DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/23 AirSailing_NV 4300ft pt36781@40.056,-119.529,4344ft SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.1 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - - - - 1900z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 42.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 2407 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - - - - 5101 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - - - - 6707 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - - - - 2972 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - - - - 243 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - - - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - - - - 1742 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 4965 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - - - - -325 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 7032 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 42.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 35.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 2407 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 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] 96886 27 049 96886 89744 22 067 89744 84135 14 075 84135 79447 5 083 79447 75402 3 225 75402 71827 7 233 71827 68586 11 234 68586 65589 10 220 65589 62790 23 246 62790 60077 18 243 60077 57232 28 257 57232 54271 38 248 54271 51447 38 251 51447 48899 42 254 48899 46607 45 256 46607 44532 45 256 44532 42645 42 256 42645 40914 40 264 40914 39306 50 269 39306 37806 55 265 37806 36407 50 262 36407 35078 41 258 35078 33759 36 261 33759 32421 33 269 32421 31064 33 278 31064 29674 36 279 29674 28241 37 273 28241 26764 35 265 26764 25238 33 263 25238 23659 31 263 23659 22032 28 261 22032 20354 26 258 20354 18621 24 257 18621 16867 22 261 16867 15187 18 270 15187 13658 14 274 13658 12293 10 269 12293 11071 8 275 11071 9974 11 291 9974 8990 17 295 8990 8109 22 297 8109 7323 24*298 7323 6622 26*298 6622 5987 26 298 5987 5420 25 298 5420 4942 23 298 4942 4572 20 298 4572 4315 18 298 4315 4159 17 299 4159 4069 15 299 4069 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