DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 AirSailing_NV 4300ft pt36781@40.056,-119.529,4344ft SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.1 degF 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 - - - 55.7 - - 51.3 - - - - - 47.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 22 - - - - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1811 - - 16 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4076 - - 4076 - - - - - 4076 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6111 - - 4094 - - - - - 4094 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5148 - - 5679 - - - - - 6388 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 93 - - 33 - - - - - 27 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 11 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 237 - - 317 - - - - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 0 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 14 - - -8 - - - - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1780 - - -1804 - - - - - -2069 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7892 - - 5899 - - - - - 6164 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5037 - - -2936 - - - - - -3262 ODpotential blCL - - - 11148 - - 7030 - - - - - 7356 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - - - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 60 - - - - - 170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.7 - - 51.3 - - - - - 47.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.2 - - 39.4 - - - - - 34.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.7 - - 50.7 - - - - - 47.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.1 - - 38.2 - - - - - 33.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 22 - - - - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1811 - - 16 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 99 - - - - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 5 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] 97227 32 283 35 280 37 290 97227 89911 35 275 44 282 34 288 89911 84321 21 270 39 279 20 305 84321 79672 20 288 18 281 20 298 79672 75646 20 263 15 281 20 278 75646 72096 11 239 13 253 7 288 72096 68867 8 291 15 251 17 293 68867 65893 14 239 18 248 21 244 65893 63149 10 220 10 270 10 197 63149 60441 11 067 7 091 19 245 60441 57578 29 251 26 250 36 239 57578 54626 37 231 48 231 32 239 54626 51811 26 229 41 223 29 251 51811 49260 22 217 30 224 34 249 49260 46956 26 221 25 229 38 246 46956 44855 39 222 27 226 42 242 44855 42930 44 222 37 223 43 242 42930 41159 58 219 44 217 43 242 41159 39519 72 211 51 214 43 240 39519 37990 79 205 61 209 42 238 37990 36562 82 203 69 204 42 235 36562 35201 84 202 77 202 42 231 35201 33845 89 200 88 198 41 228 33845 32468 95 198 98 192 41 223 32468 31076 97 196 103 187 40 217 31076 29654 95 195 101 185 38 215 29654 28194 92 195 91 183 35 211 28194 26705 90 195 71 176 36 202 26705 25187 88 195 60 169 32 198 25187 23631 83 193 57 169 26 202 23631 22031 75 191 54 171 25 211 22031 20378 66 189 51 175 26 215 20378 18665 57 189 49 183 27 218 18665 16923 49 191 46 188 28 220 16923 15245 45 193 41 191 26 223 15245 13716 43 194 35 195 23 225 13716 12349 37 191 28 204 25 224 12349 11126 29 189 24 215 24 226 11126 10030 24 190 22 229 22 230 10030 9046 21 195 20 243 19 234 9046 8162 19 203 19 254 16 242 8162 7374 19 213 18 265 13 250 7374 6668 18*220 17 275 10 255 6668 6028 18*229 16 284 9 257 6028 5456 17 233 15 294 8 257 5456 4974 17 237 14 303 7 259 4974 4600 15 240 13 307 5 259 4600 4341 14 243 13 310 5 259 4341 4183 13 245 12*313 4*258 4183 4093 9 251 11*317 4*259 4093 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