DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 Hernandez 3060ft 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 - - - 48.7 - - 47.1 - - - - - 43.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 179 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1923 - - 2108 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3731 - - 4164 - - - - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4984 - - 5168 - - - - - 3076 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2440 - - 1696 - - - - - 4347 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 246 - - 306 - - - - - 13 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 25 - - - - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 235 - - 237 - - - - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 14 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 17 - - 24 - - - - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1689 - - 2088 - - - - - -142 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3296 - - 3081 - - - - - 3218 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 495 - - 1061 - - - - - -1005 ODpotential blCL - - - 4489 - - 4107 - - - - - 4081 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 101 - - - - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 180 - - 250 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.7 - - 47.1 - - - - - 43.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.8 - - 44.1 - - - - - 40.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.9 - - 46.0 - - - - - 43.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.7 - - 43.0 - - - - - 39.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 179 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1923 - - 2108 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 85 - - 102 - - - - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 6 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] 97530 29 283 39 281 36 294 97530 90144 32 275 39 283 32 285 90144 84474 31 272 29 282 22 296 84474 79762 26 274 22 269 24 294 79762 75702 17 285 20 277 27 273 75702 72155 16 276 16 291 15 270 72155 68939 21 251 15 282 7 306 68939 65940 27 242 33 257 22 265 65940 63162 22 228 35 238 28 251 63162 60501 14 218 20 213 15 244 60501 57707 16 238 10 210 8 259 57707 54764 35 255 30 245 27 272 54764 51943 50 250 49 245 46 273 51943 49408 55 245 49 241 59 267 49408 47137 53 245 49 255 62 259 47137 45079 54 246 55 255 55 258 45079 43198 58 248 55 254 56 274 43198 41469 68 246 58 256 68 279 41469 39876 73 239 66 258 75 279 39876 38402 74 236 74 256 77 280 38402 37032 79 235 79 253 81 280 37032 35724 87 234 80 250 85 279 35724 34408 93 229 77 250 86 277 34408 33053 94 225 74 253 86 277 33053 31661 92 222 77 256 86 277 31661 30217 87 220 81 257 85 277 30217 28708 84 221 81 256 85 277 28708 27136 85 221 80 255 85 278 27136 25499 86 218 78 254 85 278 25499 23802 83 211 73 255 83 277 23802 22047 80 208 63 254 84 279 22047 20226 69 212 51 250 83 282 20226 18341 61 213 40 245 77 282 18341 16442 57 212 36 242 63 277 16442 14637 50 209 36 241 48 269 14637 13007 43 210 35 238 38 262 13007 11560 39 213 33 235 32 258 11560 10274 38 216 33 234 29 256 10274 9128 38 219 33 235 29 255 9128 8106 35 223 33 233 29 256 8106 7196 32 227 32 231 28 260 7196 6388 29 231 31 231 26 263 6388 5669 27 233 29*233 23 265 5669 5021 25*234 28*235 21 267 5021 4443 24*234 27 236 20 266 4443 3958 22 235 26 237 19 266 3958 3584 20 235 25 238 18 265 3584 3325 19 235 23 238 15 263 3325 3167 17 235 21 238 13 263 3167 3076 12 235 14 239 8*262 3076 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