DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 Hollister 544ft pt31953@36.868,-121.523 SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.3 - - 68.4 - - - - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 242 - - 402 - - - - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1482 - - 1685 - - - - - 486 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1283 - - 1552 - - - - - 544 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2027 - - 2229 - - - - - 1030 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 423 - - 892 - - - - - 991 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 293 - - 357 - - - - - 78 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 258 - - 265 - - - - - 265 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - 3 - - - - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1179 - - -2517 - - - - - -556 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3206 - - 4746 - - - - - 1586 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10015 - - -9034 - - - - - -6606 ODpotential blCL - - - 12042 - - 11263 - - - - - 7636 blCL maxRH - - - 80 - - 80 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.3 - - 68.4 - - - - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 49.2 - - 49.6 - - - - - 54.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.9 - - 66.2 - - - - - 59.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 48.1 - - 48.8 - - - - - 54.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 242 - - 402 - - - - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1482 - - 1685 - - - - - 486 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 22 - - 22 - - - - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 9 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] 98718 22 115 21 111 16 118 98718 91241 19 104 17 113 8 139 91241 85513 22 111 18 130 12 113 85513 80778 13 112 18 116 9 104 80778 76697 9 130 10 134 12 107 76697 73080 11 129 13 147 8 081 73080 69807 7 130 12 131 7 096 69807 66795 10 138 5 147 7 055 66795 64011 1 134 4 233 4 340 64011 61324 9 252 9 268 4 327 61324 58516 13 264 14 263 17 288 58516 55607 20 271 16 255 20 273 55607 52834 21 285 15 295 23 301 52834 50372 33 304 38 314 39 317 50372 48200 38 300 41 299 35 327 48200 46232 45 319 25 311 51 350 46232 44422 48 337 50 340 64 345 44422 42744 70 345 83 347 72 338 42744 41181 79 342 89 344 72 333 41181 39714 75 336 89 342 68 332 39714 38323 73 336 86 341 67 332 38323 36970 70 337 83 341 66 333 36970 35588 63 336 77 343 65 332 35588 34148 43 328 63 342 64 330 34148 32653 38 317 42 331 62 328 32653 31085 36 308 34 311 61 325 31085 29433 35 302 37 303 61 324 29433 27700 36 304 38 300 60 325 27700 25884 30 316 33 304 57 322 25884 23988 29 315 34 313 50 321 23988 22015 34 305 31 317 39 320 22015 19963 32 292 29 317 32 308 19963 17831 27 292 28 313 28 301 17831 15664 23 293 21 308 27 298 15664 13578 17 296 19 302 25 301 13578 11680 13 306 17 297 22 306 11680 9999 12 313 15 294 20 313 9999 8514 13 317 13 305 18 320 8514 7200 14 324 14 316 17 323 7200 6036 16 329 16 325 18 318 6036 5009 18 332 19 335 19 315 5009 4108 19 334 19 337 19 319 4108 3319 18 331 16 332 18 325 3319 2615 12*315 12*314 16 322 2615 1997 11*265 11*276 15 309 1997 1482 12 258 12 265 14 289 1482 1089 12 257 12 262 13*273 1089 819 11 256 11 260 12*268 819 655 10 256 11 259 10 264 655 560 9 256 9 258 7 262 560 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