DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 Williams 106ft 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 - - - 65.1 - - 72.1 - - - - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 214 - - 287 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1677 - - 4066 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 934 - - 2809 - - - - - 106 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1783 - - 4172 - - - - - 122 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1088 - - 1856 - - - - - 4482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 291 - - 432 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 39 - - 23 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 044 - - 171 - - - - - 184 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -2 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1425 - - -802 - - - - - -2447 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3209 - - 4974 - - - - - 2569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4050 - - -2478 - - - - - -3820 ODpotential blCL - - - 5833 - - 6650 - - - - - 3942 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 79 - - - - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - - - - 240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.1 - - 72.1 - - - - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 51.4 - - 50.6 - - - - - 54.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.7 - - 70.2 - - - - - 67.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 50.5 - - 49.6 - - - - - 54.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 214 - - 287 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1677 - - 4066 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 18 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 9 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] 97320 26 280 30 272 30 299 97320 89951 24 284 25 295 25 292 89951 84317 20 290 21 296 22 278 84317 79650 15 280 18 290 18 267 79650 75621 12 265 18 278 10 281 75621 72043 12 259 19 267 9 269 72043 68787 13 268 22 256 13 268 68787 65784 16 278 18 253 17 276 65784 63000 18 283 17 279 17 282 63000 60297 19 284 24 278 19 297 60297 57464 21 283 26 268 27 289 57464 54514 24 289 26 268 33 280 54514 51693 32 290 29 279 37 280 51693 49151 38 286 34 284 38 283 49151 46879 40 280 38 284 40 284 46879 44826 39 277 39 283 41 281 44826 42958 39 280 38 286 43 275 42958 41251 40 278 40 286 42 269 41251 39685 36 275 42 281 38 274 39685 38238 32 278 37 278 40 277 38238 36886 27 276 30 286 40 276 36886 35582 22 253 25 286 38 276 35582 34255 8 245 17 277 34 275 34255 32878 7 276 13 288 31 273 32878 31448 9 253 15 281 28 276 31448 29950 11 239 16 273 27 277 29950 28370 14 252 17 276 26 275 28370 26708 16 266 20 279 23 277 26708 24963 13 272 20 282 19 280 24963 23141 8 277 8 303 11 289 23141 21247 1 343 4 003 4 274 21247 19270 1 014 2 047 1 007 19270 17202 2 028 5 061 3 042 17202 15086 3 050 5 059 5 024 15086 13045 3 052 4 070 4 029 13045 11191 2 037 4 089 1 112 11191 9545 3 168 5 131 3 161 9545 8083 6 190 5 129 2 145 8083 6783 6 199 2 108 3 007 6783 5629 5 206 1 258 2 001 5629 4609 2 199 2*189 0 230 4609 3711 3 170 3*176 3 186 3711 2918 2 223 3 176 6 186 2918 2209 1*340 3 172 8 193 2209 1583 1*022 4 170 9 200 1583 1061 1 036 4 169 10 201 1061 660 1 050 4 168 11 199 660 385 1 054 4 167 10 194 385 218 1 059 4 167 8 188 218 122 1 059 4 167 5*184 122 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