DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/25 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) SPONSORED BY: DrJack RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 69.1 - - 82.9 - - 89.5 - - - - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 53 - - 355 - - 472 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 164 - - 1550 - - 2995 - - - - - - BL Depth Hcrit 2322 - - 3209 - - 4369 - - - - - - Hcrit BL Top 2487 - - 3873 - - 5318 - - - - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. 277 - - 960 - - 1571 - - - - - - Hgt.Variab. W* 84 - - 336 - - 461 - - - - - - W* B/S 2 - - 13 - - 16 - - - - - - B/S BL Wind 7 - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - - BL Wind Direction 336 - - 338 - - 335 - - - - - - Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - - - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - 4 - - 8 - - - - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -6390 - - -8689 - - -8219 - - - - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8877 - - 12563 - - 13538 - - - - - - sfcLCL ODpotential -16383 - - -16309 - - -14125 - - - - - - ODpotential blCL 18870 - - 20182 - - 19443 - - - - - - blCL maxRH 76 - - 66 - - 78 - - - - - - maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - CAPE Temp@2m 69.1 - - 82.9 - - 89.5 - - - - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m 39.3 - - 36.4 - - 38.3 - - - - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 68.6 - - 80.7 - - 86.6 - - - - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 39.1 - - 36.0 - - 37.9 - - - - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 53 - - 355 - - 472 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 164 - - 1550 - - 2995 - - - - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT 6 - - 0 - - 11 - - - - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - - 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] 99179 39 105 38 100 41 105 99179 91694 40 105 36 101 35 109 91694 85944 37 106 32 100 30 099 85944 81183 33 104 26 113 23 093 81183 77095 28 095 27 115 22 108 77095 73486 19 088 27 106 25 120 73486 70218 16 122 22 105 18 124 70218 67217 21 129 13 125 19 124 67217 64448 14 131 13 140 14 147 64448 61793 14 135 14 147 20 160 61793 59058 11 162 18 177 22 181 59058 56255 11 190 21 181 24 193 56255 53591 23 230 27 207 33 205 53591 51186 39 222 42 213 41 209 51186 49022 54 221 55 216 52 214 49022 47046 65 220 61 216 59 212 47046 45217 67 218 64 216 62 210 45217 43508 66 217 66 216 64 212 43508 41905 65 218 63 215 64 213 41905 40395 60 216 59 211 63 210 40395 38968 58 210 56 209 62 208 38968 37591 54 209 54 208 60 209 37591 36196 47 211 48 209 53 210 36196 34758 46 214 43 209 45 210 34758 33282 49 212 39 210 38 208 33282 31748 45 215 36 214 35 205 31748 30145 41 217 36 216 35 208 30145 28473 38 216 36 217 35 211 28473 26733 34 222 34 218 33 211 26733 24924 29 217 31 212 29 207 24924 23052 27 212 30 209 30 203 23052 21110 26 214 27 215 29 213 21110 19096 22 218 24 215 24 215 19096 17047 19 219 21 211 21 210 17047 15075 17 209 20 210 20 212 15075 13278 17 199 18 210 17 213 13278 11677 14 198 15 208 14 209 11677 10251 12 202 13 205 13 204 10251 8978 12 203 12 208 11 207 8978 7844 11 204 11 215 10 216 7844 6837 10 211 10 217 6 213 6837 5947 9 217 9 215 2*207 5947 5158 6 224 5 209 1*260 5158 4450 3 223 1*182 3 337 4450 3822 1 341 2*345 6 337 3822 3295 6 357 5 339 7 336 3295 2889 12 341 5 337 7 336 2889 2609 11*337 6 335 7 334 2609 2438 10*336 5 335 7 335 2438 2340 6 335 5 335 6 334 2340 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