DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 Hernandez 3060ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.0 - - 55.2 - - - - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 331 - - 457 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4022 - - 5905 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5799 - - 7400 - - - - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7082 - - 8965 - - - - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1351 - - 935 - - - - - 5366 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 457 - - 576 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 22 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 299 - - 329 - - - - - 330 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 16 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1054 - - 1188 - - - - - -2786 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6028 - - 7777 - - - - - 5864 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 389 - - 768 - - - - - -4163 ODpotential blCL - - - 6693 - - 8197 - - - - - 7240 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 82 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 30 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.0 - - 55.2 - - - - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.3 - - 31.8 - - - - - 35.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.0 - - 52.7 - - - - - 51.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.3 - - 31.0 - - - - - 34.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 331 - - 457 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4022 - - 5905 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 41 - - 28 - - - - - 46 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] 97536 24 283 38 279 35 309 97536 90163 30 295 30 292 31 297 90163 84524 24 294 25 295 24 296 84524 79853 16 278 18 280 20 295 79853 75812 14 269 15 262 17 281 75812 72226 15 260 15 241 13 256 72226 68963 14 252 15 238 12 257 68963 65949 16 250 18 245 15 259 65949 63139 21 245 21 244 17 252 63139 60403 24 245 23 250 16 256 60403 57540 25 253 24 251 20 264 57540 54569 26 259 23 254 27 269 54569 51741 27 258 28 256 34 268 51741 49207 29 264 30 258 38 259 49207 46945 36 271 34 270 38 262 46945 44907 41 272 43 275 41 267 44907 43052 44 276 44 275 46 266 43052 41350 49 279 44 285 48 266 41350 39782 49 284 51 290 50 266 39782 38329 54 281 52 284 41 266 38329 36978 43 287 37 295 36 270 36978 35693 33 309 36 317 35 274 35693 34401 39 334 36 323 36 280 34401 33069 46 342 35 327 38 280 33069 31697 49 347 35 332 39 279 31697 30273 47 347 36 337 39 280 30273 28785 42 348 38 342 37 285 28785 27235 37 336 39 344 35 290 27235 25623 35 315 39 343 32 292 25623 23951 39 303 38 346 29 294 23951 22220 41 301 36 347 28 295 22220 20423 36 305 34 338 28 293 20423 18552 28 306 32 325 27 298 18552 16647 25 304 26 319 23 310 16647 14813 24 304 21 317 18 323 14813 13152 21 306 16 319 14 339 13152 11679 17 299 13 308 9 355 11679 10370 15 287 5 321 7 046 10370 9206 11 283 4*356 6 083 9206 8173 7 290 4*356 5 084 8173 7253 5*303 4 351 5 053 7253 6435 5*304 4 341 7 036 6435 5706 5 304 5 332 7 022 5706 5048 6 302 5 326 8 009 5048 4463 6 299 6 319 9 358 4463 3970 6 296 6 315 9 350 3970 3591 6 293 6 313 9 344 3591 3328 6 292 6 311 8 338 3328 3168 6 292 6 309 7*335 3168 3077 5 291 5 309 4*330 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