DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.5 - - 59.5 - - 55.4 - - 52.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 3 - - -13 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 596 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3077 - - 3657 - - 3077 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 886 - - 1163 - - 1042 - - 681 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 20 - - 97 - - 16 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 8 - - 3 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 217 - - 242 - - 220 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - 6 - - -3 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4607 - - -3257 - - -2533 - - -5537 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7684 - - 6914 - - 5610 - - 8615 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11881 - - -10686 - - -9536 - - -13949 ODpotential blCL - - - 14958 - - 14343 - - 12613 - - 17026 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 84 - - 86 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.5 - - 59.5 - - 55.4 - - 52.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.1 - - 40.2 - - 41.8 - - 26.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 57.2 - - 59.7 - - 57.2 - - 57.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.2 - - 39.1 - - 40.4 - - 24.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 3 - - -13 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 596 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 27 - - 35 - - 43 - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 3 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] 96074 26 040 10 077 12 065 17 044 96074 89077 28 056 16 057 17 060 17 042 89077 83692 20 070 16 058 19 053 14 047 83692 79181 14 082 15 047 24 035 21 033 79181 75272 14 075 15 056 19 033 18 029 75272 71822 16 052 16 052 15 052 16 056 71822 68691 17 030 19 029 19 043 24 053 68691 65805 13 021 18 013 21 022 23 032 65805 63140 14 013 18 003 20 357 24 012 63140 60570 18 010 20 359 21 336 28 355 60570 57882 21 002 21 352 20 331 24 341 57882 55068 22 350 23 342 21 333 23 330 55068 52362 23 336 23 329 26 322 28 317 52362 49918 30 322 30 317 35 318 35 309 49918 47715 34 317 33 311 38 308 37 300 47715 45697 35 316 32 306 37 300 36 300 45697 43828 38 313 34 302 38 292 40 298 43828 42085 40 302 36 299 34 292 38 290 42085 40460 35 304 36 300 38 292 36 289 40460 38964 39 300 44 293 38 295 41 284 38964 37602 43 293 39 294 46 288 46 278 37602 36315 42 292 40 295 49 284 49 278 36315 35011 37 291 40 293 48 279 45 278 35011 33659 36 290 41 293 42 278 38 280 33659 32264 37 287 35 294 35 282 33 276 32264 30813 33 282 33 292 33 272 32 274 30813 29298 29 283 30 287 32 268 26 280 29298 27721 25 287 25 288 27 269 26 279 27721 26084 24 292 24 292 19 276 24 263 26084 24389 24 297 21 300 13 315 17 264 24389 22636 23 300 19 300 13 311 14 266 22636 20821 23 305 19 298 19 286 19 272 20821 18938 22 310 19 297 21 276 20 276 18938 17018 20 310 18 294 17 281 16 284 17018 15163 17 309 15 293 12 293 12 296 15163 13471 14 307 12 292 11 298 7 298 13471 11960 12 311 9 289 9 300 5 284 11960 10609 9 313 7 284 8 299 5 280 10609 9402 6 299 5 268 6 287 5 275 9402 8324 5 254 4 241 5 264 3 246 8324 7365 7 225 6 226 5 242 3 202 7365 6517 11 221 9 220 6 231 3 183 6517 5764 15 220 13 219 9 230 4 191 5764 5087 19 219 15 216 11 230 6 205 5087 4487 21 219 16 213 13 230 8 211 4487 3984 20 217 13*212 12 227 10 212 3984 3598 16 215 10*215 10 227 10 210 3598 3332 13 212 9 217 8 232 8 208 3332 3170 10*210 8 217 6 237 6 208 3170 3077 3*227 6 219 3*242 2*220 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