DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/23 Hernandez 3061ft 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.7 - - 63.3 - - - - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 412 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1553 - - 3601 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3886 - - 5548 - - - - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4614 - - 6662 - - - - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1505 - - 1791 - - - - - 3342 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 310 - - 474 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 16 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 015 - - 002 - - - - - 008 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - 8 - - - - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4119 - - -3754 - - - - - -3966 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8734 - - 10417 - - - - - 7043 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11076 - - -9199 - - - - - -9741 ODpotential blCL - - - 15690 - - 15861 - - - - - 12818 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 67 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.7 - - 63.3 - - - - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.4 - - 28.2 - - - - - 34.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.0 - - 60.9 - - - - - 56.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.1 - - 27.0 - - - - - 33.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 412 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1553 - - 3601 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 97549 30 269 37 294 28 285 97549 90148 25 276 36 286 32 305 90148 84483 25 304 28 271 29 306 84483 79808 22 310 22 275 21 289 79808 75775 14 296 17 292 15 290 75775 72197 14 272 12 313 14 293 72197 68944 18 268 14 294 16 297 68944 65944 21 269 18 267 23 283 65944 63164 24 266 20 263 26 272 63164 60464 23 270 21 266 23 266 60464 57638 29 268 29 273 24 286 57638 54704 34 268 39 271 34 288 54704 51904 41 269 45 264 44 283 51904 49394 46 268 46 266 52 278 49394 47155 47 270 47 273 54 276 47155 45132 46 279 51 279 53 276 45132 43287 55 284 56 279 54 275 43287 41594 69 277 65 276 57 275 41594 40031 76 273 71 273 60 274 40031 38582 76 275 72 273 59 275 38582 37233 71 278 70 275 57 275 37233 35946 69 280 69 278 57 274 35946 34650 66 281 63 281 56 274 34650 33310 64 285 56 283 52 275 33310 31928 62 287 50 284 49 277 31928 30489 60 290 48 287 47 279 30489 28983 60 294 48 290 44 282 28983 27415 57 295 48 293 42 286 27415 25784 55 296 45 296 37 287 25784 24096 49 301 41 294 34 288 24096 22352 41 302 37 294 31 290 22352 20548 36 304 30 298 22 291 20548 18678 31 308 25 303 13 290 18678 16774 23 312 22 303 9 296 16774 14940 14 319 17 300 8 310 14940 13273 10 333 11 305 8 312 13273 11789 9 345 7 323 9 308 11789 10467 10 351 7 350 10 305 10467 9288 10 355 8 008 11 298 9288 8235 9 356 6 017 8 283 8235 7299 7 352 5*013 5 266 7299 6469 6 344 5*007 4 320 6469 5732 6 348 5 003 8 356 5732 5068 8*005 5 003 11 006 5068 4476 10*013 6 003 12 011 4476 3979 10 015 6 001 12 012 3979 3596 10 016 6 360 12 012 3596 3331 10 015 5 359 9 010 3331 3170 9 015 5 358 8 009 3170 3077 7 015 5 357 4*008 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