DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 Panoche 2321ft 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 - - - 45.8 - - 51.6 - - 50.5 - - 40.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 72 - - 1 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 139 - - 990 - - 397 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2321 - - 2321 - - 2321 - - 2320 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2459 - - 3311 - - 2718 - - 2337 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 520 - - 731 - - 1479 - - 169 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 58 - - 179 - - 46 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 12 - - 13 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 156 - - 219 - - 091 - - 108 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3906 - - -3052 - - -2731 - - -630 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6365 - - 6364 - - 5449 - - 2968 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11074 - - -8610 - - -7891 - - -8223 ODpotential blCL - - - 13533 - - 11921 - - 10609 - - 10560 blCL maxRH - - - 49 - - 67 - - 52 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.8 - - 51.6 - - 50.5 - - 40.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.9 - - 32.5 - - 35.3 - - 35.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.7 - - 51.0 - - 50.8 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.9 - - 31.2 - - 34.2 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 72 - - 1 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 139 - - 990 - - 397 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96296 34 262 41 267 39 278 38 273 96296 89226 21 262 33 277 30 297 25 290 89226 83758 10 273 27 278 21 305 15 296 83758 79168 12 303 13 289 13 286 16 310 79168 75215 15 317 6 307 12 260 12 317 75215 71713 16 314 13 320 12 306 11 359 71713 68522 15 299 19 311 25 309 23 325 68522 65589 11 312 17 326 20 317 23 324 65589 62864 15 345 21 339 20 346 22 341 62864 60221 28 340 28 328 26 339 25 348 60221 57457 30 342 31 344 30 352 30 357 57457 54583 38 354 40 349 40 358 47 351 54583 51855 42 349 46 348 56 000 55 350 51855 49407 43 349 50 350 63 358 61 359 49407 47200 46 354 51 353 65 357 69 359 47200 45189 49 359 52 356 63 354 68 360 45189 43349 52 360 53 358 60 354 64 002 43349 41663 57 359 54 000 60 359 64 000 41663 40110 62 356 57 005 66 005 63 002 40110 38679 61 352 60 006 70 005 67 008 38679 37345 57 349 62 004 70 006 74 012 37345 36056 53 348 58 358 70 009 77 015 36056 34743 51 346 53 354 68 006 72 020 34743 33381 53 343 50 354 60 002 76 031 33381 31979 54 342 47 358 52 356 49 026 31979 30524 51 345 44 357 46 353 38 005 30524 29004 46 347 40 353 43 353 36 000 29004 27416 42 348 35 354 40 357 30 007 27416 25754 36 352 30 356 34 001 23 007 25754 24021 31 352 26 352 26 001 20 359 24021 22221 28 347 24 349 22 001 18 355 22221 20349 27 347 22 356 21 007 16 003 20349 18402 27 354 21 003 19 012 15 023 18402 16419 27 005 19 009 16 022 13 037 16419 14510 25 013 18 017 15 033 11 040 14510 12775 25 015 19 017 14 033 10 038 12775 11233 22 019 17 013 13 028 10 034 11233 9864 18 028 13 011 11 021 9 036 9864 8645 15 033 10 013 10 018 9 041 8645 7562 10 029 9 011 10 017 7 050 7562 6599 6 020 8 008 9 020 6 057 6599 5750 6 012 8 006 7 014 4 062 5750 4999 5 015 6 003 7 351 1 117 4999 4325 5 017 5 349 5 316 5 218 4325 3729 3 022 2*300 2 268 8 220 3729 3231 1 088 3*225 1 224 8 214 3231 2849 3 152 3 219 1*105 5 192 2849 2587 3*156 3 218 1*095 5 148 2587 2428 3*157 3 216 1 086 5*123 2428 2337 2 156 2 216 1 096 3*108 2337 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