DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 MtDiablo 713ft pt33457@37.708,-121.962 SPONSORED BY: Bay Area Paragliding Association - BAPA NOTE: Sfc.elevation based on smoothed model topo so represents plain around Mt Diablo, not the peak RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0959z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - - - - 68.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 334 - - - - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1475 - - - - - 264 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1527 - - - - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2189 - - - - - 977 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 639 - - - - - 355 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 322 - - - - - 56 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 279 - - - - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -6822 - - - - - -2698 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9011 - - - - - 3675 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10687 - - - - - -9616 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12876 - - - - - 10593 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - - - - 68.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.9 - - - - - 55.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.3 - - - - - 68.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.1 - - - - - 54.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 334 - - - - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1475 - - - - - 264 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - - - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 9 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] 99099 28 098 19 104 99099 91645 22 093 22 088 91645 85898 19 097 18 087 85898 81127 15 096 15 086 81127 77013 13 110 14 087 77013 73377 10 122 12 076 73377 70085 13 123 7 041 70085 67063 9 090 1 085 67063 64287 4 138 7 117 64287 61612 5 245 5 154 61612 58814 19 224 7 278 58814 55916 27 212 22 252 55916 53161 32 228 34 248 53161 50692 40 232 41 242 50692 48481 47 240 47 237 48481 46469 57 240 53 238 46469 44628 63 241 61 238 44628 42936 66 242 64 236 42936 41368 70 240 63 234 41368 39901 73 235 64 229 39901 38515 73 232 65 227 38515 37169 70 230 62 227 37169 35794 67 230 55 226 35794 34362 65 233 44 217 34362 32874 60 237 43 218 32874 31314 56 239 44 222 31314 29671 53 238 39 215 29671 27945 50 237 33 213 27945 26136 44 239 40 225 26136 24250 37 234 44 253 24250 22293 33 223 26 260 22293 20260 28 226 15 234 20260 18144 26 233 8 220 18144 15989 17 234 3 219 15989 13917 13 231 2 280 13917 12033 14 220 1 286 12033 10357 14 217 2 164 10357 8864 13 217 4 156 8864 7534 11 217 5 165 7534 6352 9 213 7 172 6352 5303 7 215 10 174 5303 4379 5 240 15 179 4379 3564 6 279 15 186 3564 2837 8 293 10 212 2837 2199 10*287 9 254 2199 1669 10*282 9 261 1669 1267 10 279 9 243 1267 991 10 278 8*236 991 825 9 277 7*233 825 730 8 276 5 232 730 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