DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 Williams 107ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.5 - - 91.1 - - - - - 84.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 177 - - 151 - - - - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1090 - - 1875 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 444 - - 984 - - - - - 107 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1197 - - 1983 - - - - - 124 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 549 - - 3984 - - - - - 1445 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 239 - - 280 - - - - - 14 W* B/S - - - 86 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 11 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 080 - - 143 - - - - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - -7 - - - - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5063 - - -7095 - - - - - -6405 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6260 - - 9079 - - - - - 6529 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12866 - - -13725 - - - - - -12120 ODpotential blCL - - - 14063 - - 15708 - - - - - 12244 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 27 - - - - - 26 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.5 - - 91.1 - - - - - 84.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.9 - - 51.9 - - - - - 56.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.2 - - 90.1 - - - - - 87.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 52.8 - - 50.6 - - - - - 55.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 177 - - 151 - - - - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1090 - - 1875 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 10 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] 99440 40 097 46 115 28 100 99440 91919 31 114 30 107 28 092 91919 86101 37 123 19 098 30 101 86101 81283 35 107 25 114 31 109 81283 77162 23 111 23 108 25 111 77162 73540 17 121 15 131 21 110 73540 70265 15 125 12 133 10 097 70265 67262 11 113 20 140 4 111 67262 64496 7 201 5 139 8 156 64496 61819 16 184 9 212 9 171 61819 59030 21 215 24 228 13 271 59030 56174 28 211 30 214 28 237 56174 53476 32 220 29 222 37 217 53476 51047 43 231 43 234 39 230 51047 48856 54 231 55 230 47 241 48856 46851 63 232 62 228 58 246 46851 45000 71 230 68 228 66 240 45000 43276 75 229 73 228 72 233 43276 41663 77 226 76 227 76 231 41663 40146 80 224 79 225 78 230 40146 38708 82 224 80 223 77 228 38708 37310 81 225 80 221 75 225 37310 35886 81 225 79 223 76 222 35886 34410 79 225 77 225 72 221 34410 32889 70 224 71 225 69 222 32889 31308 61 225 62 227 64 225 31308 29652 56 229 56 230 55 229 29652 27914 53 231 53 233 51 230 27914 26089 49 231 49 231 47 232 26089 24179 45 230 47 229 43 234 24179 22189 42 229 44 230 38 235 22189 20110 40 227 42 230 37 232 20110 17939 38 227 39 229 34 230 17939 15726 36 227 36 228 28 228 15726 13596 31 226 30 226 20 227 13596 11663 25 226 26 227 14 229 11663 9945 19 227 20 227 11 234 9945 8419 15 230 17 233 10 228 8419 7063 12 237 15 241 9 214 7063 5860 11 249 15 243 7 197 5860 4795 10 258 14 239 6 198 4795 3857 8 261 12 228 4 229 3857 3030 6 270 9 205 7 256 3030 2292 4 293 9*172 11 268 2292 1640 3*289 11*148 15 272 1640 1098 0*281 11 144 17 268 1098 682 0 088 11 142 15 263 682 396 1 079 11 140 11 255 396 223 1 077 10 140 8*247 223 124 1 081 9 140 4*230 124 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