DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 Hernandez 3062ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0959z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 73.7 - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 444 - - 217 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3710 - - 3292 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5652 - - 5078 - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6772 - - 6354 - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1128 - - 1189 - - 1041 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 488 - - 370 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 27 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 320 - - 358 - - 000 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 26 - - 25 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5365 - - -4498 - - -3629 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 12138 - - 10852 - - 6707 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13985 - - -13377 - - -13836 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 20757 - - 19731 - - 16914 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 49 - - 41 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 73.7 - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.6 - - 36.9 - - 43.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 72.1 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 36.5 - - 43.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 444 - - 217 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3710 - - 3292 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 98825 10 145 1 194 3 140 98825 91371 5 144 5 129 3 059 91371 85601 4 130 10 142 2 007 85601 80819 6 185 8 118 4 154 80819 76715 7 198 2 097 3 113 76715 73099 3 201 2 345 4 068 73099 69833 5 164 1 147 5 045 69833 66834 3 143 3 083 4 130 66834 64072 9 264 10 306 5 002 64072 61420 14 255 14 272 11 311 61420 58673 13 258 11 250 15 272 58673 55837 19 263 24 264 22 272 55837 53137 36 256 38 255 37 264 53137 50719 45 260 47 264 45 271 50719 48554 55 269 57 272 56 274 48554 46576 62 272 62 270 61 272 46576 44746 67 273 67 269 64 271 44746 43042 68 273 70 270 69 274 43042 41448 67 272 73 272 76 275 41448 39948 63 265 70 273 77 276 39948 38537 64 257 64 269 70 277 38537 37186 64 258 60 265 61 276 37186 35830 56 256 57 268 55 275 35830 34434 53 258 51 270 52 274 34434 32997 53 262 46 271 47 274 32997 31502 49 264 43 273 44 275 31502 29939 46 264 43 274 42 274 29939 28307 44 264 43 273 42 271 28307 26610 42 264 43 273 42 272 26610 24852 42 265 43 275 40 276 24852 23037 44 266 42 278 37 279 23037 21157 43 273 40 279 35 282 21157 19208 38 275 36 278 30 284 19208 17228 33 275 30 279 24 286 17228 15327 30 274 26 282 19 291 15327 13598 27 274 24 285 16 299 13598 12058 25 275 23 285 14 310 12058 10686 23 278 21 284 13 318 10686 9462 19 281 18 281 13 320 9462 8372 12 284 9 269 11 308 8372 7405 3*281 2 209 8 280 7405 6549 1*332 2*066 5 260 6549 5790 2 340 4*032 3 260 5790 5108 3 332 6 006 3 352 5108 4502 4 320 7 357 11 014 4502 3994 4 314 8 353 16 009 3994 3604 5 312 8 351 16 003 3604 3335 5 308 8 349 14 001 3335 3172 5 309 7 348 12*000 3172 3078 4 307 6 347 6*000 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