DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 Hernandez 3063ft 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 - - - 87.7 - - 92.7 - - 92.4 - - 81.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 306 - - 422 - - 201 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2224 - - 6132 - - 7489 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4410 - - 7553 - - 8239 - - 3063 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5287 - - 9195 - - 10552 - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3054 - - 4237 - - 3454 - - 1461 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 364 - - 568 - - 475 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 21 - - 31 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 177 - - 202 - - 217 - - 027 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - 40 - - 67 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7357 - - -4182 - - -2987 - - -7675 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12644 - - 13378 - - 13539 - - 10755 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9838 - - -5759 - - -4757 - - -11821 ODpotential blCL - - - 15125 - - 14954 - - 15309 - - 14900 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 75 - - 72 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 87.7 - - 92.7 - - 92.4 - - 81.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.9 - - 44.4 - - 43.4 - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 85.5 - - 89.9 - - 90.8 - - 83.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.5 - - 43.9 - - 42.9 - - 44.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 306 - - 422 - - 201 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2224 - - 6132 - - 7489 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 - - 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] 99108 26 109 23 109 20 115 28 094 99108 91683 25 119 23 114 19 111 25 086 91683 85951 23 111 18 115 19 096 19 099 85951 81187 16 112 19 108 19 094 20 101 81187 77077 15 109 16 098 18 104 15 093 77077 73446 17 098 14 103 14 110 11 086 73446 70162 14 102 9 094 9 110 9 090 70162 67151 12 105 7 118 5 093 4 121 67151 64371 5 178 3 163 6 130 6 134 64371 61683 9 205 8 209 9 227 5 230 61683 58887 15 214 15 228 12 245 10 239 58887 56003 23 217 29 226 28 245 20 250 56003 53271 27 237 31 231 35 236 31 241 53271 50824 41 249 42 247 46 245 39 248 50824 48630 47 251 49 246 51 250 51 255 48630 46634 50 250 53 249 56 250 58 252 46634 44793 50 243 55 249 58 246 59 251 44793 43081 47 239 54 244 58 242 62 249 43081 41484 44 238 47 238 53 238 59 243 41484 40000 41 237 42 232 49 234 53 234 40000 38617 37 237 38 232 46 233 49 232 38617 37288 34 241 34 234 40 233 45 233 37288 35940 34 240 32 236 37 234 42 229 35940 34545 34 236 33 235 35 234 41 227 34545 33108 33 230 34 234 34 233 40 228 33108 31617 34 225 33 230 34 231 38 229 31617 30061 34 223 33 228 33 232 34 230 30061 28440 32 225 31 230 29 236 26 231 28440 26757 29 228 26 233 21 233 19 220 26757 25010 23 226 20 228 16 218 19 204 25010 23206 19 219 17 216 17 208 19 204 23206 21341 20 213 19 213 19 210 17 206 21341 19406 23 216 22 215 22 210 15 204 19406 17439 26 222 23 217 23 214 14 198 17439 15544 26 226 24 219 23 219 15 205 15544 13816 24 228 23 222 21 220 17 212 13816 12272 19 230 18 226 16 218 17 217 12272 10890 14 228 13 225 8*208 16 219 10890 9651 11 220 7*212 5*204 14 213 9651 8542 8 207 5*201 5 205 10 201 8542 7552 8 192 5 199 4 210 8 200 7552 6673 7 184 5 197 3 217 5 209 6673 5891 6*178 5 200 2 222 4 218 5891 5185 5*173 5 202 2 231 1 229 5185 4558 4 173 5 204 1 242 4 022 4558 4032 4 176 5 206 1 255 10 026 4032 3626 4 180 5 207 1 260 12 027 3626 3347 4 184 5 208 1 264 11 027 3347 3176 4 186 5 208 1 267 8 027 3176 3079 4 187 4 209 1 264 5*027 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