DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/05 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) 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 - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 79.3 - - 86.7 - - - - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 318 - - 469 - - - - - 29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2272 - - 5170 - - - - - 352 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3712 - - 6078 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4595 - - 7493 - - - - - 2675 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1225 - - 2117 - - - - - 545 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 369 - - 552 - - - - - 90 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 14 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 7 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 191 - - 204 - - - - - 317 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 25 - - - - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4668 - - -3156 - - - - - -3291 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9263 - - 10649 - - - - - 5967 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9111 - - -7352 - - - - - -10270 ODpotential blCL - - - 13706 - - 14845 - - - - - 12945 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 69 - - - - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 79.3 - - 86.7 - - - - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 47.0 - - 47.9 - - - - - 53.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.3 - - 83.9 - - - - - 70.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 46.5 - - 47.4 - - - - - 53.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 318 - - 469 - - - - - 29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2272 - - 5170 - - - - - 352 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 93 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 9 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] 99142 37 110 37 104 34 108 99142 91664 29 109 25 105 37 103 91664 85906 29 118 24 107 31 084 85906 81139 30 102 22 106 22 085 81139 77047 23 088 24 111 20 104 77047 73433 19 100 23 103 19 097 73433 70160 17 090 15 104 16 090 70160 67163 13 092 9 112 12 081 67163 64405 12 102 7 117 8 085 64405 61747 6 178 9 128 10 143 61747 58971 13 217 12 210 8 172 58971 56100 18 226 23 216 16 225 56100 53374 32 228 38 237 33 246 53374 50925 39 224 46 235 54 242 50925 48726 38 238 44 231 56 236 48726 46716 56 253 52 249 55 248 46716 44859 70 248 72 247 70 249 44859 43132 71 244 73 245 79 245 43132 41517 60 241 58 244 68 245 41517 40007 52 238 50 236 54 244 40007 38590 53 238 49 234 51 245 38590 37228 55 237 50 236 51 244 37228 35855 55 238 50 239 54 240 35855 34442 52 241 47 240 53 241 34442 32984 46 238 42 238 46 241 32984 31467 41 234 40 230 39 233 31467 29878 41 231 41 227 37 229 29878 28217 40 227 41 226 37 232 28217 26484 41 228 41 233 39 242 26484 24681 31 241 32 241 38 253 24681 22819 21 238 24 234 25 263 22819 20898 14 236 19 229 13 248 20898 18911 10 246 13 232 10 231 18911 16889 9 242 12 248 9 242 16889 14935 12 224 13 251 11 253 14935 13153 10 217 12 231 11 256 13153 11569 8 216 11 204 10 256 11569 10161 8 227 10 196 9 244 10161 8906 9 230 10 192 11 212 8906 7787 9 224 8*186 10 174 7787 6790 9 212 8*187 9 154 6790 5908 9 195 8 192 8 162 5908 5125 8*182 7 199 8 181 5125 4422 6*181 7 205 7 190 4422 3798 5 188 7 210 5 207 3798 3277 5 193 7 215 5 294 3277 2877 5 196 7 217 8*316 2877 2602 4 199 7 218 8*317 2602 2435 4 200 6 219 8 317 2435 2339 4 201 6 221 6 316 2339 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