DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 Williams 107ft pt35866@39.135,-122.099 SPONSORED BY: Milt Hare 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 - - - 80.3 - - 91.0 - - - - - 84.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 176 - - 175 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 995 - - 1866 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 353 - - 1024 - - - - - 107 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1102 - - 1973 - - - - - 124 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 468 - - 2061 - - - - - 261 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 231 - - 290 - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - 32 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 075 - - 161 - - - - - 139 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - -11 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4665 - - -7120 - - - - - -6190 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5768 - - 9093 - - - - - 6315 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11863 - - -13365 - - - - - -12028 ODpotential blCL - - - 12965 - - 15338 - - - - - 12152 blCL maxRH - - - 45 - - 27 - - - - - 28 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.3 - - 91.0 - - - - - 84.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 55.8 - - 51.7 - - - - - 57.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.2 - - 89.7 - - - - - 87.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 54.8 - - 50.4 - - - - - 56.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 176 - - 175 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 995 - - 1866 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 7 - - - - - 10 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] 99420 40 116 34 108 34 103 99420 91901 29 099 31 115 31 101 91901 86085 24 114 26 110 28 104 86085 81269 31 112 25 114 26 100 81269 77134 33 103 26 120 21 106 77134 73490 20 104 24 109 18 115 73490 70209 9 117 17 112 18 114 70209 67204 9 135 9 091 14 087 67204 64428 9 157 7 170 1 057 64428 61746 10 181 9 202 7 176 61746 58946 11 198 18 203 7 256 58946 56057 20 227 21 218 18 244 56057 53315 27 221 30 228 27 238 53315 50847 29 217 32 233 36 248 50847 48629 44 235 44 229 48 234 48629 46602 50 224 48 224 47 227 46602 44734 50 232 49 230 46 235 44734 43004 60 231 59 228 52 239 43004 41392 67 223 67 224 53 241 41392 39884 70 217 70 226 49 240 39884 38464 70 220 69 226 42 238 38464 37089 68 226 67 225 37 241 37089 35688 66 227 62 224 32 240 35688 34236 63 229 55 222 28 241 34236 32738 59 232 51 219 25 244 32738 31178 50 231 47 219 20 249 31178 29539 42 227 44 222 17 256 29539 27817 40 228 39 229 15 266 27817 26011 34 235 30 236 12 273 26011 24123 23 231 19 229 9 263 24123 22156 20 216 20 212 9 233 22156 20101 17 214 19 220 13 218 20101 17951 16 216 14 221 12 219 17951 15753 16 208 13 213 7 201 15753 13631 12 210 11 214 6 178 13631 11699 9 227 8 220 6 185 11699 9980 7 244 6 229 4 164 9980 8454 5 272 4 263 5 036 8454 7098 5 297 5 305 5 356 7098 5892 5 286 6 311 4 304 5892 4824 3 275 6 304 5 277 4824 3881 2 010 5 291 6 255 3881 3050 6 034 3 246 7 230 3050 2306 8 032 4*183 9 206 2306 1650 4*038 5*168 11 185 1650 1103 1*061 5 163 13 170 1103 685 1 075 5 159 14 159 685 397 1 080 5 157 12 150 397 223 1 084 5 156 9*145 223 124 1 083 4 155 4*139 124 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