DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 45.5 - - 49.6 - - 48.5 - - 42.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 65 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 131 - - 1060 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 - - 3060 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3191 - - 4120 - - 3077 - - 3077 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 759 - - 833 - - 1938 - - 462 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 56 - - 182 - - 16 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 8 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 126 - - 218 - - 294 - - 079 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 7 - - 1 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4244 - - -2233 - - -2292 - - -3629 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7436 - - 6353 - - 5369 - - 6706 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11454 - - -7354 - - -6575 - - -12276 ODpotential blCL - - - 14645 - - 11474 - - 9652 - - 15353 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 66 - - 56 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.5 - - 49.6 - - 48.5 - - 42.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.4 - - 33.0 - - 36.1 - - 24.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.5 - - 49.0 - - 48.9 - - 47.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 31.8 - - 34.9 - - 23.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 65 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 131 - - 1060 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 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] 96330 34 263 41 262 39 279 38 272 96330 89243 21 261 34 281 28 299 25 288 89243 83763 12 274 26 276 20 294 19 296 83763 79174 12 295 16 281 17 288 18 303 79174 75218 12 303 7 295 15 266 14 300 75218 71720 17 317 13 320 12 275 9 011 71720 68533 18 303 20 312 24 309 23 334 68533 65596 15 302 16 320 21 319 23 324 65596 62868 16 345 13 338 17 351 22 335 62868 60218 24 343 28 333 27 342 26 336 60218 57453 30 337 31 340 29 351 32 352 57453 54577 36 351 40 347 42 357 45 357 54577 51837 41 351 46 347 56 359 56 350 51837 49385 43 349 49 348 63 356 62 357 49385 47180 46 354 49 352 63 355 68 000 47180 45170 49 358 50 356 60 354 67 001 45170 43334 51 360 50 357 57 356 65 003 43334 41652 56 357 51 360 59 001 63 003 41652 40100 60 354 54 006 65 004 60 005 40100 38664 60 350 59 006 68 004 66 009 38664 37327 56 346 60 002 66 005 75 012 37327 36042 53 343 57 356 66 007 79 015 36042 34739 53 339 52 353 64 005 79 022 34739 33390 55 339 48 355 57 001 75 027 33390 32004 55 337 46 357 50 355 48 020 32004 30571 51 342 44 353 45 354 39 002 30571 29076 46 343 40 351 42 355 36 001 29076 27516 43 346 36 354 39 358 29 005 27516 25889 38 351 32 356 33 000 24 002 25889 24197 33 350 28 352 27 001 20 358 24197 22443 31 347 26 349 24 001 16 002 22443 20624 29 348 24 354 23 006 14 019 20624 18735 28 355 23 000 22 010 15 034 18735 16814 27 005 20 008 19 022 14 041 16814 14965 26 013 19 014 17 032 11 047 14965 13284 26 015 18 014 15 030 10 050 13284 11789 23 020 16 016 11 029 9 044 11789 10459 19 024 13 016 9 027 8 038 10459 9274 15 025 11 014 9 025 7 041 9274 8218 10 030 9 008 9 021 7 047 8218 7279 7 039 7 004 9 013 6 045 7279 6448 6 042 6 001 9 001 4 038 6448 5711 5 035 6 357 7 339 2 166 5711 5049 4 030 4 340 5 302 5 182 5049 4461 3 030 2*243 4 281 7 183 4461 3968 2 057 4*215 2 290 6 189 3968 3588 2 095 4 217 2 300 4 196 3588 3327 2*113 4 219 2 300 3 189 3327 3167 2*119 4 219 1*296 1*118 3167 3077 1 132 4 219 1*294 2*079 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