DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 Williams 106ft 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 - - - 75.4 - - 86.0 - - - - - 72.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 145 - - 203 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 748 - - 5110 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 106 - - 3449 - - - - - 106 Hcrit BL Top - - - 855 - - 5217 - - - - - 123 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 994 - - 1654 - - - - - 251 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 195 - - 417 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 20 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 7 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 154 - - 251 - - - - - 260 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 7 - - - - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6825 - - -5615 - - - - - -7517 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7680 - - 10832 - - - - - 7641 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14303 - - -12197 - - - - - -15410 ODpotential blCL - - - 15158 - - 17414 - - - - - 15533 blCL maxRH - - - 32 - - 52 - - - - - 22 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.4 - - 86.0 - - - - - 72.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.6 - - 38.9 - - - - - 39.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.4 - - 84.6 - - - - - 76.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.7 - - 37.7 - - - - - 39.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 145 - - 203 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 748 - - 5110 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 5 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] 96436 30 288 35 282 27 285 96436 89282 18 291 25 277 20 304 89282 83814 11 297 21 280 15 295 83814 79282 7 322 15 280 20 296 79282 75371 6 345 9 283 21 298 75371 71921 7 328 9 278 16 295 71921 68794 5 309 12 251 15 290 68794 65925 6 315 17 233 23 275 65925 63286 20 291 20 243 25 269 63286 60734 29 272 29 259 27 248 60734 58066 29 261 33 262 29 244 58066 55290 33 257 35 260 35 260 55290 52618 38 257 40 251 43 261 52618 50183 43 261 44 249 48 255 50183 47979 46 261 48 253 51 245 47979 45967 46 264 51 252 53 243 45967 44120 48 264 57 248 56 246 44120 42417 47 254 57 242 62 245 42417 40849 42 250 56 242 62 242 40849 39396 42 247 59 242 56 242 39396 38033 44 250 62 240 57 248 38033 36708 48 252 64 238 57 248 36708 35350 51 249 63 239 58 247 35350 33933 56 245 62 241 59 244 33933 32458 58 244 64 242 60 242 32458 30909 59 242 64 243 64 240 30909 29274 58 243 62 246 64 239 29274 27552 56 243 59 245 61 244 27552 25745 54 241 55 243 60 247 25745 23857 56 240 54 246 59 248 23857 21890 53 246 52 251 54 250 21890 19841 48 247 47 256 48 254 19841 17701 43 251 44 263 42 259 17701 15513 41 251 41 265 38 262 15513 13400 38 248 36 261 34 265 13400 11479 33 251 31 255 28 267 11479 9779 26 256 25 251 20 260 9779 8273 21 258 21 252 16 249 8273 6937 18 260 16 258 14 245 6937 5753 16 263 12*264 11 247 5753 4706 14 267 10*262 9 248 4706 3784 13 272 9 260 7 245 3784 2972 12 278 8 256 7 250 2972 2247 10 280 7 250 9 264 2247 1608 6 274 6 242 14 271 1608 1076 2*245 5 237 17 273 1076 669 2*164 5 234 16 273 669 389 2 157 4 230 13 270 389 219 2 148 4 229 9*264 219 123 2 145 4 228 6*260 123 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