DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 Hernandez 3061ft 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 - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.5 - - 70.1 - - 70.2 - - 59.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 501 - - 251 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2013 - - 3349 - - 3497 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4321 - - 5403 - - 5289 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5074 - - 6411 - - 6559 - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 654 - - 974 - - 1537 - - 1645 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 384 - - 490 - - 396 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 13 - - 12 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 201 - - 235 - - 256 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2059 - - -2821 - - -2502 - - -3077 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7133 - - 9232 - - 9061 - - 6155 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8737 - - -9390 - - -8301 - - -9799 ODpotential blCL - - - 13811 - - 15801 - - 14860 - - 12877 blCL maxRH - - - 63 - - 49 - - 50 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.5 - - 70.1 - - 70.2 - - 59.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.0 - - 40.2 - - 41.1 - - 43.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.2 - - 67.3 - - 68.5 - - 60.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.8 - - 39.9 - - 40.9 - - 43.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 501 - - 251 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2013 - - 3349 - - 3497 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98964 10 109 11 107 9 102 9 052 98964 91558 15 088 16 095 13 108 15 088 91558 85842 11 091 15 094 17 103 17 102 85842 81078 11 111 13 078 17 096 16 092 81078 76969 11 137 7 130 9 090 14 093 76969 73337 12 127 8 158 7 118 8 107 73337 70056 8 158 6 211 5 067 8 099 70056 67033 7 141 6 170 3 235 4 200 67033 64223 18 229 14 244 5 248 3 231 64223 61501 18 214 20 224 14 222 12 216 61501 58656 17 231 23 233 24 239 24 242 58656 55709 33 235 41 237 42 247 38 254 55709 52904 43 245 52 240 55 249 52 255 52904 50389 55 254 63 248 66 249 63 253 50389 48143 67 257 73 251 76 249 72 255 48143 46109 79 259 83 256 86 252 80 256 46109 44247 90 259 95 257 96 254 87 256 44247 42528 96 258 101 255 100 254 92 253 42528 40932 95 258 98 254 100 254 93 251 40932 39442 89 259 91 254 100 254 94 251 39442 38048 83 259 81 254 92 252 92 253 38048 36711 70 257 75 253 85 251 86 253 36711 35365 62 257 68 251 79 248 81 253 35365 33979 58 254 64 249 74 247 77 252 33979 32555 57 254 60 247 70 248 69 252 32555 31081 57 256 57 246 66 249 58 254 31081 29543 54 257 57 246 62 250 50 257 29543 27939 50 256 57 247 59 250 48 258 27939 26270 47 254 52 247 54 252 50 257 26270 24540 44 254 47 249 48 253 49 256 24540 22751 41 254 42 252 43 254 46 256 22751 20899 36 251 39 252 39 255 42 256 20899 18976 29 249 36 249 37 254 38 256 18976 17024 25 246 31 244 33 250 35 252 17024 15149 24 244 29 240 30 247 32 247 15149 13447 24 243 28 240 27 247 28 244 13447 11935 21 241 25 237 22 248 22 244 11935 10590 17 236 21 231 18 242 19 244 10590 9390 15 231 18 226 15 232 17 236 9390 8320 14 227 13 223 8 220 14 221 8320 7367 13 220 7 212 3*236 8 181 7367 6522 12 206 5*221 3*262 7 119 6522 5771 13 190 5*228 4 262 4 101 5771 5094 10*186 6 232 6 259 1 242 5094 4493 8*193 7 235 7 256 4 285 4493 3989 7 199 7 237 8 254 7 296 3989 3602 7 203 8 238 8 252 9 293 3602 3334 7 206 8 238 8 251 8 289 3334 3171 7 207 8 238 8 252 7*287 3171 3078 6 207 7 238 7 250 5*282 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