DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/18 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 - - - 63.4 - - 70.0 - - - - - 62.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 375 - - 459 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3732 - - 6610 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5620 - - 7975 - - - - - 3061 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6793 - - 9671 - - - - - 3078 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1426 - - 1262 - - - - - 5806 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 465 - - 602 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 23 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 126 - - 056 - - - - - 010 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - 22 - - - - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3606 - - -3132 - - - - - -8656 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10399 - - 12804 - - - - - 11734 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11312 - - -10328 - - - - - -15493 ODpotential blCL - - - 18105 - - 19999 - - - - - 18571 blCL maxRH - - - 39 - - 37 - - - - - 25 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.4 - - 70.0 - - - - - 62.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.3 - - 24.0 - - - - - 21.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.1 - - 67.3 - - - - - 64.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.2 - - 22.8 - - - - - 20.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 375 - - 459 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3732 - - 6610 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98102 5 339 4 332 6 308 98102 90690 9 252 12 280 4 006 90690 84977 3 233 8 267 7 336 84977 80247 4 281 5 190 5 329 80247 76168 3 127 5 149 3 272 76168 72551 3 104 3 227 2 332 72551 69272 3 288 8 255 2 287 69272 66250 1 265 9 272 6 271 66250 63443 6 336 7 304 5 301 63443 60717 17 317 11 317 8 334 60717 57874 22 297 16 291 16 313 57874 54940 20 284 22 282 22 301 54940 52151 24 274 30 284 27 300 52151 49651 30 272 35 285 31 295 49651 47425 36 274 38 286 36 292 47425 45421 46 275 46 283 42 290 45421 43595 60 269 55 280 46 291 43595 41919 68 266 59 276 50 291 41919 40368 69 268 57 277 53 289 40368 38919 67 273 58 281 55 288 38919 37557 62 277 60 283 56 288 37557 36245 58 278 60 284 57 289 36245 34920 57 279 60 285 58 290 34920 33553 57 282 59 288 58 292 33553 32146 57 284 57 291 56 295 32146 30685 57 285 54 299 52 298 30685 29161 54 289 54 302 47 304 29161 27576 52 293 52 303 44 307 27576 25929 52 300 49 305 42 309 25929 24223 50 304 45 310 40 310 24223 22461 43 305 39 313 38 312 22461 20640 34 316 36 318 39 318 20640 18752 33 329 35 326 42 328 18752 16838 32 345 33 344 40 337 16838 15001 30 354 29 002 32 356 15001 13334 25 004 23 020 22 019 13334 11851 20 018 17 030 15 037 11851 10529 17 041 10*039 14 034 10529 9348 15 075 6*047 15 014 9348 8294 14 103 6 048 16 004 8294 7352 11*113 5 052 16 002 7352 6516 7*113 5 056 16 005 6516 5770 6 117 5 058 16 008 5770 5097 6 124 4 061 16 011 5097 4497 5 129 4 064 15 012 4497 3993 5 134 4 069 14 013 3993 3604 5 138 4 068 13 012 3604 3335 5 140 3 070 10 011 3335 3171 5 143 3 073 8*011 3171 3078 4 145 3 072 4*010 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