DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/02 Panoche 2322ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 80.3 - - 79.0 - - 64.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 449 - - 259 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1264 - - 3223 - - 1929 - - 292 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2987 - - 4534 - - 3401 - - 2322 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3586 - - 5546 - - 4252 - - 2614 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 850 - - 1677 - - 1874 - - 336 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 307 - - 466 - - 327 - - 69 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 12 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 7 - - 10 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 296 - - 312 - - 322 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -1 - - -5 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4431 - - -5261 - - -6357 - - -3917 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8017 - - 10807 - - 10610 - - 6531 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9705 - - -10860 - - -12122 - - -12088 ODpotential blCL - - - 13291 - - 16406 - - 16374 - - 14702 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 59 - - 66 - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 80.3 - - 79.0 - - 64.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.7 - - 41.0 - - 40.8 - - 44.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.4 - - 77.6 - - 77.2 - - 64.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.1 - - 40.2 - - 40.2 - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 449 - - 259 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1264 - - 3223 - - 1929 - - 292 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 98536 4 034 15 071 11 069 11 041 98536 91063 13 102 9 074 12 068 11 066 91063 85329 15 101 11 095 12 064 18 078 85329 80595 19 087 14 103 13 068 20 079 80595 76534 17 083 14 101 15 070 20 076 76534 72965 10 087 15 088 14 089 17 071 72965 69742 10 113 10 087 13 088 13 073 69742 66775 11 113 4 064 8 076 12 058 66775 64020 8 089 2 019 5 073 9 049 64020 61349 3 043 3 314 3 053 5 030 61349 58553 2 327 5 284 5 292 7 326 58553 55634 6 268 10 271 12 281 13 303 55634 52837 11 278 12 289 14 289 14 308 52837 50328 14 284 14 297 17 319 16 329 50328 48104 14 308 17 321 20 329 23 348 48104 46110 15 329 16 340 26 357 28 358 46110 44313 22 358 27 358 39 009 56 004 44313 42670 29 006 38 012 58 004 74 003 42670 41130 31 012 47 014 59 003 75 358 41130 39679 31 013 49 016 53 005 62 356 39679 38309 29 013 45 015 47 008 51 357 38309 36984 26 015 40 015 41 011 46 357 36984 35637 21 018 35 019 35 010 40 357 35637 34239 17 017 27 015 28 012 36 002 34239 32794 16 018 21 007 23 010 30 358 32794 31291 13 021 16 007 21 000 22 353 31291 29719 7 022 12 015 18 358 21 343 29719 28077 4 013 5 026 11 005 21 338 28077 26364 3 330 2 291 5 346 15 338 26364 24583 5 315 4 303 7 309 10 324 24583 22740 6 299 5 317 9 317 9 316 22740 20827 5 277 4 320 8 328 6 317 20827 18840 1 170 1 103 4 338 2 314 18840 16817 6 096 5 108 1 124 1 265 16817 14870 5 103 6 099 4 117 2 162 14870 13100 6 137 4 094 5 090 4 113 13100 11525 10 130 4 145 4 070 5 089 11525 10122 7 131 6 158 1 073 4 056 10122 8868 4 121 4 153 2 202 3 342 8868 7750 2 090 2 169 2 177 3 292 7750 6757 1 059 2 216 2 158 2 270 6757 5878 1 228 2*259 1 197 2 290 5878 5099 3 223 4*280 2 261 4 319 5099 4400 3 251 6 292 5*301 6 329 4400 3780 4*284 7 298 9*310 11 330 3780 3263 7*296 8 299 10 312 16 325 3263 2868 7 298 8 299 10 313 17*322 2868 2597 7 297 8 301 10 313 15*322 2597 2433 7 297 8 300 10 313 13 322 2433 2338 6 296 7 300 8 313 8 322 2338 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