DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 Hernandez 3048ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (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 - - - - - - 1002z - - 1859z - - 1906z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 62.6 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 29 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3898 - - 2365 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5308 - - 3048 - - 3048 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6946 - - 5413 - - 3064 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3210 - - 3408 - - 680 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 194 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 204 - - 220 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -12 - - -10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1534 - - -3142 - - -3087 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8481 - - 8555 - - 6151 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6137 - - -7529 - - -7877 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13083 - - 12942 - - 10941 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 77 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 62.6 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.6 - - 35.8 - - 36.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.2 - - 62.2 - - 56.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.9 - - 32.6 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 29 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3898 - - 2365 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96933 9 327 1 227 5 352 96933 89682 5 029 9 079 11 049 89682 84088 7 067 8 095 7 035 84088 79431 8 071 6 091 4 040 79431 75429 6 053 4 076 2 059 75429 71901 2 045 3 002 2 066 71901 68707 3 283 5 288 3 307 68707 65768 5 237 7 244 4 237 65768 63040 10 270 12 263 8 247 63040 60402 12 241 13 250 11 235 60402 57662 26 265 24 265 21 251 57662 54814 25 256 24 244 26 252 54814 52077 46 263 43 258 46 254 52077 49612 54 257 54 256 58 247 49612 47409 49 265 54 256 57 245 47409 45402 64 273 60 262 63 251 45402 43552 75 269 69 263 67 251 43552 41832 80 268 74 263 70 257 41832 40224 82 268 79 266 83 262 40224 38724 83 271 86 268 87 262 38724 37325 79 273 82 270 71 262 37325 35991 64 273 60 272 43 265 35991 34659 43 273 43 268 25 269 34659 33299 38 274 24 260 24 280 33299 31904 40 267 30 264 29 274 31904 30462 50 271 40 266 33 277 30462 28960 47 277 43 278 38 272 28960 27396 29 282 34 286 42 266 27396 25770 29 284 26 283 35 276 25770 24083 27 280 24 280 22 286 24083 22337 22 266 22 276 16 276 22337 20528 17 258 20 258 16 258 20528 18656 15 244 17 241 17 246 18656 16757 18 218 16 224 15 230 16757 14933 19 198 15 203 13 211 14933 13274 18 187 16 194 19 195 13274 11799 19 185 22 189 26 185 11799 10484 20 187 25 186 26 180 10484 9308 21 195 24 184 23 178 9308 8255 19 203 20 185 20 177 8255 7315 18*207 15 187 17 175 7315 6479 16*205 11 194 14 176 6479 5736 14 203 10*206 12 182 5736 5065 13 203 9*216 10 196 5065 4469 13 204 9 219 9 212 4469 3969 13 205 9 221 8 223 3969 3584 12 206 9 222 8 231 3584 3318 12 207 9 222 8 234 3318 3157 11 207 8 223 7 236 3157 3064 9 208 7 223 5*237 3064 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