DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 Panoche 2322ft 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 - - - 71.2 - - 78.1 - - - - - 63.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 208 - - - - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 715 - - 2679 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2322 - - 3893 - - - - - 2322 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3037 - - 5002 - - - - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1009 - - 1236 - - - - - 806 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 164 - - 347 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 10 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 039 - - 350 - - - - - 352 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 6 - - - - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6168 - - -5803 - - - - - -2818 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9206 - - 10805 - - - - - 5157 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14789 - - -12748 - - - - - -11101 ODpotential blCL - - - 17826 - - 17750 - - - - - 13440 blCL maxRH - - - 38 - - 83 - - - - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.2 - - 78.1 - - - - - 63.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.5 - - 39.1 - - - - - 49.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.5 - - 76.6 - - - - - 66.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.3 - - 37.8 - - - - - 48.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 208 - - - - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 715 - - 2679 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 31 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 8 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] 96487 30 288 39 289 35 285 96487 89299 19 295 30 276 27 307 89299 83825 14 307 17 272 16 310 83825 79309 11 313 8 276 18 301 79309 75409 5 300 7 288 17 278 75409 71961 2 323 5 283 9 273 71961 68838 6 024 8 230 7 296 68838 65974 6 353 11 238 8 260 65974 63350 7 240 13 255 8 239 63350 60831 11 224 15 251 12 249 60831 58190 13 240 21 241 20 257 58190 55422 18 252 28 233 27 252 55422 52755 22 257 26 239 29 248 52755 50335 24 264 23 251 28 244 50335 48148 25 272 22 251 29 242 48148 46146 25 270 29 244 35 247 46146 44302 24 253 37 237 37 239 44302 42600 27 244 38 231 41 225 42600 41031 26 239 38 229 44 213 41031 39576 32 243 43 226 38 215 39576 38214 46 220 47 214 36 223 38214 36904 46 212 42 212 39 225 36904 35572 38 218 37 210 41 220 35572 34191 33 216 40 202 39 220 34191 32761 33 213 43 201 38 220 32761 31269 38 211 43 206 38 220 31269 29702 41 207 36 224 37 223 29702 28064 29 214 26 218 34 226 28064 26357 26 214 24 224 31 227 26357 24585 27 224 23 240 28 232 24585 22750 29 240 24 245 25 242 22750 20844 29 235 27 242 25 243 20844 18862 29 237 25 243 21 246 18862 16843 23 245 20 244 17 248 16843 14896 17 253 14 253 13 249 14896 13122 13 257 11 262 10 249 13122 11539 11 256 10 261 8 256 11539 10129 10 256 9 260 7 270 10129 8872 9 263 7 268 6 288 8872 7752 8 274 6 295 5 309 7752 6759 7 293 6 323 4 323 6759 5881 7 309 6 345 3 332 5881 5103 8 326 6*353 4 351 5103 4405 8 347 6*352 6 019 4405 3787 7 000 6 350 9 017 3787 3270 7*025 7 350 10 004 3270 2873 6*036 7 349 11 353 2873 2600 6 038 6 349 10 350 2600 2434 5 040 6 348 8*351 2434 2339 5 041 6 348 5*352 2339 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