DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 Williams 98ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 1007z - - 1329z - - 1557z - - 1858z - - 2155z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 67.7 - - 84.5 - - 92.8 - - 91.7 - - 85.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 77 - - 293 - - 347 - - 185 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 403 - - 2639 - - 4797 - - 4061 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 96 - - 1721 - - 3434 - - 2596 - - 98 Hcrit BL Top 500 - - 2736 - - 4895 - - 4158 - - 114 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 432 - - 1114 - - 1482 - - 1824 - - 3715 Hgt.Variab. W* 127 - - 373 - - 483 - - 373 - - 13 W* B/S 3 - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 10 - - 13 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 159 - - 172 - - 196 - - 209 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 4 - - 9 - - 3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2696 - - -4822 - - -4657 - - -5259 - - -6703 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 3196 - - 7558 - - 9553 - - 9417 - - 6818 sfcLCL ODpotential -11715 - - -10374 - - -9860 - - -10342 - - -11868 ODpotential blCL 12215 - - 13110 - - 14755 - - 14500 - - 11982 blCL maxRH 66 - - 40 - - 36 - - 31 - - 36 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 67.7 - - 84.5 - - 92.8 - - 91.7 - - 85.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 54.3 - - 52.0 - - 51.3 - - 50.9 - - 55.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.9 - - 82.7 - - 90.9 - - 90.6 - - 86.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 54.0 - - 51.2 - - 49.9 - - 49.7 - - 54.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 77 - - 293 - - 347 - - 185 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 403 - - 2639 - - 4797 - - 4061 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 9 - - 8 - - 7 - - 7 - - 9 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] 98769 19 103 16 100 22 107 15 117 16 082 98769 91238 18 105 12 096 16 098 15 104 12 103 91238 85459 19 097 14 107 13 091 18 089 16 109 85459 80677 19 094 15 114 10 096 16 084 17 105 80677 76574 17 091 16 118 10 108 13 079 16 099 76574 72961 17 092 18 116 12 126 9 098 15 098 72961 69706 12 094 16 119 12 134 7 128 10 113 69706 66730 9 116 12 119 10 143 7 135 7 126 66730 63983 7 157 10 126 10 155 9 173 5 131 63983 61327 11 190 6 179 8 170 13 173 8 195 61327 58565 14 208 13 224 12 230 10 217 10 242 58565 55713 16 213 20 220 23 235 20 242 21 252 55713 52995 15 220 21 218 27 233 30 240 29 253 52995 50543 23 247 28 248 32 252 34 255 36 262 50543 48338 44 253 46 256 46 260 47 266 48 268 48338 46332 55 247 55 252 57 257 60 265 60 269 46332 44492 56 243 58 249 62 255 65 263 68 268 44492 42788 57 245 60 251 65 255 66 262 71 268 42788 41196 60 250 62 255 65 257 65 264 73 269 41196 39700 64 251 66 258 65 260 65 267 72 270 39700 38288 66 251 70 260 66 263 67 271 72 272 38288 36922 66 250 72 260 69 264 70 273 71 274 36922 35534 63 248 70 259 70 265 72 273 72 275 35534 34093 59 247 66 257 69 263 73 273 72 276 34093 32600 56 247 63 254 66 261 71 272 69 275 32600 31037 54 247 59 251 62 258 67 270 66 274 31037 29388 52 248 56 248 57 255 64 266 63 272 29388 27656 49 246 53 247 51 253 59 263 61 270 27656 25840 46 240 50 247 46 252 52 262 58 270 25840 23946 42 232 47 247 41 253 43 263 49 273 23946 21979 37 226 41 246 35 253 35 262 39 275 21979 19930 34 220 34 243 29 249 28 258 31 273 19930 17790 30 217 28 236 24 243 24 253 27 266 17790 15603 25 212 25 229 21 237 22 248 25 261 15603 13493 22 206 23 219 20 229 20 242 22 257 13493 11573 21 207 22 215 21 224 19 236 18 254 11573 9868 19 207 19 219 20 224 20 240 16 247 9868 8353 17 208 16 219 18 221 18 241 15 241 8353 7008 14 208 14 216 15 216 15 234 12 237 7008 5814 13 205 13 216 14*217 13 225 7 226 5814 4759 13 202 13 218 13*216 13*223 5 226 4759 3829 13 200 12 222 13 209 14*220 5 237 3829 3009 10 200 12*216 13 200 14 215 7 242 3009 2275 6 204 11*200 13 194 15 211 10 240 2275 1627 5 209 10 178 13 189 15 208 11 234 1627 1086 7 196 10 166 13 185 15 205 11 228 1086 671 9*172 10 162 13 183 15 203 11 221 671 386 8*161 10 159 12 181 14 202 11 215 386 213 7 158 9 158 12 180 13 201 9 209 213 114 6 156 8 156 11 179 11 200 7*204 114 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