DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 Hernandez 3060ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.0 - - 58.8 - - 56.8 - - 51.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 9 - - 67 - - 1 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 281 - - 1245 - - 599 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3341 - - 4306 - - 3660 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 992 - - 1038 - - 1095 - - 1035 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 77 - - 199 - - 78 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 11 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - 168 - - 155 - - 171 - - 335 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 3 - - 2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3863 - - -1650 - - -1168 - - -150 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7205 - - 5956 - - 4829 - - 3227 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11719 - - -7827 - - -8201 - - -6484 ODpotential blCL - - - 15060 - - 12133 - - 11861 - - 9561 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 72 - - 88 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.0 - - 58.8 - - 56.8 - - 51.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.7 - - 43.5 - - 46.4 - - 47.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.0 - - 58.3 - - 56.7 - - 54.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.4 - - 42.3 - - 45.1 - - 47.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 9 - - 67 - - 1 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 281 - - 1245 - - 599 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 54 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 96565 9 084 10 055 10 082 17 080 96565 89464 15 103 11 067 10 080 12 040 89464 83981 15 099 10 078 8 070 11 048 83981 79400 8 066 6 044 9 011 16 034 79400 75442 3 010 6 300 14 326 15 009 75442 71935 8 313 13 293 16 316 13 350 71935 68754 13 295 16 278 19 287 21 302 68754 65838 16 289 19 285 23 275 26 293 65838 63147 25 286 26 283 29 289 29 290 63147 60545 34 289 37 283 35 288 32 287 60545 57822 45 285 42 279 40 286 36 291 57822 55005 49 271 50 271 52 287 52 286 55005 52334 58 273 66 284 71 279 64 277 52334 49924 68 275 72 277 69 270 67 273 49924 47760 72 272 59 269 58 268 68 283 47760 45801 69 269 53 271 66 285 75 288 45801 44019 56 268 65 286 74 288 78 283 44019 42393 69 291 81 290 81 284 76 275 42393 40880 84 294 83 286 86 278 77 272 40880 39449 83 293 73 282 74 278 74 273 39449 38092 71 288 70 281 72 272 68 272 38092 36779 59 281 65 282 75 272 62 267 36779 35446 55 277 56 275 67 272 61 265 35446 34065 53 276 51 269 61 270 65 263 34065 32640 55 277 49 267 58 268 63 261 32640 31158 54 279 48 265 55 259 59 258 31158 29607 52 274 48 262 52 250 54 253 29607 27991 45 263 48 260 53 252 50 249 27991 26308 43 254 51 261 53 259 50 249 26308 24564 43 250 53 262 54 259 51 251 24564 22764 41 251 52 265 51 259 50 253 22764 20904 40 257 48 265 47 264 45 254 20904 18980 35 259 42 267 41 268 40 258 18980 17027 29 255 32 264 35 271 39 261 17027 15150 24 243 25 255 32 274 34 260 15150 13447 21 233 22 244 27 271 29 260 13447 11934 19 226 21 240 24 261 26 259 11934 10587 17 218 20 236 22 254 26 257 10587 9383 15 210 18 229 20 251 25 257 9383 8307 13 202 17 222 17 247 22 258 8307 7349 11 196 15 219 15 239 18 259 7349 6502 11 190 14 215 15 233 15 260 6502 5751 10 184 11 209 13 228 12 263 5751 5077 10 179 8 201 11 221 10 263 5077 4480 9 176 5*186 8 205 8 260 4480 3981 7 175 3*157 6*184 7 256 3981 3596 4*178 3 154 5*173 6 261 3596 3331 2*176 3 153 5 170 4 271 3331 3170 1 163 3 155 5 170 3*285 3170 3077 1 160 3 157 4 169 1*335 3077 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