DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.7 - - 83.6 - - 83.7 - - 74.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 350 - - 179 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1778 - - 3695 - - 4088 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4045 - - 5578 - - 5610 - - 3062 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4840 - - 6757 - - 7150 - - 3079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1030 - - 1035 - - 994 - - 2368 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 323 - - 457 - - 381 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 29 - - 30 - - 31 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 291 - - 305 - - 309 - - 002 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 19 - - 27 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4375 - - -5651 - - -4738 - - -6535 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9215 - - 12409 - - 11889 - - 9614 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12033 - - -12369 - - -11130 - - -14472 ODpotential blCL - - - 16873 - - 19126 - - 18280 - - 17551 blCL maxRH - - - 39 - - 29 - - 36 - - 29 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.7 - - 83.6 - - 83.7 - - 74.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 47.1 - - 39.9 - - 42.2 - - 43.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.9 - - 81.4 - - 82.3 - - 76.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.9 - - 38.6 - - 41.0 - - 42.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 350 - - 179 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1778 - - 3695 - - 4088 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 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] 98527 13 134 2 153 11 094 6 137 98527 91041 16 107 15 141 9 141 10 098 91041 85296 18 107 18 124 14 137 10 122 85296 80540 15 126 16 103 16 121 13 120 80540 76466 16 129 12 099 15 111 13 104 76466 72897 19 123 12 130 11 116 13 089 72897 69679 13 106 11 113 9 088 14 078 69679 66728 10 111 9 109 3 076 9 050 66728 64001 7 113 5 108 2 018 7 017 64001 61358 8 097 7 191 6 278 9 344 61358 58611 4 041 4 225 7 241 13 289 58611 55772 6 352 5 316 6 267 12 270 55772 53063 21 312 17 314 16 303 18 290 53063 50618 22 302 22 298 25 291 26 292 50618 48426 23 304 26 297 29 293 27 298 48426 46446 32 312 28 308 27 303 27 304 46446 44639 42 315 38 317 32 316 31 317 44639 42973 48 312 49 312 47 313 42 320 42973 41421 50 314 52 311 50 307 47 312 41421 39963 52 319 52 317 48 310 44 311 39963 38584 53 325 51 322 49 316 45 315 38584 37251 55 328 52 327 49 321 46 320 37251 35900 57 329 54 328 49 326 46 324 35900 34504 54 329 55 326 51 328 46 327 34504 33064 48 328 51 326 51 328 47 328 33064 31569 43 327 45 325 48 329 47 326 31569 30008 40 325 41 324 41 329 44 327 30008 28385 38 323 39 324 37 328 39 328 28385 26699 33 324 35 323 35 328 34 327 26699 24952 28 325 29 323 31 326 31 326 24952 23145 27 324 25 323 27 327 28 327 23145 21272 27 321 27 325 26 328 26 328 21272 19326 25 319 27 327 26 326 23 327 19326 17348 23 317 24 325 25 319 23 318 17348 15445 18 318 19 323 20 316 19 312 15445 13713 14 323 13 322 14 317 13 305 13713 12170 10 334 9 315 10 315 9 296 12170 10794 7 341 6 304 9 313 7 297 10794 9563 5 336 5 294 9 309 7 306 9563 8464 4 318 5 297 4 304 6 310 8464 7486 6 306 3*339 1*043 2 271 7486 6619 7 297 2*349 1*044 4 189 6619 5848 7 294 2 344 1 356 3 164 5848 5154 4*303 3 318 2 316 3 060 5154 4537 2*310 3 300 3 301 6 039 4537 4019 2 298 4 289 3 299 8 028 4019 3619 2 290 4 283 4 297 8 020 3619 3343 2 279 4 282 4 295 6 013 3343 3175 2 274 4 279 4 294 5*008 3175 3079 2 272 4 278 3 293 3*002 3079 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