 105 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3611 - - 6035 - - - - - 122 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2243 - - 2059 - - - - - 6991 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 401 - - 523 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 83 - - 49 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 021 - - 171 - - - - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - -14 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1158 - - -153 - - - - - -6056 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4769 - - 6189 - - - - - 6178 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2684 - - -636 - - - - - -8122 ODpotential blCL - - - 6295 - - 6671 - - - - - 8244 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 74 - - - - - 36 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.4 - - 66.7 - - - - - 63.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.0 - - 39.9 - - - - - 37.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.7 - - 64.6 - - - - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.0 - - 39.0 - - - - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 360 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3506 - - 5929 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 5 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] 97406 23 291 33 284 27 306 97406 90066 20 288 25 285 23 305 90066 84436 19 284 20 290 22 295 84436 79771 15 276 18 284 19 279 79771 75743 15 263 18 268 19 272 75743 72159 16 248 20 248 17 275 72159 68889 19 249 23 243 14 273 68889 65862 20 250 22 243 16 265 65862 63043 19 248 21 248 17 260 63043 60310 18 260 16 253 16 265 60310 57456 21 263 15 259 17 260 57456 54481 17 259 16 256 14 269 54481 51634 15 260 17 274 18 284 51634 49077 14 279 21 282 18 288 49077 46794 18 305 21 287 19 293 46794 44736 21 309 19 297 18 295 44736 42863 26 311 22 305 23 305 42863 41148 25 309 27 305 26 298 41148 39564 23 332 33 310 26 292 39564 38092 33 348 39 304 31 289 38092 36717 34 350 40 300 36 289 36717 35399 36 356 41 303 41 280 35399 34073 40 356 42 307 41 280 34073 32707 42 355 43 312 44 284 32707 31290 42 356 42 311 47 285 31290 29800 43 359 40 313 46 289 29800 28227 42 001 39 317 42 292 28227 26572 40 002 35 318 38 288 26572 24835 40 005 31 319 37 284 24835 23020 37 010 28 323 32 291 23020 21129 32 014 25 327 25 295 21129 19153 27 011 21 334 19 298 19153 17085 19 003 18 344 14 312 17085 14973 15 006 14 355 10 341 14973 12944 12 016 12 010 9 040 12944 11106 12 024 12 031 11 073 11106 9473 7 056 13 054 6 094 9473 8021 9 093 10 077 2 103 8021 6732 11 102 5*085 1 318 6732 5589 10 111 3*097 1 279 5589 4576 6 116 2 125 2 228 4576 3685 2*111 2 155 2 211 3685 2897 1*060 2 175 3 196 2897 2193 1 026 2 187 3 193 2193 1571 1 017 3 193 4 188 1571 1053 1 013 3 198 4 185 1053 656 1 010 3 197 4 182 656 383 1 010 3 201 4 180 383 217 1 005 3 199 4*178 217 122 1 008 3 200 4*176 122 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