DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 87.4 - - 92.4 - - - - - 81.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 258 - - 366 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2170 - - 4653 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4317 - - 6325 - - - - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5232 - - 7716 - - - - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2567 - - 2967 - - - - - 1103 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 341 - - 494 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 14 - - 22 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 044 - - 045 - - - - - 036 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 8 - - - - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7686 - - -6299 - - - - - -8594 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12918 - - 14015 - - - - - 11673 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11858 - - -9548 - - - - - -13781 ODpotential blCL - - - 17090 - - 17264 - - - - - 16860 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 73 - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 87.4 - - 92.4 - - - - - 81.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.6 - - 41.4 - - - - - 42.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 85.4 - - 90.0 - - - - - 84.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.1 - - 40.7 - - - - - 41.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 258 - - 366 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2170 - - 4653 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 15 - - 0 - - - - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 99033 19 121 21 118 7 049 99033 91542 14 124 16 116 16 114 91542 85751 14 114 12 129 17 109 85751 80958 14 114 14 121 13 095 80958 76844 12 106 11 115 9 112 76844 73226 11 109 14 111 10 108 73226 69971 15 102 15 104 9 111 69971 66999 14 092 14 114 12 093 66999 64265 10 093 6 113 10 068 64265 61634 8 137 2 147 9 049 61634 58908 7 151 6 190 6 303 58908 56110 13 245 14 230 11 253 56110 53464 19 250 19 237 14 243 53464 51089 29 238 26 237 21 258 51089 48956 32 240 29 241 22 258 48956 47007 33 242 29 242 20 260 47007 45202 33 244 27 243 21 256 45202 43517 34 245 26 246 21 253 43517 41935 34 240 27 249 20 248 41935 40445 33 235 28 253 20 238 40445 39037 30 232 29 251 19 234 39037 37677 26 228 27 242 19 243 37677 36300 22 232 25 234 20 249 36300 34875 19 244 18 225 21 249 34875 33407 19 251 14 232 19 248 33407 31884 20 243 20 238 20 245 31884 30298 23 229 22 226 23 238 30298 28650 22 224 20 219 23 232 28650 26938 20 234 14 222 19 228 26938 25168 17 242 11 216 17 220 25168 23345 13 235 8 200 16 212 23345 21462 11 218 10 196 12 201 21462 19509 12 200 12 194 9 193 19509 17523 13 185 12 190 6 168 17523 15612 12 178 9 188 5 135 15612 13870 6 184 6 188 4 110 13870 12314 2 165 2 206 3 087 12314 10923 5 127 1 193 3 069 10923 9677 6 117 1 122 3 052 9677 8561 5 103 2*065 2 325 8561 7567 5 086 2*042 5 273 7567 6685 5 070 3 039 6 268 6685 5900 4*059 3 043 5 268 5900 5192 4*053 4 045 3 290 5192 4563 5 045 5 047 3 353 4563 4035 5 043 5 046 8 022 4035 3628 5 043 6 047 10 029 3628 3348 5 040 6 047 10 031 3348 3177 4 040 5 048 8*034 3177 3079 4 041 5 047 5*036 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