DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 Hernandez 3060ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.1 - - 56.3 - - 55.2 - - 48.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 578 - - 364 - - 28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2408 - - 4272 - - 4092 - - 1380 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4537 - - 6176 - - 5884 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5468 - - 7333 - - 7152 - - 4440 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1172 - - 1027 - - 1751 - - 1396 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 371 - - 560 - - 473 - - 141 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 9 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 12 - - 12 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 315 - - 316 - - 323 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -5 - - -4 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 892 - - 419 - - 372 - - 216 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4577 - - 6914 - - 6781 - - 4224 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 539 - - -6140 - - -243 - - -1360 ODpotential blCL - - - 4929 - - 13473 - - 7395 - - 5800 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 81 - - 81 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.1 - - 56.3 - - 55.2 - - 48.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.6 - - 36.4 - - 36.0 - - 40.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.3 - - 53.4 - - 53.1 - - 48.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.9 - - 35.8 - - 35.6 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 578 - - 364 - - 28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2408 - - 4272 - - 4092 - - 1380 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 73 - - 26 - - 26 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 98553 13 147 16 095 18 137 13 091 98553 91086 16 116 12 113 14 121 15 093 91086 85346 13 115 10 116 16 082 19 095 85346 80593 15 120 8 138 18 065 17 089 80593 76479 14 108 11 120 7 078 15 077 76479 72831 7 092 8 101 10 099 10 085 72831 69522 5 142 4 174 7 104 3 118 69522 66475 4 188 5 178 2 093 4 134 66475 63645 8 248 3 243 5 254 5 022 63645 60895 6 269 0 201 6 260 9 308 60895 58039 14 282 11 291 10 294 10 263 58039 55076 13 285 11 288 10 250 10 310 55076 52242 23 306 27 301 25 297 28 313 52242 49716 28 285 24 294 36 311 36 308 49716 47468 33 311 40 313 44 300 40 302 47468 45431 46 293 49 291 45 286 43 297 45431 43565 36 290 42 278 42 286 51 304 43565 41843 48 318 41 294 47 299 63 304 41843 40240 62 317 61 308 62 305 71 300 40240 38740 67 314 76 310 75 304 78 296 38740 37337 74 315 82 310 82 302 85 292 37337 35995 75 312 84 309 85 302 90 289 35995 34645 72 310 83 306 87 302 89 287 34645 33258 68 308 79 303 89 302 86 290 33258 31837 66 306 75 301 89 301 85 294 31837 30369 64 304 73 298 87 300 83 298 30369 28839 62 301 71 295 83 298 84 301 28839 27248 59 300 69 297 79 299 84 301 27248 25596 56 298 69 300 77 300 83 301 25596 23882 55 295 64 298 75 298 83 304 23882 22111 56 291 59 288 71 295 83 306 22111 20280 56 290 57 282 67 291 80 306 20280 18396 54 290 56 283 63 288 67 307 18396 16505 48 291 54 288 55 293 49 311 16505 14701 39 285 47 293 41 303 36 315 14701 13067 36 279 35 299 27 302 28 316 13067 11617 32 279 26 293 21 286 22 320 11617 10326 26 283 22 283 12 273 14 314 10326 9175 20 290 14 281 2 249 3 219 9175 8146 16 287 9*314 2 345 6 142 8146 7228 10 282 9*321 4*338 5 120 7228 6413 9 282 10 321 7*327 3 054 6413 5687 9*286 11 318 9 324 7 360 5687 5033 11*295 12 315 13 316 12 336 5033 4452 12 298 13 314 13 315 15*327 4452 3964 12 298 13 312 14 313 16*325 3964 3587 12 297 13 310 14 312 15 323 3587 3326 12 297 13 308 13 311 15 322 3326 3168 11 296 12 308 13 311 13 321 3168 3077 9 297 10 307 10 310 9 320 3077 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