DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 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 - - - - - - 0959z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 95.4 - - - - - 87.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - - - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1661 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 883 - - - - - 107 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1768 - - - - - 124 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2827 - - - - - 1215 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 280 - - - - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 149 - - - - - 235 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -12 - - - - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -9958 - - - - - -8594 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 11726 - - - - - 8719 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13383 - - - - - -12555 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15151 - - - - - 12679 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - - - - 20 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 310 - - - - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 95.4 - - - - - 87.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.5 - - - - - 50.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 93.9 - - - - - 89.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - - - - 49.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - - - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1661 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 46 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 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] 99160 22 087 17 108 99160 91694 17 083 15 078 91694 85946 12 099 15 075 85946 81164 15 097 13 081 81164 77038 12 108 12 090 77038 73398 11 123 13 070 73398 70108 12 126 9 080 70108 67090 10 108 3 043 67090 64304 6 110 4 166 64304 61606 7 266 5 094 61606 58789 22 223 9 281 58789 55880 27 218 21 252 55880 53111 35 230 33 254 53111 50624 42 235 44 244 50624 48397 49 239 47 235 48397 46374 55 241 46 238 46374 44520 60 242 55 243 44520 42816 65 243 67 240 42816 41246 71 244 75 237 41246 39782 78 241 77 232 39782 38401 80 238 74 228 38401 37058 78 237 72 223 37058 35682 74 238 69 218 35682 34245 71 240 62 213 34245 32749 67 241 56 212 32749 31180 61 241 59 219 31180 29527 51 239 63 235 29527 27792 48 235 50 242 27792 25975 46 233 39 243 25975 24076 42 232 32 241 24076 22099 38 231 28 244 22099 20040 35 236 21 252 20040 17902 30 243 12 255 17902 15722 25 233 9 221 15722 13611 22 228 13 203 13611 11685 20 235 15 212 11685 9968 18 236 17 213 9968 8440 16 234 17 209 8440 7081 14 238 15 201 7081 5874 12 241 12 196 5874 4807 11 243 11 200 4807 3866 10 243 10 213 3866 3037 9 242 11 231 3037 2296 6*232 14 251 2296 1643 3*197 17 263 1643 1099 3 153 19 266 1099 683 3 140 18 261 683 397 4 135 14 253 397 223 4 133 10*245 223 124 3 133 5*235 124 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