DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 Panoche 2321ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 41.5 - - 47.5 - - 49.2 - - 50.0 - - 49.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -35 - - 29 - - 18 - - -1 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 496 - - 114 - - 195 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 2321 - - 2321 - - 2321 - - 2321 - - 2321 Hcrit BL Top 2337 - - 2817 - - 2435 - - 2517 - - 2338 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 356 - - 1494 - - 1905 - - 2157 - - 2757 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 104 - - 54 - - 27 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 18 - - 14 - - 13 - - 11 BL Wind Direction 197 - - 193 - - 187 - - 191 - - 185 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 11 - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - -5 - - -1 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - 480 - - 97 - - 179 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2337 - - 2337 - - 2338 - - 2338 - - 2338 sfcLCL ODpotential -8895 - - 10 - - -283 - - -292 - - -600 ODpotential blCL 11232 - - 2807 - - 2718 - - 2809 - - 2938 blCL maxRH 92 - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m 41.5 - - 47.5 - - 49.2 - - 50.0 - - 49.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 40.7 - - 45.9 - - 48.3 - - 48.6 - - 48.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 44.0 - - 47.3 - - 49.0 - - 50.2 - - 49.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 42.3 - - 45.5 - - 48.1 - - 48.5 - - 48.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -35 - - 29 - - 18 - - -1 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 496 - - 114 - - 195 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 68 - - 97 - - 101 - - 102 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 7 - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 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] 95928 14 007 17 001 12 001 19 358 14 002 95928 88932 12 037 16 024 11 028 10 027 13 011 88932 83522 14 034 11 027 11 029 9 056 7 013 83522 79003 11 024 6 019 8 318 8 334 4 329 79003 75087 10 012 3 332 7 306 8 302 2 192 75087 71598 6 340 5 236 10 259 9 279 3 256 71598 68418 4 195 9 209 8 259 3 240 6 244 68418 65479 11 236 11 250 18 267 11 249 11 255 65479 62752 17 229 17 237 21 254 17 255 17 250 62752 60111 18 232 21 225 23 241 24 240 20 241 60111 57346 22 244 20 239 27 235 23 230 24 248 57346 54473 30 240 29 248 31 232 25 234 34 235 54473 51726 37 245 42 244 38 234 38 236 43 237 51726 49247 44 253 47 242 46 235 50 236 52 238 49247 47025 47 258 47 247 50 238 55 237 59 233 47025 45012 56 262 55 253 57 240 64 238 66 227 45012 43174 65 254 68 252 69 242 72 240 64 229 43174 41488 63 245 75 241 82 242 84 244 75 242 41488 39938 54 246 72 237 83 234 90 238 93 242 39938 38497 54 260 69 240 77 230 86 229 97 235 38497 37146 61 261 69 241 79 235 87 231 102 235 37146 35846 61 257 66 242 87 239 89 235 102 237 35846 34531 62 253 64 243 80 236 87 235 93 237 34531 33174 58 251 63 241 68 232 84 232 82 235 33174 31776 51 248 63 237 75 228 79 231 74 232 31776 30322 48 248 61 232 74 229 73 230 69 230 30322 28801 48 251 58 230 69 228 67 226 67 230 28801 27213 50 251 56 229 65 228 68 226 67 229 27213 25559 50 249 55 231 63 228 69 228 64 223 25559 23841 49 247 55 234 61 227 65 230 62 219 23841 22061 50 248 54 236 60 227 62 228 61 220 22061 20212 50 250 49 235 58 228 59 223 60 221 20212 18289 45 251 43 233 53 227 56 223 58 219 18289 16328 36 249 37 230 46 225 53 224 55 219 16328 14438 29 241 33 226 39 219 50 220 50 221 14438 12717 25 232 30 220 35 213 46 213 44 225 12717 11185 22 220 28 213 35 207 44 206 39 228 11185 9822 21 202 27 204 36 202 45 204 36 229 9822 8608 20 182 28 197 37 199 46 200 34 229 8608 7528 20 170 30 191 38 195 49 192 34 225 7528 6572 21 166 33 188 39 195 50 189 35 213 6572 5733 22 170 35 187 38 195 47 191 40 201 5733 4991 23 179 36 190 37 194 43 193 43 196 4991 4324 25 187 36 192 35 193 39 195 43 194 4324 3731 27 192 34 193 33 191 35 196 41 193 3731 3235 27 195 31 193 30 190 31 195 38 192 3235 2854 26 195 27*193 26 189 26 194 32 191 2854 2590 21 194 23*193 22*188 21*193 26 190 2590 2429 16 195 20 193 19*188 18*193 21*188 2429 2338 6*197 12 193 11 187 10 190 11*185 2338 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