DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/26 Panoche 2321ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 51.1 - - - - - 46.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 75 - - 131 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1281 - - 2923 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2321 - - 3847 - - - - - 2321 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3602 - - 5244 - - - - - 2337 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2378 - - 3127 - - - - - 3040 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 192 - - 305 - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 10 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 264 - - 272 - - - - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - 1 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 638 - - 856 - - - - - -1296 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2965 - - 4388 - - - - - 3633 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 52 - - -232 - - - - - -2929 ODpotential blCL - - - 3550 - - 5476 - - - - - 5266 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - - - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 51.1 - - - - - 46.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.0 - - 39.9 - - - - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.2 - - 50.2 - - - - - 46.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.4 - - 38.8 - - - - - 37.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 75 - - 131 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1281 - - 2923 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 98 - - - - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 5 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] 97379 32 286 33 292 29 306 97379 90055 27 297 30 301 36 297 90055 84452 20 302 23 294 24 292 84452 79785 22 298 24 280 19 290 79785 75743 26 288 22 275 21 285 75743 72169 25 286 19 266 21 280 72169 68922 25 268 25 259 21 272 68922 65907 27 261 27 258 22 265 65907 63086 27 256 27 248 25 262 63086 60337 26 250 28 240 30 260 60337 57462 24 249 31 248 30 262 57462 54473 26 251 32 255 30 265 54473 51620 29 259 31 257 34 264 51620 49058 36 264 34 263 35 262 49058 46769 42 264 41 267 39 263 46769 44700 44 265 46 266 41 265 44700 42814 46 264 48 268 44 267 42814 41082 46 261 51 268 45 271 41082 39481 43 261 48 266 49 274 39481 37999 40 263 46 268 49 275 37999 36623 37 272 44 267 47 277 36623 35313 37 275 41 267 48 278 35313 34000 35 277 36 276 47 275 34000 32654 34 284 32 283 42 273 32654 31276 33 290 31 286 40 274 31276 29847 32 291 30 288 39 274 29847 28353 31 293 29 288 38 271 28353 26793 30 294 28 288 38 270 26793 25169 28 294 28 287 38 272 25169 23479 27 293 30 288 39 277 23479 21725 26 290 32 287 37 281 21725 19902 27 287 33 287 34 283 19902 18006 27 292 32 291 31 284 18006 16075 26 295 26 295 27 281 16075 14214 21 297 21 290 25 277 14214 12522 14 290 18 276 21 277 12522 11019 9 269 15 258 15 275 11019 9687 8 235 13 247 11 259 9687 8506 11 230 13 251 9 218 8506 7457 10 241 13 258 9 203 7457 6523 10 267 12 265 8 210 6523 5696 13 287 11*269 7 228 5696 4961 13 292 11*272 6 276 4961 4301 13 291 11 272 11 305 4301 3716 11*287 10 272 13 311 3716 3225 9*276 10 272 14 312 3225 2848 7 263 10 272 13 312 2848 2587 7 260 9 272 11 313 2587 2428 7 258 9 272 9 312 2428 2337 6 257 7 271 5*310 2337 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