DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/18 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.1 - - 68.9 - - - - - 56.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 253 - - 382 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1955 - - 4816 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4165 - - 6474 - - - - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5016 - - 7877 - - - - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1929 - - 1224 - - - - - 1068 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 331 - - 510 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 12 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 137 - - 185 - - - - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - 11 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5117 - - -4034 - - - - - -5825 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10134 - - 11912 - - - - - 8903 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12649 - - -10115 - - - - - -13282 ODpotential blCL - - - 17665 - - 17992 - - - - - 16359 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 75 - - - - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.1 - - 68.9 - - - - - 56.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.4 - - 27.1 - - - - - 28.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.3 - - 66.6 - - - - - 57.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.2 - - 26.0 - - - - - 27.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 253 - - 382 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1955 - - 4816 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 1 - - - - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 4 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] 97219 52 275 54 276 53 289 97219 89949 42 280 49 277 44 276 89949 84347 33 279 41 272 40 272 84347 79660 30 273 34 268 31 281 79660 75613 24 258 26 262 23 286 75613 72041 17 267 18 254 22 277 72041 68813 20 279 18 270 22 275 68813 65855 23 277 19 281 20 273 65855 63130 20 286 17 287 18 270 63130 60496 20 300 21 294 21 279 60496 57747 22 302 26 287 28 278 57747 54892 24 293 30 284 30 279 54892 52154 28 300 35 288 47 280 52154 49669 33 304 40 288 52 272 49669 47421 38 308 43 289 54 272 47421 45370 40 308 49 290 54 274 45370 43498 40 306 47 288 48 274 43498 41786 39 302 38 283 39 267 41786 40218 33 295 31 281 34 263 40218 38778 28 294 31 284 33 249 38778 37441 27 298 30 285 27 240 37441 36155 26 293 26 282 25 240 36155 34849 29 282 25 279 26 238 34849 33498 30 276 23 271 26 234 33498 32103 27 270 24 266 26 236 32103 30653 25 262 25 263 26 237 30653 29137 25 262 23 258 28 230 29137 27557 24 264 20 248 28 225 27557 25918 21 265 18 242 26 227 25918 24223 18 262 16 236 20 220 24223 22469 16 262 14 228 20 215 22469 20652 14 263 13 221 20 208 20652 18769 10 258 11 208 19 202 18769 16856 6 220 12 200 17 201 16856 15014 6 187 11 197 15 196 15014 13338 6 197 10 196 13 186 13338 11847 6 209 10 196 15 190 11847 10521 6 198 11 189 18 189 10521 9336 8 181 11 178 12 175 9336 8278 8 172 8*175 7 134 8278 7335 8 170 8*177 7 113 7335 6497 8 171 8 179 4 111 6497 5751 8 170 8 182 2 214 5751 5079 7*163 8 185 6 238 5079 4482 7*142 8 188 10 241 4482 3982 7 137 8 190 11 244 3982 3597 7 136 8 191 11 245 3597 3332 7 136 7 192 10 245 3332 3170 6 136 7 194 8 247 3170 3077 6 136 6 193 4*251 3077 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