DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - 58.6 - - 61.3 - - 57.8 - - 49.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 57 - - 8 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1056 - - 279 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3061 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3077 - - 4117 - - 3341 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 882 - - 1555 - - 954 - - 88 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 22 - - 175 - - 66 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 045 - - 041 - - 025 - - 025 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -3 - - -10 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4698 - - -2612 - - -2507 - - -3821 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7776 - - 6730 - - 5848 - - 6898 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10291 - - -7883 - - -7906 - - -11598 ODpotential blCL - - - 13368 - - 12000 - - 11247 - - 14675 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 70 - - 65 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 58.6 - - 61.3 - - 57.8 - - 49.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.7 - - 42.7 - - 43.0 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.3 - - 60.7 - - 57.8 - - 54.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.6 - - 41.4 - - 41.8 - - 29.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 57 - - 8 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1056 - - 279 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 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] 95667 48 288 48 284 45 281 55 272 95667 88709 25 282 37 279 34 299 36 289 88709 83355 13 270 25 280 23 296 25 301 83355 78893 8 275 14 288 15 301 16 295 78893 75024 8 281 13 287 12 298 18 297 75024 71582 11 303 13 269 13 276 16 272 71582 68451 20 299 10 290 9 288 13 303 68451 65558 25 279 23 295 27 299 12 294 65558 62870 31 256 29 262 32 273 31 294 62870 60282 27 243 29 261 33 276 36 280 60282 57584 37 264 41 268 45 275 34 264 57584 54754 49 251 52 259 51 264 39 263 54754 52020 45 247 50 247 50 255 48 265 52020 49549 38 256 45 249 51 256 57 266 49549 47335 45 263 48 258 55 262 60 262 47335 45320 50 259 53 259 60 262 58 258 45320 43467 53 257 53 257 59 257 54 255 43467 41755 53 252 51 256 51 252 49 251 41755 40169 44 239 48 251 42 249 46 246 40169 38703 36 231 41 241 35 254 40 251 38703 37353 28 223 34 236 39 267 42 263 37353 36071 23 226 27 230 33 262 40 248 36071 34772 23 223 23 248 27 252 34 241 34772 33426 28 207 23 237 28 253 31 252 33426 32039 30 200 26 219 30 258 34 266 32039 30597 34 200 30 216 23 250 31 265 30597 29097 39 202 34 212 22 235 21 257 29097 27541 41 204 32 214 21 229 17 244 27541 25926 39 212 28 221 19 235 17 232 25926 24248 34 219 26 224 19 233 18 232 24248 22511 30 223 26 221 22 230 19 234 22511 20710 30 222 29 219 25 233 20 241 20710 18837 29 221 29 222 25 238 21 247 18837 16928 26 225 26 232 23 249 17 252 16928 15086 23 235 22 248 18 252 13 252 15086 13405 20 245 20 259 14 252 10 256 13405 11906 17 251 15 262 10 251 7 259 11906 10569 12 255 10 258 8 249 5 263 10569 9374 9 264 5 250 6 241 4 260 9374 8307 5 276 1 143 5 204 4 248 8307 7356 2 308 4 099 5 182 3 248 7356 6512 2 014 4 094 4 168 1 278 6512 5763 3 037 5 083 3 152 2 356 5763 5088 4 046 5 069 1 073 4 016 5088 4488 4 052 6*051 3 034 5 020 4488 3985 6 052 6*043 7 023 8 022 3985 3598 7 047 6 040 8*025 12 022 3598 3331 7 045 6 040 8*025 14 023 3331 3170 7 044 5 040 7 025 13*023 3170 3077 4*045 4 040 5 026 8*025 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