DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 Hollister 545ft pt31953@36.868,-121.523 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 77.4 - - - - - 61.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 252 - - 419 - - - - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 959 - - 1032 - - - - - 288 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 910 - - 1086 - - - - - 545 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1504 - - 1577 - - - - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 309 - - 324 - - - - - 377 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 253 - - 306 - - - - - 59 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 6 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 268 - - 270 - - - - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1071 - - -2853 - - - - - -464 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2575 - - 4430 - - - - - 1296 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9017 - - -9111 - - - - - -10746 ODpotential blCL - - - 10521 - - 10688 - - - - - 11578 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 66 - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 77.4 - - - - - 61.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 60.7 - - 60.1 - - - - - 57.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.5 - - 74.9 - - - - - 61.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 60.3 - - 59.7 - - - - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 252 - - 419 - - - - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 959 - - 1032 - - - - - 288 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 32 - - 0 - - - - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 10 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] 99186 21 117 21 130 17 072 99186 91752 16 093 25 101 20 111 91752 86007 16 107 26 096 21 098 86007 81225 21 109 16 111 17 114 81225 77095 17 108 15 121 19 102 77095 73448 15 135 9 111 15 098 73448 70149 16 135 10 162 14 114 70149 67122 14 131 13 158 13 109 67122 64326 9 174 10 176 3 178 64326 61636 15 174 11 186 5 195 61636 58840 12 185 18 204 14 224 58840 55927 20 211 23 211 23 225 55927 53147 25 223 31 224 34 239 53147 50661 31 235 34 237 43 240 50661 48454 35 245 40 241 50 242 48454 46468 44 252 48 249 54 242 46468 44652 55 253 54 252 54 242 44652 42970 57 253 57 252 54 241 42970 41399 53 251 57 250 53 242 41399 39924 50 250 54 251 53 244 39924 38532 48 250 54 255 54 245 38532 37183 47 248 51 257 56 246 37183 35806 46 244 46 252 54 248 35806 34372 43 242 42 250 52 250 34372 32882 40 238 41 249 49 249 32882 31323 41 233 37 246 44 252 31323 29684 40 230 37 243 38 248 29684 27965 36 231 36 242 34 241 27965 26161 30 229 31 237 28 233 26161 24280 27 222 28 232 25 230 24280 22321 28 216 27 223 25 225 22321 20280 30 215 29 219 26 221 20280 18151 31 216 31 216 27 220 18151 15979 30 218 30 217 29 219 15979 13881 26 216 27 215 29 219 13881 11967 23 210 24 210 26 214 11967 10262 21 207 22 207 23 208 10262 8745 19 209 19 210 19 201 8745 7395 15 210 16 212 16 195 7395 6196 13 207 14 210 14 195 6196 5135 12 204 13 207 11 203 5135 4203 12 204 11 209 9 224 4203 3384 11 206 9 220 7 258 3384 2656 10 214 8 245 7 292 2656 2018 7*247 9*266 7 285 2018 1491 6*265 10*270 8 265 1491 1093 6 268 10 270 8*254 1093 820 5 270 10 270 7*251 820 656 5 271 9 270 7 250 656 561 4 271 8 270 5 251 561 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