DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 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 - - - 45.7 - - 45.8 - - 45.6 - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 28 - - 42 - - 9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 401 - - 726 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3077 - - 3461 - - 3787 - - 3076 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1989 - - 2147 - - 1783 - - 1389 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 32 - - 108 - - 83 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 15 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 223 - - 226 - - 217 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 16 - - 13 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - 385 - - 711 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3077 - - 3077 - - 3077 - - 3076 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 0 - - 169 - - 82 - - -328 ODpotential blCL - - - 3077 - - 3292 - - 3705 - - 3404 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.7 - - 45.8 - - 45.6 - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.7 - - 45.1 - - 43.9 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.5 - - 45.5 - - 45.5 - - 43.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.6 - - 44.7 - - 43.5 - - 42.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 28 - - 42 - - 9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 401 - - 726 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 87 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96014 33 003 31 010 30 002 25 006 96014 89023 27 034 24 023 24 025 21 014 89023 83583 19 043 16 014 20 025 16 007 83583 79056 13 052 8 010 12 009 8 355 79056 75126 6 091 5 342 7 349 1 172 75126 71629 5 145 6 305 4 350 1 032 71629 68452 5 177 6 264 5 292 5 305 68452 65534 2 172 3 254 11 244 13 255 65534 62840 6 289 4 254 8 209 9 241 62840 60215 10 286 10 283 10 223 12 247 60215 57459 14 264 18 256 18 248 17 246 57459 54594 18 263 13 249 19 251 26 249 54594 51857 24 260 11 256 24 248 33 252 51857 49393 29 253 25 258 32 248 34 248 49393 47175 30 249 38 254 36 245 31 249 47175 45147 32 246 42 251 33 249 34 259 45147 43280 39 242 44 253 42 253 42 265 43280 41561 42 239 52 250 52 254 59 266 41561 39981 42 241 55 247 61 257 63 265 39981 38525 43 245 51 249 67 263 64 273 38525 37171 49 246 51 261 74 266 69 279 37171 35871 53 241 57 265 78 265 78 279 35871 34556 51 239 62 266 78 265 83 278 34556 33199 49 247 67 268 75 267 85 276 33199 31804 53 255 75 267 73 268 84 275 31804 30356 56 256 80 266 71 266 83 277 30356 28843 58 258 82 266 67 262 80 278 28843 27267 57 261 79 267 63 261 75 278 27267 25636 56 262 73 266 58 261 62 274 25636 23954 51 259 68 266 55 260 53 269 23954 22219 43 251 61 266 53 262 48 267 22219 20423 38 238 53 266 51 266 44 267 20423 18558 40 229 45 266 49 267 40 267 18558 16659 40 227 38 262 41 268 37 269 16659 14832 38 221 34 258 33 268 32 267 14832 13172 38 217 30 253 27 266 24 265 13172 11696 38 218 27 246 23 259 16 262 11696 10382 36 223 28 238 21 251 10 257 10382 9211 33 225 31 237 20 246 8 256 9211 8166 30 227 31 238 20 244 9 258 8166 7237 29 228 28 235 19 240 11 254 7237 6413 29 227 25 231 18 230 12 245 6413 5682 29 226 25 228 19 220 14 237 5682 5026 28 225 24 226 20 216 17 229 5026 4445 27 224 23 226 20 215 18 222 4445 3958 26 223 22 226 19*215 18 218 3958 3583 24 223 21*226 18*216 16 217 3583 3324 21 223 18*226 16 217 13 216 3324 3167 18*223 16 226 14 218 11 217 3167 3076 11*223 11 226 9 218 5*222 3076 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