AVERAGE BASED ON 29 DAYS DrJack's BLIP for: JUN 2002 HERNANDEZ 2573ft pt30752@36.268,-120.696 (at ridge) ---------------------------- VALIDATION TIME ---------------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temp@2m 66.2 46.2 75.7 79.7 82.3 87.0 87.8 88.1 86.7 86.1 83.3 79.2 74.0 Temp@2m Temp@Bot 65.5 68.6 73.3 76.7 78.9 83.3 84.1 84.7 84.0 83.8 81.8 78.5 73.9 Temp@Bot Sfc.Heating 89 229 371 495 578 618 620 582 491 389 252 123 10 Sfc.Heating BLDepth 341 1045 1814 3074 3580 4584 5623 5079 5133 5164 4417 2781 609 BLDepth Hcrit 2573 2947 3662 4694 5132 5963 6825 6331 6315 6258 5499 3852 2573 Hcrit BLTop 2914 3618 4387 5647 6153 7157 8196 7652 7706 7737 6990 5354 3182 BLTop Hgt.Variab. 1074 1413 1654 2105 2386 2660 2675 2475 2362 2531 2039 2077 2231 Hgt.Variab. W* 126 246 358 469 521 580 619 586 556 511 414 272 65 W* B/S 4 7 14 26 22 75 57 18 18 19 21 4 1 B/S BLWind 7.6 7.3 6.0 4.8 5.6 6.5 6.1 8.3 6.1 10.6 13.2 14.5 14.7 BLWind Direction 336 358 359 343 342 335 333 332 322 322 331 332 311 Direction Max.Converg -4 0 5 18 26 35 53 41 40 39 30 12 -6 Max.Converg maxRH 37 38 37 35 36 34 33 33 25 32 30 28 26 maxRH CLOUDpotent -14025 -13079 -12193 -10914 -10144 -9728 -8944 -9814 -10583 -10006 -11275 -12943 -14514 CLOUDpotent sfcLCL 16941 16699 16582 16563 16299 16887 17143 17469 18291 17744 18267 18299 17698 sfcLCL ODpotential -14079 -13138 -12343 -11341 -10587 -10420 -9824 -10293 -10830 -10299 -11430 -13013 -14571 ODpotential blCL 16995 16758 16732 16990 16742 17580 18022 17948 18538 18037 18422 18369 17755 blCL PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [deg] ---------------------------- VALIDATION TIME ---------------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 20696 17 266 17 268 16 257 17 265 18 267 16 273 18 267 17 256 17 256 16 266 14 276 17 272 15 262 20696 18119 14 267 14 270 13 254 14 265 15 268 14 276 15 268 14 261 14 266 13 272 13 282 15 279 12 270 18119 16499 13 274 12 274 12 256 13 270 13 266 12 274 12 269 12 263 11 271 11 272 11 291 12 283 10 272 16499 15353 11 279 10 278 11 260 11 274 12 266 10 275 10 272 10 266 10 274 9 271 9 300 10 291 8 271 15353 14461 10 282 9 282 10 262 10 276 10 270 9 275 9 274 9 269 9 277 8 270 8 305 9 295 7 268 14461 13657 10 285 9 282 9 261 9 276 10 270 9 276 8 275 8 271 8 278 7 271 7 310 8 299 7 264 13657 12947 9 285 8 284 8 263 8 278 9 272 8 277 8 276 8 269 7 280 6 275 6 312 7 301 6 261 12947 12382 8 286 8 286 8 265 7 281 8 274 7 280 7 277 7 268 7 280 6 278 5 311 6 301 5 259 12382 11861 8 288 7 289 7 267 7 284 8 276 7 283 6 280 7 267 6 280 5 279 4 301 6 297 5 256 11861 11348 8 289 7 293 6 270 7 287 7 279 6 288 6 284 5 265 5 277 5 278 3 292 5 290 4 254 11348 10843 7 290 7 298 6 272 6 292 7 283 6 295 5 288 5 265 4 273 4 276 3 282 5 281 4 251 10843 10346 7 295 7 305 5 277 6 296 6 287 5 299 5 290 4 267 4 270 4 276 3 283 5 274 4 248 10346 9856 6 300 6 311 5 285 6 301 6 290 6 303 5 291 3 263 4 263 4 282 4 289 5 274 4 249 9856 9372 6 306 6 319 4 296 5 306 6 293 6 305 4 293 3 256 4 264 4 288 4 290 5 275 4 252 9372 8896 6 311 6 324 4 306 5 311 6 299 6 307 4 299 3 263 4 267 3 292 4 294 4 283 4 254 8896 8427 6 318 6 326 4 313 5 316 6 305 6 312 5 309 3 284 4 270 3 299 4 293 4 287 3 259 8427 7965 6 321 6 328 5 317 5 321 6 312 6 314 5 314 4 298 4 274 3 307 4 290 4 294 3 269 7965 7510 6 326 6 329 5 318 5 325 6 318 6 314 5 314 5 308 4 274 4 313 4 294 4 301 3 288 7510 7061 5 330 6 330 5 322 5 328 6 323 7 313 5 316 5 312 4 282 5 321 5 310 4 311 3 312 7061 6617 5 335 6 333 6 325 5 329 7 326 7 317 6 321 6 320 5 297 6 326 6 323 5 321 4 327 6617 6179 5 341 6 339 6 329 5 331 7 328 6 325 6 323 7 329 5 311 7 328 8 332 6 330 6 333 6179 5746 5 347 6 347 6 335 6 333 7 331 6 326 7 327 8 332 6 319 9 329 10 336 8 338 7 334 5746 5319 5 355 6 353 6 344 6 336 6 332 7 329 7 331 9 333 6 322 10 327 11 338 10 342 9 333 5319 4897 5 1 7 359 6 352 6 335 6 334 7 332 7 335 9 334 7 326 12 325 13 337 11 343 11 332 4897 4479 6 3 8 3 6 358 5 337 6 339 7 336 7 339 10 335 7 329 13 323 14 337 13 342 13 330 4479 4066 7 3 9 4 7 358 5 343 6 345 7 341 7 343 10 337 8 332 13 322 15 336 15 340 15 327 4066 3657 9 359 9 2 6 358 5 346 6 350 7 344 7 345 10 337 8 334 14 321 15 334 16 335 17 321 3657 3253 10 352 8 357 6 0 5 351 6 353 7 346 7 347 10 338 8 335 14 320 16 334 16 333 17 314 3253 2987 10 344 7 357 6 3 4 354 6 356 6 348 7 348 10 338 8 336 13 320 15 334 15 333 16 312 2987 2787 8 335 6 358 5 4 4 356 5 358 6 349 7 349 10 339 7 337 13 320 15 334 14 333 15 311 2787 2655 7 334 6 359 5 5 4 358 5 359 6 351 6 350 9 340 7 338 12 320 14 335 13 333 13 311 2655 2589 5 334 5 1 4 6 4 1 5 2 5 353 6 351 8 341 6 339 11 320 12 336 10 334 10 310 2589 PROFILES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY [%] ---------------------------- VALIDATION TIME ---------------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 20696 15 16 20 18 17 16 14 16 17 16 16 15 18 20696 18119 16 16 20 20 20 17 16 16 16 15 16 15 16 18119 16499 18 17 21 21 21 17 17 14 15 14 16 15 15 16499 15353 18 18 22 19 22 16 18 13 14 14 15 14 14 15353 14461 18 17 23 17 20 16 18 13 14 15 15 14 14 14461 13657 18 17 22 16 19 15 17 12 13 16 14 13 15 13657 12947 17 17 21 16 18 15 16 12 13 16 14 13 16 12947 12382 17 17 20 15 17 15 16 13 12 16 13 13 15 12382 11861 17 16 20 15 17 15 16 13 12 16 12 12 15 11861 11348 17 17 20 15 17 15 16 14 12 15 12 12 15 11348 10843 16 17 20 15 17 15 16 14 12 15 12 12 15 10843 10346 16 17 20 16 17 16 16 15 13 16 13 13 15 10346 9856 17 17 20 16 18 16 16 15 14 17 15 14 15 9856 9372 17 17 20 16 19 17 17 16 14 19 17 14 15 9372 8896 17 17 19 16 20 17 18 17 13 20 18 15 16 8896 8427 17 18 19 17 20 18 20 18 14 22 18 16 17 8427 7965 17 18 19 17 21 19 21 20 14 22 18 17 18 7965 7510 18 18 20 18 21 20 22 20 16 23 18 17 19 7510 7061 19 19 20 19 22 22 25 23 20 25 19 17 19 7061 6617 20 20 21 20 24 25 28 29 23 26 21 18 20 6617 6179 22 22 22 22 27 29 31 31 24 27 22 18 20 6179 5746 23 24 24 25 31 32 30 31 23 27 22 19 21 5746 5319 25 25 26 28 33 32 29 29 22 26 23 20 21 5319 4897 26 27 28 32 34 30 27 28 21 25 23 21 21 4897 4479 28 29 31 34 34 29 26 26 20 24 22 22 21 4479 4066 29 32 35 32 32 27 24 25 19 23 22 22 20 4066 3657 30 36 35 31 30 26 23 23 18 21 21 23 22 3657 3253 33 37 33 29 28 24 21 22 17 20 20 22 25 3253 2987 35 36 32 28 27 23 21 21 16 19 19 21 26 2987 2787 37 35 31 27 26 22 20 20 16 19 19 21 25 2787 2655 37 34 30 26 25 22 19 20 15 18 18 20 25 2655 2589 36 33 28 24 23 20 18 18 14 17 17 19 24 2589 PARAMETER KEY: (the parameters are described more fully at http://www.dr-jack.net/BLIPMAP/index.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 5m AGL (bottom grid point) [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BLDepth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BLTop = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab. = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4 & 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) BLWind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [deg] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blLCL) [ft] blLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography