DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 Panoche 2323ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 84.5 - - 92.1 - - - - - 75.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 414 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1643 - - 5326 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3207 - - 6154 - - - - - 2323 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3966 - - 7650 - - - - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1571 - - 2224 - - - - - 554 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 314 - - 534 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 9 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 204 - - 202 - - - - - 326 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 21 - - - - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6002 - - -5384 - - - - - -5416 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9969 - - 13035 - - - - - 7756 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10238 - - -8106 - - - - - -11022 ODpotential blCL - - - 14204 - - 15756 - - - - - 13361 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 51 - - - - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 84.5 - - 92.1 - - - - - 75.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 49.1 - - 42.8 - - - - - 50.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 82.5 - - 89.6 - - - - - 76.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 48.8 - - 42.4 - - - - - 50.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 414 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1643 - - 5326 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 16 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99167 22 117 21 133 16 077 99167 91746 16 095 24 100 20 113 91746 85998 14 109 25 098 21 104 85998 81208 20 108 20 113 18 110 81208 77085 18 110 14 114 20 097 77085 73443 13 137 8 110 16 103 73443 70145 17 131 10 145 16 106 70145 67122 14 129 14 149 11 115 67122 64326 10 178 8 174 7 091 64326 61639 14 176 12 192 5 204 61639 58855 12 178 18 208 9 216 58855 55947 20 211 22 211 23 222 55947 53170 27 223 31 224 36 239 53170 50691 32 238 36 234 45 240 50691 48492 39 247 41 241 52 242 48492 46508 46 253 48 249 55 243 46508 44693 57 256 54 252 54 242 44693 43012 62 254 56 250 52 241 43012 41443 59 253 57 248 49 241 41443 39969 54 250 54 249 48 242 39969 38582 50 248 51 251 48 243 38582 37244 48 246 50 255 50 244 37244 35886 46 243 48 252 51 245 35886 34478 45 239 44 249 52 248 34478 33023 43 236 42 247 49 250 33023 31508 44 232 40 247 44 252 31508 29924 44 230 38 244 39 250 29924 28270 37 234 37 239 33 245 28270 26548 31 229 33 236 28 238 26548 24762 29 222 28 233 26 232 24762 22914 29 217 28 226 25 228 22914 20999 30 214 29 221 26 227 20999 19011 31 212 31 219 27 224 19011 16990 30 213 30 218 28 220 16990 15041 28 215 29 217 27 218 15041 13261 25 215 26 217 26 217 13261 11672 22 212 24 214 24 215 11672 10253 20 211 21 209 22 210 10253 8984 18 212 16 203 19 201 8984 7851 16 212 12*195 16 189 7851 6844 14 207 10*194 13 179 6844 5951 13 201 9 196 11 180 5951 5160 13 195 9 199 10 188 5160 4449 12*192 9 203 9 195 4449 3817 9*194 8 205 7 206 3817 3289 7 204 8 208 4 274 3289 2883 7 207 8 209 8 321 2883 2605 6 210 8 210 9 327 2605 2436 6 210 7 211 8 328 2436 2339 5 211 6 211 5*326 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