DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 Hollister 548ft pt31953@36.868,-121.523 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 - - - - - - 1002z - - 1859z - - 1906z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 64.1 - - 54.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 113 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2403 - - 976 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1803 - - 548 - - 548 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2952 - - 1525 - - 564 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4207 - - 508 - - 731 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 305 - - 199 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 278 - - 273 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3404 - - -1863 - - -907 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6357 - - 3389 - - 1471 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5905 - - -5299 - - -6172 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8857 - - 6824 - - 6736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 67 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 64.1 - - 54.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 51.2 - - 50.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.8 - - 63.2 - - 54.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 50.4 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 113 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2403 - - 976 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 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] 96955 8 342 3 110 5 028 96955 89702 7 070 9 083 13 058 89702 84104 9 063 10 108 8 038 84104 79444 8 071 8 095 4 036 79444 75434 7 058 5 075 1 006 75434 71902 2 048 2 024 2 106 71902 68706 4 276 4 292 2 283 68706 65762 6 218 5 238 4 225 65762 63030 12 252 13 258 8 259 63030 60381 12 236 14 243 13 236 60381 57628 26 263 23 260 23 243 57628 54768 24 252 21 241 24 244 54768 52022 46 261 43 261 45 255 52022 49552 54 252 55 252 57 245 49552 47344 48 259 53 251 54 239 47344 45331 60 269 59 257 60 247 45331 43475 71 266 66 259 63 247 43475 41750 77 266 71 263 70 255 41750 40144 80 268 80 265 81 258 40144 38647 81 270 84 265 78 256 38647 37248 70 272 67 267 58 255 37248 35908 47 269 46 267 33 259 35908 34562 35 271 29 257 20 268 34562 33175 35 272 22 262 20 280 33175 31737 44 265 31 267 23 280 31737 30231 52 271 40 265 29 277 30231 28647 42 278 42 276 35 272 28647 26986 29 284 34 283 40 263 26986 25247 28 285 26 278 35 269 25247 23426 24 273 25 277 20 273 23426 21528 19 254 20 262 16 253 21528 19551 16 248 20 246 17 241 19551 17492 15 234 15 236 16 231 17492 15393 20 213 16 215 15 211 15393 13372 23 202 18 203 18 193 13372 11536 23 196 21 197 22 187 11536 9904 25 195 26 196 27 189 9904 8454 26 196 28 196 28 189 8454 7164 23 195 27 199 25 191 7164 6018 20 188 23 199 22 194 6018 5003 17 178 18 189 19 195 5003 4109 15 175 15 176 16 187 4109 3319 12*176 12 173 14 176 3319 2614 9*184 8 177 11 174 2614 1993 7 204 4*225 5 191 1993 1479 6 227 7*277 4 267 1479 1087 6 234 8 279 7 284 1087 820 6 236 8 278 7 280 820 657 6 238 8 278 6 277 657 564 5 240 6 278 4*273 564 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