DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 87.9 - - 94.4 - - 91.5 - - 78.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 270 - - 404 - - 214 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2142 - - 5658 - - 2472 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3565 - - 6409 - - 3723 - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4465 - - 7982 - - 4796 - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1451 - - 3429 - - 4158 - - 702 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 342 - - 541 - - 332 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 24 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 195 - - 207 - - 360 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 31 - - 18 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7881 - - -4875 - - -7155 - - -6774 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12347 - - 12858 - - 11952 - - 9113 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11158 - - -6631 - - -9539 - - -11939 ODpotential blCL - - - 15623 - - 14613 - - 14335 - - 14278 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 69 - - 82 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 87.9 - - 94.4 - - 91.5 - - 78.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.0 - - 45.8 - - 47.1 - - 47.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 86.0 - - 91.7 - - 89.7 - - 79.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.7 - - 45.5 - - 46.9 - - 47.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 270 - - 404 - - 214 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2142 - - 5658 - - 2472 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 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] 99127 26 109 21 112 21 108 27 095 99127 91702 23 121 22 112 18 115 25 082 91702 85965 22 108 17 121 18 094 18 103 85965 81196 16 110 19 110 16 095 19 104 81196 77091 15 109 15 100 18 106 15 093 77091 73462 17 104 14 102 15 110 11 088 73462 70174 13 101 8 102 8 110 9 093 70174 67159 9 102 7 123 5 119 3 115 67159 64375 5 176 3 148 5 128 5 136 64375 61682 9 205 8 209 10 227 4 222 61682 58878 17 213 17 228 13 252 11 243 58878 55989 24 219 28 224 27 243 21 250 55989 53249 27 237 29 230 35 235 32 240 53249 50796 41 247 42 246 45 244 40 249 50796 48601 48 249 50 246 52 250 54 255 48601 46604 50 248 51 248 57 248 59 251 46604 44763 50 242 55 248 59 245 61 251 44763 43051 49 238 55 244 58 242 61 248 43051 41454 46 237 48 236 54 237 58 242 41454 39970 41 238 45 231 50 233 54 235 39970 38587 38 240 40 232 46 233 50 234 38587 37254 36 242 36 235 42 233 47 233 37254 35899 36 240 34 236 38 233 44 230 35899 34495 36 236 36 235 36 234 42 228 34495 33045 34 232 36 233 36 235 40 228 33045 31538 34 227 34 229 35 233 38 228 31538 29960 34 223 34 227 34 233 34 231 29960 28314 33 224 32 229 29 234 26 232 28314 26599 30 226 27 231 22 231 21 221 26599 24815 25 229 21 228 17 217 20 205 24815 22967 21 222 18 219 17 205 19 203 22967 21051 22 215 20 216 18 208 18 202 21051 19060 25 219 23 220 21 216 17 206 19060 17034 27 224 25 222 23 222 16 212 17034 15081 27 227 27 222 26 224 18 218 15081 13300 24 229 25 223 25 225 19 222 13300 11708 20 228 21 224 21 225 18 224 11708 10285 16 225 16 218 16 214 16 222 10285 9012 13 219 12*201 12 195 13 216 9012 7875 10 209 8*193 9 180 12 204 7875 6862 10 198 7 194 6 166 11 202 6862 5964 10 193 5 199 3 145 9 206 5964 5168 9*191 4 209 2*077 5 201 5168 4453 6*190 3 219 4*023 1 157 4453 3819 4 192 3 235 6 001 3 015 3819 3290 3 195 2 244 7 359 8 349 3290 2884 3 200 2 253 7 356 12 340 2884 2606 2 204 2 256 7 355 11 338 2606 2436 2 207 2 260 7 355 9 338 2436 2339 2 207 2 262 6 354 5*336 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