DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/22 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 - - - 49.2 - - 52.4 - - - - - 48.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 269 - - 263 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3441 - - 3535 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5289 - - 5345 - - - - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6501 - - 6596 - - - - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1413 - - 2557 - - - - - 3468 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 409 - - 407 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 315 - - 317 - - - - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - 3 - - - - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1061 - - 1058 - - - - - -1239 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5440 - - 5539 - - - - - 4317 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -189 - - 249 - - - - - -2354 ODpotential blCL - - - 6690 - - 6347 - - - - - 5431 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 100 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.2 - - 52.4 - - - - - 48.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.2 - - 38.9 - - - - - 40.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.6 - - 50.7 - - - - - 48.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.0 - - 37.8 - - - - - 39.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 269 - - 263 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3441 - - 3535 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 23 - - 100 - - - - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 97556 31 279 32 287 32 295 97556 90205 30 281 41 280 27 305 90205 84528 29 281 30 289 28 301 84528 79826 25 288 23 281 22 289 79826 75794 17 295 17 267 17 289 75794 72222 15 294 15 292 16 312 72222 68970 15 270 20 272 17 302 68970 65971 11 262 18 253 19 276 65971 63197 14 279 13 232 19 281 63197 60521 22 268 16 253 25 278 60521 57737 32 278 23 276 27 275 57737 54836 41 278 35 286 34 278 54836 52052 49 272 46 275 46 277 52052 49542 52 274 51 274 55 275 49542 47293 62 278 62 278 59 275 47293 45252 69 276 73 277 64 280 45252 43395 75 275 78 278 73 279 43395 41699 83 278 80 281 77 283 41699 40137 92 278 91 281 90 283 40137 38686 96 276 99 279 96 280 38686 37326 97 275 98 277 93 277 37326 36016 95 275 96 278 89 279 36016 34694 90 274 92 280 87 285 34694 33332 84 273 90 282 83 286 33332 31928 84 273 91 283 80 285 31928 30472 79 277 87 287 78 286 30472 28952 71 277 76 284 78 289 28952 27369 67 272 74 278 76 290 27369 25723 66 271 72 280 72 290 25723 24024 60 274 63 281 58 293 24024 22278 56 279 52 283 48 295 22278 20474 50 286 45 286 46 296 20474 18603 46 291 42 286 44 297 18603 16700 45 293 42 287 39 301 16700 14866 44 295 40 291 35 302 14866 13196 40 296 38 296 31 300 13196 11709 33 298 34 297 28 298 11709 10388 26 300 23 298 24 300 10388 9213 18 303 13 309 18 301 9213 8170 12 307 9 314 10 296 8170 7244 8*320 7*317 6 302 7244 6424 8*323 7*319 8 356 6424 5695 7 323 7 320 14 013 5695 5040 7 319 7 319 16 015 5040 4456 7 314 7 317 17 015 4456 3966 8 311 7 316 17 015 3966 3588 7 307 7 314 16 014 3588 3327 7 305 7 313 14 014 3327 3168 7 304 6 312 12*013 3168 3077 6 302 6 311 7*012 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