DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 Panoche 2322ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) 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 - - - - - - 0959z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.1 - - 69.3 - - 58.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 460 - - 229 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2499 - - 2109 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3978 - - 3484 - - 2322 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4821 - - 4431 - - 2338 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 835 - - 848 - - 1004 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 429 - - 322 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 313 - - 327 - - 317 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -8 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4634 - - -3377 - - -2150 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9455 - - 7809 - - 4488 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14020 - - -12488 - - -13130 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18841 - - 16919 - - 15468 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 52 - - 52 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.1 - - 69.3 - - 58.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.0 - - 43.3 - - 47.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.5 - - 67.7 - - 59.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 43.2 - - 47.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 460 - - 229 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2499 - - 2109 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 98824 9 140 1 216 2 135 98824 91372 6 164 5 150 0 078 91372 85607 3 159 6 144 1 336 85607 80827 4 184 8 142 3 171 80827 76714 7 217 3 124 4 126 76714 73092 7 202 3 298 3 021 73092 69833 4 207 3 218 2 077 69833 66835 3 202 1 237 2 038 66835 64068 7 257 8 300 2 295 64068 61416 15 268 13 284 11 326 61416 58668 14 263 17 266 17 272 58668 55827 20 258 24 259 23 270 55827 53116 34 259 36 260 38 265 53116 50688 49 263 49 265 46 269 50688 48516 58 269 59 272 58 275 48516 46535 66 272 65 270 63 272 46535 44701 70 272 68 269 64 272 44701 42994 72 273 70 271 70 274 42994 41397 71 273 72 272 74 276 41397 39897 67 267 70 271 74 276 39897 38487 65 259 64 269 68 277 38487 37137 64 259 59 267 61 276 37137 35780 54 259 55 270 57 276 35780 34377 50 258 52 273 53 274 34377 32927 52 259 49 276 49 272 32927 31415 51 261 47 278 46 271 31415 29828 47 265 46 276 45 270 29828 28168 45 267 46 272 45 271 28168 26436 44 267 46 272 44 275 26436 24636 46 268 45 276 41 278 24636 22774 47 271 43 278 38 283 22774 20841 45 275 40 281 35 287 20841 18834 40 275 33 283 28 289 18834 16796 35 275 26 286 22 290 16796 14836 30 276 23 289 19 289 14836 13052 26 276 22 293 18 295 13052 11464 25 276 20 294 16 310 11464 10053 22 276 17 292 13 326 10053 8797 18 276 13 285 11 326 8797 7682 12 272 9 268 9 307 7682 6695 9 263 6 238 8 276 6695 5826 6 272 3 262 5 262 5826 5058 8*305 7*335 3 025 5058 4370 10*312 12*331 9 021 4370 3761 11 312 14 328 14 352 3761 3253 11 313 14 326 18 331 3253 2863 11 313 14 326 17 322 2863 2595 11 313 13 324 14 319 2595 2432 10 313 12 324 11*319 2432 2338 9 312 10 323 6*317 2338 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