DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 83.6 - - 89.4 - - - - - 77.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 279 - - 441 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1714 - - 4290 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4013 - - 6107 - - - - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4777 - - 7353 - - - - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2106 - - 2375 - - - - - 1508 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 324 - - 512 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 10 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 10 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 198 - - 208 - - - - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - 11 - - - - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7469 - - -6414 - - - - - -8536 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12246 - - 13768 - - - - - 11616 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11631 - - -9091 - - - - - -13617 ODpotential blCL - - - 16408 - - 16444 - - - - - 16696 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 57 - - - - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 83.6 - - 89.4 - - - - - 77.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.7 - - 39.5 - - - - - 38.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 81.6 - - 86.6 - - - - - 80.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.3 - - 38.9 - - - - - 37.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 279 - - 441 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1714 - - 4290 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 58 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 99149 23 113 22 135 16 079 99149 91736 15 101 23 096 19 113 91736 85986 15 105 27 102 20 111 85986 81196 20 105 20 112 19 108 81196 77075 18 113 13 108 18 101 77075 73437 14 132 10 121 18 104 73437 70144 17 127 11 147 14 101 70144 67121 15 127 13 137 12 116 67121 64328 10 168 5 163 5 104 64328 61646 15 178 13 198 3 145 61646 58859 15 188 18 199 9 222 58859 55954 20 208 22 213 24 223 55954 53191 27 226 31 227 36 238 53191 50725 33 239 38 234 45 240 50725 48533 42 247 41 241 52 243 48533 46552 48 254 46 248 55 242 46552 44735 57 257 51 251 53 243 44735 43053 64 255 53 250 50 243 43053 41482 64 254 56 249 48 242 41482 40007 60 254 57 249 46 240 40007 38621 54 250 54 249 44 240 38621 37285 48 246 51 251 45 241 37285 35933 45 243 47 252 47 242 35933 34535 45 239 44 249 47 244 34535 33093 45 235 42 247 45 248 33093 31594 45 230 40 247 42 252 31594 30028 43 230 38 244 38 252 30028 28398 37 234 37 239 34 249 28398 26705 32 228 33 235 30 243 26705 24954 29 222 29 231 28 236 24954 23148 29 217 29 226 27 230 23148 21282 31 213 30 223 27 229 21282 19351 30 210 31 220 28 224 19351 17390 28 211 29 218 27 218 17390 15500 26 214 28 217 27 215 15500 13775 25 216 26 219 25 213 13775 12234 23 217 23 220 22 211 12234 10855 21 216 20 218 19 205 10855 9620 19 216 17 213 16 199 9620 8514 16 215 13 203 14 193 8514 7527 14 211 10*197 10 187 7527 6651 12 205 9*197 7 182 6651 5872 11 199 9 200 4 186 5872 5170 11*193 10 205 3 223 5170 4547 9*193 10 209 6 249 4547 4025 9 196 10 212 8 250 4025 3622 9 199 10 215 9 244 3622 3344 8 201 10 216 9 242 3344 3175 8 202 10 216 7*240 3175 3079 7 202 8 218 4*242 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