DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/22 Williams 107ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare 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 - - - 77.1 - - 89.4 - - - - - 82.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 240 - - 265 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1149 - - 1945 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 590 - - 1194 - - - - - 107 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1255 - - 2052 - - - - - 124 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 537 - - 2520 - - - - - 407 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 264 - - 327 - - - - - 5 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 30 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 2 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 006 - - 120 - - - - - 134 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -9 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4344 - - -7456 - - - - - -6939 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5599 - - 9508 - - - - - 7063 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11277 - - -12885 - - - - - -13079 ODpotential blCL - - - 12532 - - 14937 - - - - - 13203 blCL maxRH - - - 54 - - 32 - - - - - 24 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.1 - - 89.4 - - - - - 82.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.5 - - 48.4 - - - - - 52.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.5 - - 87.8 - - - - - 86.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 53.0 - - 47.4 - - - - - 51.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 240 - - 265 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1149 - - 1945 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99276 20 119 24 104 15 075 99276 91828 23 119 16 089 14 110 91828 86052 23 105 16 096 21 105 86052 81246 17 095 17 101 17 098 81246 77113 12 107 13 123 15 087 77113 73466 12 118 9 138 9 072 73466 70169 9 100 5 140 3 078 70169 67143 6 086 8 133 1 200 67143 64344 6 134 8 142 7 213 64344 61638 10 163 13 167 12 166 61638 58815 11 200 13 220 8 217 58815 55890 24 218 24 207 19 233 55890 53107 34 218 32 215 30 227 53107 50614 34 218 34 221 32 220 50614 48386 39 224 36 226 34 228 48386 46368 43 223 41 223 36 229 46368 44519 47 222 44 222 41 230 44519 42809 49 225 46 223 46 231 42809 41219 53 227 50 227 52 232 41219 39738 55 228 55 227 57 232 39738 38352 56 227 57 227 57 232 38352 37013 53 227 57 229 55 231 37013 35646 50 228 53 231 53 231 35646 34221 48 229 48 229 50 233 34221 32737 47 229 45 229 47 233 32737 31182 46 228 45 229 46 235 31182 29542 46 227 44 228 45 235 29542 27817 46 227 43 229 43 233 27817 26005 44 227 42 230 40 234 26005 24109 41 227 39 231 35 236 24109 22132 41 225 36 228 31 233 22132 20069 43 224 37 225 31 229 20069 17916 42 221 38 225 32 227 17916 15718 42 221 38 223 31 222 15718 13596 39 220 35 221 28 217 13596 11663 35 220 33 220 26 218 11663 9942 30 223 27 222 20 221 9942 8414 22 224 19 229 12 224 8414 7059 14 227 11 243 5 222 7059 5859 8 227 9 259 4 234 5859 4796 6 227 8 266 5 233 4796 3859 5 235 7 268 6 220 3859 3032 4 278 5 267 7 206 3032 2293 6 341 1*228 8 191 2293 1641 5*351 1*145 9 173 1641 1097 4*002 2 123 10 158 1097 681 4 004 2 117 9 148 681 396 4 008 2 113 8 142 396 222 3 010 2 113 5*136 222 124 3 011 2 110 3*134 124 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