DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/01 Hernandez 3062ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack 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 - - 1001z - - 1331z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 73.1 - - 79.8 - - 80.1 - - 69.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 188 - - 377 - - 186 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2378 - - 4964 - - 5811 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4391 - - 6591 - - 6926 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5440 - - 8026 - - 8874 - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1316 - - 1460 - - 1448 - - 2864 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 327 - - 515 - - 432 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 56 - - 31 - - 17 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 213 - - 270 - - 310 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - 12 - - 26 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4294 - - -4673 - - -4168 - - -5270 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9735 - - 12700 - - 13042 - - 8350 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10216 - - -9804 - - -8792 - - -10709 ODpotential blCL - - - 15656 - - 17830 - - 17666 - - 13788 blCL maxRH - - - 39 - - 43 - - 64 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 73.1 - - 79.8 - - 80.1 - - 69.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.2 - - 34.6 - - 33.4 - - 43.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.7 - - 77.4 - - 78.7 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.9 - - 33.3 - - 32.2 - - 43.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 188 - - 377 - - 186 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2378 - - 4964 - - 5811 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 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] 98580 7 118 9 043 6 089 9 025 98580 91098 12 111 10 112 7 061 8 079 91098 85344 16 119 10 113 4 098 11 073 85344 80575 18 100 10 092 10 099 10 081 80575 76490 18 088 12 098 18 093 12 093 76490 72911 14 083 9 093 16 084 15 089 72911 69679 11 097 7 103 10 081 14 081 69679 66707 13 098 4 142 10 061 11 076 66707 63944 5 129 7 195 4 335 8 046 63944 61254 6 164 9 201 8 253 4 335 61254 58437 5 206 8 237 10 238 8 268 58437 55501 12 236 12 243 15 230 17 248 55501 52694 18 252 16 246 19 240 21 241 52694 50164 27 256 25 251 26 258 22 250 50164 47901 34 257 29 257 29 266 22 268 47901 45859 38 264 33 259 37 262 28 273 45859 44004 40 263 36 262 41 262 35 262 44004 42320 42 271 40 274 44 269 35 269 42320 40775 46 281 46 283 49 275 44 275 40775 39335 47 284 47 288 46 275 45 275 39335 37979 45 284 43 291 38 276 38 276 37979 36670 41 285 37 286 33 279 32 277 36670 35344 37 282 32 283 31 284 29 279 35344 33974 34 280 30 289 28 288 26 284 33974 32564 29 280 26 293 25 290 24 291 32564 31100 22 279 22 293 21 294 20 289 31100 29573 18 274 17 286 17 294 16 287 29573 27983 15 271 15 278 15 290 14 294 27983 26330 11 274 10 276 12 287 12 299 26330 24615 6 282 5 272 8 285 10 299 24615 22841 4 306 2 264 5 283 7 297 22841 21003 3 280 0 047 2 169 2 258 21003 19095 3 210 2 131 5 128 4 152 19095 17155 3 174 5 155 5 134 4 144 17155 15288 3 194 5 165 5 143 3 142 15288 13587 3 236 3 187 5 151 2 139 13587 12069 3 265 3 204 4 153 1 356 12069 10713 3 302 3 196 4 091 4 308 10713 9499 4 321 2 163 7*043 3 301 9499 8412 4 324 0*015 6*029 2 091 8412 7444 4 319 1*327 5 004 5 083 7444 6586 4 309 1 305 5 324 5 041 6586 5823 2*291 2 282 5 305 6 015 5823 5136 1*235 3 272 6 293 7 360 5136 4524 1 220 4 265 6 286 8 348 4524 4010 1 210 5 262 7 282 9 340 4010 3614 1 205 5 260 7 280 9 330 3614 3341 1 209 5 259 7 278 8 322 3341 3174 1 208 5 258 7 277 7*317 3174 3079 1 210 5 257 6 276 4*312 3079 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