DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 MtDiablo 711ft pt33457@37.708,-121.962 SPONSORED BY: Bay Area Paragliding Association - BAPA NOTE: Sfc.elevation based on smoothed model topo so represents plain around Mt Diablo, not the peak 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 - - - - - - 71.6 - - 68.3 - - 56.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 53 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4238 - - 1129 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3169 - - 712 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4950 - - 1840 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3076 - - 4440 - - 647 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 171 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 166 - - 285 - - 288 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 14 - - 4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1376 - - -2429 - - -963 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6327 - - 4269 - - 1691 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4033 - - -4172 - - -5398 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8983 - - 6012 - - 6126 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 92 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 60 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 68.3 - - 56.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.4 - - 52.1 - - 51.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 67.8 - - 57.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.1 - - 50.7 - - 51.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 53 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4238 - - 1129 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 41 - - 67 - - 24 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] 96987 8 355 4 102 7 034 96987 89728 8 067 11 081 14 061 89728 84125 10 067 10 100 9 048 84125 79465 10 071 8 097 5 030 79465 75445 7 061 6 089 1 289 75445 71904 2 006 4 074 1 132 71904 68702 4 269 4 303 2 289 68702 65758 6 209 7 249 4 234 65758 63025 11 259 10 263 5 273 63025 60367 16 234 18 244 15 233 60367 57603 22 262 24 261 23 245 57603 54733 25 247 21 240 21 236 54733 51973 40 264 39 266 39 259 51973 49490 57 252 53 252 56 246 49490 47274 50 252 52 248 54 240 47274 45256 53 266 55 252 56 244 45256 43393 66 268 61 258 59 244 43393 41664 72 269 69 263 66 251 41664 40058 77 269 78 264 73 253 40058 38563 73 270 73 264 65 251 38563 37171 54 269 54 265 43 251 37171 35843 38 264 36 260 27 243 35843 34506 33 267 26 256 26 247 34506 33124 39 267 28 270 28 271 33124 31695 51 269 35 270 35 288 31695 30201 49 276 42 268 42 288 30201 28628 31 279 42 276 33 277 28628 26974 30 285 33 283 35 269 26974 25245 25 282 28 279 32 272 25245 23438 21 256 23 276 21 268 23438 21554 18 243 21 251 19 248 21554 19595 14 235 22 238 20 234 19595 17555 12 229 18 239 19 227 17555 15475 14 216 15 225 15 216 15475 13471 15 206 16 214 15 201 13471 11648 16 200 15 207 18 190 11648 10027 19 187 21 197 25 189 10027 8587 21 174 25 191 31 193 8587 7306 20 169 22 183 33 197 7306 6167 18 167 16 167 29 195 6167 5158 15*165 13 162 23 182 5158 4269 10*164 10 163 19 171 4269 3484 7 161 8 165 14 172 3484 2783 5 161 4 174 9 181 2783 2163 3 166 2*240 6 203 2163 1648 2 176 6*285 6 236 1648 1254 2 181 7 285 7 277 1254 984 2 189 7 285 8 287 984 821 2 192 7 283 7*288 821 728 1 193 6 283 4*288 728 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