DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 Hernandez 3062ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack 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 - - - 76.2 - - 81.7 - - - - - 75.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 345 - - 442 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1815 - - 3631 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4143 - - 5593 - - - - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4877 - - 6693 - - - - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1359 - - 1438 - - - - - 2783 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 355 - - 486 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 12 - - 14 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 199 - - 221 - - - - - 290 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 5 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 9 - - - - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4673 - - -3881 - - - - - -5166 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9550 - - 10575 - - - - - 8245 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10807 - - -9149 - - - - - -10961 ODpotential blCL - - - 15684 - - 15842 - - - - - 14040 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 82 - - - - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.2 - - 81.7 - - - - - 75.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.1 - - 45.9 - - - - - 49.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.0 - - 79.0 - - - - - 75.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.3 - - 45.1 - - - - - 49.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 345 - - 442 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1815 - - 3631 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 29 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99213 44 124 34 114 31 108 99213 91663 35 107 40 117 27 111 91663 85874 33 098 26 105 32 111 85874 81084 31 101 23 106 29 106 81084 76967 23 102 26 114 30 107 76967 73348 22 114 24 121 25 092 73348 70104 22 120 15 128 20 099 70104 67139 20 114 11 136 22 105 67139 64388 12 120 11 158 18 101 64388 61725 14 154 18 177 8 109 61725 58963 12 184 20 189 10 190 58963 56123 19 215 23 202 18 222 56123 53428 28 230 29 235 31 235 53428 51009 49 242 44 246 44 242 51009 48832 57 251 55 250 50 240 48832 46839 65 254 61 256 53 243 46839 44989 69 252 67 257 60 243 44989 43261 69 252 72 259 64 242 43261 41636 64 249 68 259 65 247 41636 40099 59 245 59 247 64 252 40099 38644 57 243 55 240 65 259 38644 37249 52 240 52 238 49 252 37249 35856 48 237 50 238 53 241 35856 34437 47 237 44 236 55 243 34437 32990 43 239 41 236 46 243 32990 31494 39 237 36 233 43 234 31494 29935 38 233 35 227 42 234 29935 28316 35 233 34 225 32 236 28316 26636 31 236 30 234 26 236 26636 24893 25 236 26 238 22 235 24893 23090 23 236 21 240 18 237 23090 21224 17 239 15 240 13 238 21224 19288 11 246 10 233 8 218 19288 17322 7 234 10 213 6 181 17322 15429 7 215 12 213 5 183 15429 13705 8 211 13 214 5 209 13705 12165 8 219 11 208 6 225 12165 10790 7 231 9 202 8 226 10790 9560 6 242 8 199 11 213 9560 8462 6 243 6 194 12 194 8462 7485 6 229 5*178 10 168 7485 6618 6 202 5*191 6 151 6618 5848 7 185 5 204 2 140 5848 5154 7*176 6 217 0 302 5154 4537 5*181 7 225 2 311 4537 4018 5 197 7 230 3 311 4018 3619 5 203 8 231 3 299 3619 3343 5 206 8 232 4 293 3343 3175 5 208 8 232 3*292 3175 3079 5 209 7 233 3*290 3079 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