DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/09 Panoche 2322ft 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.0 - - 73.4 - - 73.5 - - 65.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 384 - - 520 - - 316 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2081 - - 2814 - - 2214 - - 599 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3621 - - 4254 - - 3667 - - 2322 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4403 - - 5137 - - 4537 - - 2921 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 804 - - 941 - - 840 - - 679 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 382 - - 466 - - 365 - - 92 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 13 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 7 - - 11 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 332 - - 335 - - 338 - - 327 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 5 - - 2 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 3 - - -6 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -241 - - -1596 - - -2652 - - -1734 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4645 - - 6734 - - 7190 - - 4655 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9037 - - -10695 - - -11683 - - -12082 ODpotential blCL - - - 13440 - - 15832 - - 16220 - - 15003 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 70 - - 58 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.0 - - 73.4 - - 73.5 - - 65.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.5 - - 51.8 - - 50.1 - - 52.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.7 - - 70.5 - - 71.4 - - 64.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 53.1 - - 51.4 - - 49.8 - - 52.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 384 - - 520 - - 316 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2081 - - 2814 - - 2214 - - 599 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 57 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 8 - - 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] 98829 22 119 17 115 17 148 11 113 98829 91308 25 127 16 116 14 121 18 100 91308 85522 22 118 18 114 18 106 21 098 85522 80758 18 122 14 101 19 088 22 099 80758 76680 18 126 13 121 16 080 17 094 76680 73072 15 104 15 124 10 103 13 104 73072 69814 9 118 14 122 13 124 8 100 69814 66832 5 103 4 150 4 113 8 092 66832 64074 5 138 9 199 7 244 4 347 64074 61413 3 312 5 298 5 256 2 318 61413 58648 4 267 8 278 11 302 11 307 58648 55812 10 319 4 287 10 289 16 284 55812 53123 24 324 13 328 8 287 15 264 53123 50690 33 311 23 324 15 307 16 288 50690 48497 38 295 35 302 32 299 32 305 48497 46507 38 295 41 295 40 299 38 300 46507 44691 43 312 45 313 46 311 40 307 44691 43017 57 323 60 326 52 321 43 317 43017 41458 62 324 62 327 55 326 46 326 41458 39991 59 324 58 326 53 327 47 331 39991 38605 56 324 52 326 44 328 47 333 38605 37263 53 323 47 323 41 333 44 330 37263 35905 51 324 45 321 41 333 35 323 35905 34501 50 324 46 321 40 333 31 323 34501 33054 50 331 47 323 40 333 31 323 33054 31547 46 336 49 325 40 332 31 321 31547 29966 46 342 50 327 40 330 32 320 29966 28314 44 342 44 331 41 330 33 322 28314 26588 41 337 37 332 41 325 33 325 26588 24790 37 329 34 324 38 323 33 323 24790 22924 36 320 35 320 33 322 31 322 22924 20983 38 321 37 328 31 323 29 323 20983 18967 38 326 36 336 31 335 29 332 18967 16917 35 324 35 335 31 348 28 345 16917 14943 34 325 35 333 31 352 25 357 14943 13146 29 331 31 338 31 353 24 002 13146 11546 23 336 23 342 26 356 24 002 11546 10125 18 335 16 345 18 001 22 005 10125 8863 14 328 11 347 12 006 15 010 8863 7741 10 323 7 343 9 002 11 004 7741 6745 5 317 3 342 7 352 10 352 6745 5866 1 278 2*004 6 002 11 360 5866 5089 0*029 3*353 7*000 14 011 5089 4394 2*343 5 341 9*347 16 009 4394 3778 4 335 7 335 11 340 17 353 3778 3264 5 333 8 334 12 337 16*336 3264 2870 5 330 8 332 12 336 14*329 2870 2599 5 329 8 332 11 335 13 327 2599 2433 5 329 8 331 11 334 11 327 2433 2339 5 328 7 330 9 333 7 325 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