DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/30 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 0653z - - 0702z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 64.0 - - 73.1 - - 78.9 - - 78.1 - - 70.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 28 - - 361 - - 464 - - 282 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 168 - - 2172 - - 5101 - - 4312 - - 621 BL Depth Hcrit 3061 - - 4420 - - 6771 - - 5963 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top 3229 - - 5234 - - 8163 - - 7374 - - 3683 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 708 - - 1960 - - 1740 - - 2669 - - 1953 Hgt.Variab. W* 74 - - 383 - - 554 - - 444 - - 39 W* B/S 2 - - 12 - - 23 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 6 - - 4 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction 314 - - 311 - - 300 - - 275 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 5 - - 9 - - 8 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -2 - - 8 - - 20 - - 20 - - 8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5293 - - -4857 - - -2824 - - -2714 - - -3700 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8522 - - 10091 - - 10988 - - 10089 - - 7383 sfcLCL ODpotential -13120 - - -10814 - - -7927 - - -7448 - - -9026 ODpotential blCL 16349 - - 16048 - - 16090 - - 14822 - - 12709 blCL maxRH 49 - - 43 - - 46 - - 55 - - 53 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 64.0 - - 73.1 - - 78.9 - - 78.1 - - 70.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 37.6 - - 39.5 - - 41.2 - - 44.3 - - 48.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 63.8 - - 70.8 - - 76.2 - - 76.2 - - 70.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 36.7 - - 38.6 - - 40.2 - - 43.7 - - 48.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 28 - - 361 - - 464 - - 282 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 168 - - 2172 - - 5101 - - 4312 - - 621 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98892 34 108 26 102 29 101 26 106 31 104 98892 91429 38 103 30 113 27 109 21 108 28 093 91429 85692 32 091 32 111 21 104 19 099 21 098 85692 80944 24 096 29 102 21 107 24 096 23 105 80944 76853 18 102 22 104 22 103 19 098 25 095 76853 73229 20 103 17 107 17 093 17 110 16 100 73229 69947 11 095 12 121 12 098 12 097 14 096 69947 66921 14 121 10 147 7 099 5 098 7 079 66921 64112 6 117 9 156 3 141 4 103 6 152 64112 61392 1 173 4 175 5 223 1 211 2 214 61392 58562 8 313 4 288 9 268 8 279 11 288 58562 55640 20 296 17 301 21 284 19 290 17 282 55640 52861 24 291 24 297 27 286 26 298 26 298 52861 50359 31 294 32 303 29 293 36 293 31 290 50359 48109 39 294 41 300 34 297 37 291 40 295 48109 46067 39 293 42 298 38 296 36 291 50 295 46067 44202 38 294 37 294 34 300 36 292 50 293 44202 42493 33 292 33 301 34 309 37 296 44 296 42493 40916 25 291 31 308 34 316 38 300 43 297 40916 39444 18 303 29 305 35 324 38 303 44 294 39444 38065 19 304 26 291 34 332 38 304 45 294 38065 36738 17 311 21 277 33 336 37 304 46 294 36738 35398 16 324 18 276 31 335 36 306 46 296 35398 34014 15 321 19 278 29 330 33 310 46 298 34014 32591 17 314 19 291 27 320 31 316 44 299 32591 31120 20 318 21 314 26 309 30 319 38 297 31120 29589 21 325 22 326 24 305 27 320 34 300 29589 27996 23 328 23 324 23 313 26 325 32 303 27996 26340 24 331 23 321 25 325 27 326 31 307 26340 24624 25 334 23 321 27 336 27 326 29 312 24624 22850 24 340 22 324 29 343 26 330 26 316 22850 21009 22 340 20 329 27 344 24 337 21 315 21009 19094 21 341 19 337 23 340 21 347 17 314 19094 17143 21 345 18 342 21 342 17 348 15 319 17143 15266 19 349 18 347 17 351 15 345 13 329 15266 13561 13 346 15 352 11 359 13 344 13 337 13561 12043 5 342 9 354 7 357 10 336 13 337 12043 10690 2 050 4 347 5 352 6 001 13 336 10690 9482 5 052 3 030 4 022 7 028 10 319 9482 8401 7 035 5 037 5*027 8 021 6 319 8401 7437 8 018 6 027 5*016 7*357 3 021 7437 6580 6 003 5 012 4 358 6*319 3 026 6580 5818 5 344 6*356 4 322 7 296 3 312 5818 5130 7 342 6*346 5 290 9 278 7 284 5130 4520 9 347 6 328 6 282 9 268 9 276 4520 4008 11 342 6 307 7 276 10 264 10*270 4008 3613 12 329 6 298 7 272 10 262 10*266 3613 3340 10*320 6 293 7 270 10 260 10 264 3340 3173 8*315 6 290 7 269 10 260 9 262 3173 3078 5 313 6 288 6 268 8 259 6 261 3078 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