DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/28 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (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 - - - 77.4 - - 80.8 - - - - - 74.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 206 - - 374 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 597 - - 2774 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2323 - - 4135 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2920 - - 5097 - - - - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 799 - - 1415 - - - - - 2609 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 205 - - 416 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 19 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 355 - - 051 - - - - - 356 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3729 - - -3308 - - - - - -3192 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6649 - - 8406 - - - - - 5531 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7416 - - -6808 - - - - - -7293 ODpotential blCL - - - 10336 - - 11905 - - - - - 9632 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 80 - - - - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 0 - - - - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.4 - - 80.8 - - - - - 74.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 56.4 - - 52.0 - - - - - 57.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 76.0 - - 78.5 - - - - - 74.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 56.1 - - 51.8 - - - - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 206 - - 374 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 597 - - 2774 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 35 - - 21 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 9 - - - - - 11 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] 98994 22 112 28 117 20 109 98994 91595 27 105 23 114 20 114 91595 85857 25 104 18 106 18 102 85857 81077 23 109 17 098 22 110 81077 76962 19 112 10 098 20 100 76962 73333 16 100 10 125 12 097 73333 70053 12 098 16 136 10 065 70053 67048 9 096 14 122 4 041 67048 64268 10 071 6 146 4 015 64268 61597 5 286 7 150 13 227 61597 58844 8 217 10 208 15 170 58844 55968 16 228 19 217 9 196 55968 53199 24 243 30 233 30 253 53199 50727 43 252 39 244 49 255 50727 48530 50 246 48 246 59 250 48530 46530 52 245 52 240 63 245 46530 44686 54 244 52 239 61 244 44686 42972 56 243 51 239 58 245 42972 41372 55 241 50 239 57 245 41372 39875 54 239 48 237 55 243 39875 38470 55 236 47 233 53 239 38470 37121 54 231 51 228 55 237 37121 35760 49 225 54 225 60 236 35760 34356 40 224 51 224 66 237 34356 32908 40 226 48 221 61 236 32908 31398 43 227 49 220 56 237 31398 29816 42 224 47 220 54 239 29816 28166 40 220 47 225 50 238 28166 26451 41 218 46 237 46 236 26451 24670 42 222 39 240 46 238 24670 22825 43 231 32 232 42 240 22825 20914 45 237 37 225 38 242 20914 18927 44 234 44 224 34 244 18927 16904 40 232 49 224 31 242 16904 14952 36 235 50 232 29 242 14952 13174 32 236 44 242 26 245 13174 11590 30 231 35 247 23 245 11590 10178 28 225 28 240 20 241 10178 8919 24 220 23 224 18 229 8919 7797 18 212 20 212 16 214 7797 6799 12 199 16 203 12 205 6799 5915 8 177 9 198 5 187 5915 5132 6 150 3*164 3 058 5132 4429 5 125 3*077 8 024 4429 3805 4 104 4 056 11 015 3805 3283 3*024 4 051 12 005 3283 2881 6*357 5 046 12 359 2881 2605 6 355 5 044 10 358 2605 2436 5 355 5 042 9 357 2436 2339 5 354 4 041 5*356 2339 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