DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 66.3 - - - - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 205 - - 425 - - - - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1497 - - 3741 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3773 - - 5669 - - - - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4559 - - 6802 - - - - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2038 - - 1247 - - - - - 859 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 283 - - 486 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 7 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 193 - - 208 - - - - - 234 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 13 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4390 - - -3114 - - - - - -3260 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8950 - - 9917 - - - - - 6338 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10654 - - -8249 - - - - - -10077 ODpotential blCL - - - 15213 - - 15051 - - - - - 13154 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 74 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 66.3 - - - - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.3 - - 33.4 - - - - - 35.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.3 - - 63.9 - - - - - 52.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.1 - - 32.1 - - - - - 34.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 205 - - 425 - - - - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1497 - - 3741 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 60 - - 0 - - - - - 6 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 97279 48 274 56 281 50 291 97279 89939 41 280 45 273 44 280 89939 84288 32 278 34 262 37 280 84288 79597 34 273 30 268 27 281 79597 75564 26 269 28 272 18 267 75564 72007 16 269 21 261 13 267 72007 68787 11 283 19 242 17 257 68787 65832 13 282 15 237 15 245 65832 63102 19 265 17 236 15 250 63102 60460 25 264 19 243 22 235 60460 57699 35 268 22 256 19 249 57699 54825 51 251 47 252 39 255 54825 52068 48 242 51 238 46 245 52068 49566 49 252 49 241 53 248 49566 47306 61 260 56 249 58 248 47306 45256 65 260 62 249 55 247 45256 43395 63 260 64 251 51 253 43395 41702 59 256 59 252 48 254 41702 40152 46 250 44 251 49 274 40152 38721 34 252 35 258 50 277 38721 37383 28 258 30 257 46 275 37383 36095 25 255 25 268 44 273 36095 34789 26 251 25 275 42 271 34789 33437 31 239 26 274 40 269 33437 32044 33 229 27 270 37 263 32044 30598 31 229 27 270 34 254 30598 29086 32 230 24 265 32 243 29086 27511 31 231 24 248 32 238 27511 25873 28 233 27 234 32 237 25873 24176 27 230 27 228 31 235 24176 22422 28 225 27 229 30 229 22422 20607 33 224 30 223 29 224 20607 18727 33 223 33 213 28 216 18727 16821 29 218 31 204 27 210 16821 14989 25 213 28 204 27 205 14989 13322 25 209 24 205 27 202 13322 11836 24 210 22 203 26 199 11836 10510 21 213 20 201 25 192 10510 9325 18 209 18 195 25 184 9325 8266 18 197 18 190 26 179 8266 7320 20 189 14*195 25 180 7320 6481 20 185 13*201 23 188 6481 5735 19 185 14 205 21 200 5735 5065 16*186 14 207 20 214 5065 4471 14*188 14 209 19 223 4471 3975 11 192 14 210 17 227 3975 3593 10 194 13 212 15 228 3593 3329 10 195 13 212 13 228 3329 3169 9 197 12 213 11*230 3169 3077 7 197 10 213 6*234 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