DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 Hernandez 3061ft 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 - - - 67.7 - - 71.5 - - 69.5 - - 57.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 134 - - 242 - - 111 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1256 - - 3837 - - 3004 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3395 - - 5543 - - 4551 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4318 - - 6898 - - 6066 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3160 - - 2369 - - 6344 - - 830 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 233 - - 408 - - 292 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 17 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 4 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 250 - - 231 - - 278 - - 011 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 13 - - -9 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5203 - - -2974 - - -2289 - - -3303 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9521 - - 9872 - - 8355 - - 6381 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9254 - - -5929 - - -3997 - - -7515 ODpotential blCL - - - 13572 - - 12827 - - 10063 - - 10592 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 83 - - 92 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 190 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.7 - - 71.5 - - 69.5 - - 57.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.8 - - 38.8 - - 43.5 - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.5 - - 69.7 - - 68.6 - - 58.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.5 - - 37.7 - - 42.7 - - 40.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 134 - - 242 - - 111 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1256 - - 3837 - - 3004 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 33 - - 34 - - 67 - - 73 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96644 38 293 34 284 47 277 49 279 96644 89374 27 276 37 276 36 281 36 293 89374 83852 21 269 34 278 26 290 28 295 83852 79295 20 284 22 280 20 291 21 293 79295 75361 12 301 14 278 18 289 13 301 75361 71869 15 283 20 290 19 302 14 324 71869 68700 19 264 27 281 28 301 25 316 68700 65790 20 278 30 278 28 290 32 300 65790 63080 21 288 28 277 33 280 35 285 63080 60428 32 290 31 281 37 266 37 265 60428 57638 38 282 36 284 32 268 36 275 57638 54741 44 284 45 287 49 285 56 282 54741 51996 57 277 54 279 64 275 59 267 51996 49531 57 271 57 273 57 272 44 265 49531 47304 49 271 51 272 51 281 53 283 47304 45285 77 294 72 290 69 284 71 278 45285 43466 143 292 117 287 97 279 96 280 43466 41813 142 290 136 283 115 278 127 280 41813 40277 134 288 128 283 115 280 137 280 40277 38828 119 288 107 280 103 281 136 282 38828 37463 98 285 83 273 91 278 123 283 37463 36151 87 282 76 269 79 270 97 279 36151 34827 71 279 73 267 74 263 82 274 34827 33465 59 271 68 262 74 258 75 269 33465 32064 57 266 63 259 74 254 73 267 32064 30611 53 259 55 258 69 252 75 269 30611 29093 43 253 48 258 60 256 70 271 29093 27511 38 253 43 255 46 262 62 271 27511 25865 36 254 35 251 41 260 55 272 25865 24159 39 259 27 253 39 259 54 281 24159 22398 43 259 26 265 39 264 53 275 22398 20580 39 250 33 264 41 267 39 271 20580 18704 31 247 35 256 43 260 37 275 18704 16808 24 248 29 246 41 245 47 261 16808 14991 21 252 24 249 30 231 48 249 14991 13338 19 253 23 262 20 230 42 242 13338 11860 13 253 21 264 13 266 32 228 11860 10536 7 255 16 253 11 299 21 200 10536 9352 3 281 10 231 9 307 14 155 9352 8293 3 340 4 194 7 313 12 125 8293 7349 3 329 2*166 6 317 8 110 7349 6511 4 298 2*181 7*309 5 090 6511 5764 5 274 3 217 7*300 3 059 5764 5090 6 258 4 229 8 284 4 022 5090 4491 7*251 5 233 9 277 7 359 4491 3988 7*250 6 237 9 274 11 352 3988 3600 7 251 6 238 9 272 13 354 3600 3333 7 250 6 239 9 271 11 357 3333 3171 7 250 6 239 9 270 9 000 3171 3077 6 249 6 239 8 270 4*011 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