DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 Hernandez 3062ft 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 84.8 - - 88.9 - - - - - 74.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 286 - - 394 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2750 - - 5257 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4782 - - 6829 - - - - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5813 - - 8319 - - - - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2475 - - 3204 - - - - - 887 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 383 - - 528 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 22 - - 15 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 6 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 278 - - 286 - - - - - 351 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - 10 - - - - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -8208 - - -6996 - - - - - -7448 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14022 - - 15316 - - - - - 10528 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15335 - - -14345 - - - - - -16269 ODpotential blCL - - - 21148 - - 22664 - - - - - 19348 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 46 - - - - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 84.8 - - 88.9 - - - - - 74.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.9 - - 31.9 - - - - - 39.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 82.8 - - 86.5 - - - - - 76.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.2 - - 31.0 - - - - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 286 - - 394 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2750 - - 5257 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98768 10 181 5 161 7 337 98768 91320 8 162 10 147 5 110 91320 85587 4 165 5 150 4 098 85587 80812 4 144 3 096 5 116 80812 76674 5 163 4 201 2 149 76674 73023 6 134 5 212 5 336 73023 69744 6 124 4 286 7 021 69744 66758 5 100 5 239 7 006 66758 64010 3 002 4 246 10 333 64010 61373 11 298 9 297 11 319 61373 58645 11 293 14 272 17 293 58645 55830 14 296 15 264 25 282 55830 53167 30 287 30 280 36 286 53167 50796 42 273 44 274 43 282 50796 48676 44 265 45 270 46 276 48676 46742 40 269 44 271 45 275 46742 44951 42 282 46 279 42 283 44951 43276 46 287 48 285 43 288 43276 41698 47 286 48 285 44 288 41698 40207 47 286 45 282 43 287 40207 38795 45 285 41 282 40 286 38795 37432 42 282 39 281 39 288 37432 36052 38 275 36 277 38 289 36052 34630 36 276 34 278 37 288 34630 33167 34 281 32 282 37 288 33167 31657 35 283 30 284 38 285 31657 30088 36 288 30 287 38 285 30088 28459 35 291 31 288 32 289 28459 26766 32 290 31 286 28 289 26766 25011 27 284 28 286 26 287 25011 23197 24 268 25 280 23 288 23197 21317 25 256 25 270 19 288 21317 19362 25 257 26 270 16 292 19362 17370 23 266 25 272 16 295 17370 15451 22 270 23 272 16 287 15451 13710 23 267 23 267 16 272 13710 12166 22 264 22 264 17 258 12166 10796 19 266 18 267 17 251 10796 9573 15 270 12 275 13 241 9573 8479 12 273 7*284 10 214 8479 7501 9 270 5*292 8 218 7501 6633 6 262 5 292 6 243 6633 5859 4*263 6 291 4 279 5859 5162 3*277 6 288 5 317 5162 4542 3 282 7 285 7 340 4542 4021 3 280 7 282 10 348 4021 3620 4 277 8 281 11 351 3620 3343 4 275 8 279 10 350 3343 3175 4 275 7 279 8*349 3175 3079 3 276 7 278 5*351 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