DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 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 - - - 59.9 - - 65.1 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 237 - - 408 - - - - - 16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2217 - - 4049 - - - - - 372 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3589 - - 5150 - - - - - 2321 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4539 - - 6371 - - - - - 2693 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1244 - - 1948 - - - - - 493 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 336 - - 489 - - - - - 74 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 20 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 229 - - - - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 5 - - - - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1830 - - -1287 - - - - - -780 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6369 - - 7658 - - - - - 3473 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5434 - - -3450 - - - - - -4819 ODpotential blCL - - - 9973 - - 9821 - - - - - 7512 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 68 - - - - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.9 - - 65.1 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.1 - - 39.4 - - - - - 43.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.4 - - 62.8 - - - - - 50.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.0 - - 38.5 - - - - - 43.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 237 - - 408 - - - - - 16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2217 - - 4049 - - - - - 372 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 0 - - - - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 97402 28 279 30 281 31 291 97402 90062 29 299 27 287 24 302 90062 84408 22 301 22 293 23 287 84408 79714 16 279 20 296 22 279 79714 75680 17 247 20 282 18 282 75680 72103 12 259 21 270 14 277 72103 68850 16 269 21 265 17 283 68850 65860 18 255 25 261 22 287 65860 63090 21 291 23 257 21 281 63090 60395 30 292 24 277 25 280 60395 57571 33 284 30 282 32 279 57571 54634 38 283 35 280 38 274 54634 51835 46 279 41 275 41 275 51835 49322 50 272 44 275 48 273 49322 47073 52 269 51 275 51 272 47073 45037 52 271 56 271 55 271 45037 43178 54 274 54 271 57 270 43178 41482 55 272 54 274 61 273 41482 39924 54 269 58 276 66 275 39924 38470 51 270 60 276 67 277 38470 37110 50 270 58 278 69 283 37110 35810 49 269 58 279 70 281 35810 34498 47 267 59 278 63 277 34498 33144 47 268 59 278 60 276 33144 31749 46 271 59 281 60 280 31749 30294 39 268 56 283 64 287 30294 28769 26 254 48 283 65 290 28769 27172 20 238 37 279 58 289 27172 25508 20 234 21 275 52 285 25508 23780 14 247 13 279 44 288 23780 21994 17 266 17 288 34 289 21994 20145 23 266 20 285 24 283 20145 18224 25 282 19 287 19 283 18224 16269 24 288 19 286 19 274 16269 14391 20 281 19 276 19 269 14391 12689 16 271 18 269 15 268 12689 11179 14 270 15 267 11 260 11179 9837 12 275 10 261 9 241 9837 8637 10 281 7 242 10 215 8637 7565 10 285 5 211 11 183 7565 6609 12 277 5*193 9 172 6609 5762 8 263 4*197 8 180 5762 5010 5*222 4 208 6 199 5010 4334 5*215 4 222 5 220 4334 3734 4 227 5 234 5 266 3734 3234 4 243 5 241 11 308 3234 2852 4 250 5 245 12*312 2852 2589 4 254 5 248 12*311 2589 2429 4 256 5 248 11 311 2429 2338 3 255 5 250 7 310 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