DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 72.9 - - 71.3 - - 60.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 210 - - 332 - - 134 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2572 - - 5641 - - 4557 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4553 - - 7072 - - 5792 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5634 - - 8702 - - 7619 - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2600 - - 1617 - - 2555 - - 2152 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 342 - - 515 - - 358 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 13 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 141 - - 177 - - 232 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 25 - - -15 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7266 - - -4833 - - -4861 - - -6425 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12901 - - 13536 - - 12481 - - 9503 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13034 - - -10036 - - -10054 - - -12140 ODpotential blCL - - - 18668 - - 18738 - - 17673 - - 15218 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 79 - - 75 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 72.9 - - 71.3 - - 60.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.8 - - 23.9 - - 27.1 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.2 - - 70.9 - - 70.2 - - 64.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.6 - - 22.8 - - 25.9 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 210 - - 332 - - 134 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2572 - - 5641 - - 4557 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 22 - - 18 - - 0 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96950 37 282 39 284 34 289 40 292 96950 89740 26 290 27 291 31 293 34 310 89740 84202 19 297 15 297 22 300 23 320 84202 79601 13 308 15 288 19 307 18 319 79601 75638 11 326 13 293 14 307 18 307 75638 72152 10 332 10 298 8 317 12 305 72152 69009 11 325 11 307 10 326 7 329 69009 66110 13 318 14 297 12 319 8 324 66110 63402 14 288 17 253 15 293 15 284 63402 60766 15 264 17 245 24 262 22 260 60766 57995 21 264 23 276 23 268 24 259 57995 55092 39 266 40 279 41 267 39 254 55092 52281 49 256 46 270 45 263 44 260 52281 49722 48 264 55 272 58 268 56 263 49722 47447 55 264 69 268 61 260 56 263 47447 45429 51 253 59 255 54 253 52 263 45429 43615 31 260 42 257 51 253 58 262 43615 41948 44 286 48 278 55 256 64 260 41948 40396 63 284 61 278 52 264 62 260 40396 38941 72 278 68 269 52 268 54 262 38941 37577 77 272 72 259 51 262 46 261 37577 36270 74 273 75 263 51 253 43 239 36270 34950 62 273 75 272 52 254 45 235 34950 33585 44 261 42 262 54 261 38 241 33585 32181 33 247 31 240 41 272 38 262 32181 30724 25 243 25 237 27 258 29 267 30724 29204 20 239 24 241 23 240 19 245 29204 27622 16 225 23 248 17 235 17 233 27622 25981 20 213 18 243 16 236 14 230 25981 24282 21 201 16 221 17 235 14 227 24282 22526 22 199 16 199 14 228 12 227 22526 20712 22 215 14 202 13 212 10 211 20712 18830 18 228 11 213 12 200 13 191 18830 16916 12 218 10 198 11 191 15 191 16916 15073 10 193 12 190 12 185 16 197 15073 13396 8 177 11 187 13 186 17 196 13396 11904 7 158 12 187 12 189 17 187 11904 10575 8 155 11 187 11 189 12 172 10575 9387 9 156 8*186 7 193 8 151 9387 8323 9 160 7*185 5*208 6 152 8323 7374 8 165 7 184 6*218 4 178 7374 6531 8 174 7 182 6 224 5 207 6531 5780 8*175 7 178 8 231 6 228 5780 5103 8*170 7 175 9 234 6 243 5103 4500 7 150 7 173 10 234 8 250 4500 3995 8 133 7 170 10 236 8 248 3995 3605 8 130 7 169 10 236 9 242 3605 3336 7 128 7 169 10 236 8 238 3336 3172 7 129 6 168 9 236 6*236 3172 3078 6 129 6 169 8 236 3*241 3078 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