DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/25 Hollister 544ft pt31953@36.868,-121.523 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 - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1553z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.6 - - 59.6 - - 58.7 - - 53.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 126 - - 198 - - 103 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1983 - - 2593 - - 2143 - - 411 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1344 - - 2009 - - 1351 - - 544 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2527 - - 3138 - - 2688 - - 955 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1561 - - 1683 - - 2289 - - 2505 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 259 - - 331 - - 252 - - 44 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 6 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 10 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 271 - - 280 - - 291 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 9 - - 11 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 682 - - 599 - - 284 - - -644 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1845 - - 2539 - - 2404 - - 1599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 518 - - 316 - - -120 - - -1050 ODpotential blCL - - - 2009 - - 2822 - - 2808 - - 2005 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 96 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.6 - - 59.6 - - 58.7 - - 53.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 49.6 - - 50.5 - - 50.2 - - 48.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.8 - - 58.4 - - 57.9 - - 53.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 48.9 - - 49.4 - - 49.3 - - 48.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 126 - - 198 - - 103 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1983 - - 2593 - - 2143 - - 411 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 83 - - 92 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 98142 20 258 24 281 21 282 21 280 98142 90706 12 266 16 277 18 290 17 300 90706 84967 4 204 11 231 17 290 14 330 84967 80212 6 072 6 145 4 262 10 340 80212 76142 9 108 6 121 4 098 6 031 76142 72551 9 128 10 147 4 142 5 118 72551 69294 7 187 7 196 4 234 0 067 69294 66289 9 215 11 226 7 260 7 292 66289 63491 13 225 16 230 12 254 12 266 63491 60766 15 226 17 233 13 244 14 272 60766 57906 21 246 21 251 20 267 22 273 57906 54927 25 257 25 268 25 275 27 275 54927 52088 25 270 27 275 27 274 30 278 52088 49553 27 288 32 297 31 294 33 298 49553 47300 31 295 39 294 40 305 39 299 47300 45274 29 299 35 304 43 308 46 302 45274 43439 34 323 46 320 54 314 52 306 43439 41759 43 325 52 316 53 312 62 319 41759 40204 46 330 54 321 59 314 78 318 40204 38748 57 340 61 324 62 316 78 311 38748 37375 60 341 64 322 67 321 74 303 37375 36053 60 342 61 324 71 322 72 296 36053 34712 61 341 60 326 70 318 74 300 34712 33316 64 338 61 327 70 316 94 308 33316 31870 62 340 60 330 67 314 99 308 31870 30354 54 340 58 332 64 316 106 311 30354 28752 54 335 54 328 58 319 102 315 28752 27067 57 334 53 321 57 317 90 313 27067 25300 55 336 54 324 59 316 72 305 25300 23448 44 335 49 329 56 315 65 301 23448 21525 38 328 42 328 51 319 56 302 21525 19523 32 329 35 323 43 325 45 300 19523 17436 26 334 27 319 36 323 38 302 17436 15313 20 331 24 319 28 315 32 304 15313 13277 15 325 20 322 24 312 28 309 13277 11434 14 327 17 321 21 318 26 314 11434 9799 15 337 16 325 19 327 23 320 9799 8348 15 341 15 334 19 332 21 323 8348 7062 16 338 16 341 20 336 20 324 7062 5922 16 334 16 343 18 339 20 323 5922 4919 15 330 12 335 14 335 21 322 4919 4040 11 312 10 323 13 330 21 323 4040 3268 11 293 10*316 13*319 20 322 3268 2581 11*284 10*299 14*305 17 316 2581 1975 12*275 11 282 15 293 16 305 1975 1469 12 272 11 277 15 289 14 292 1469 1081 12 270 11 274 15 287 13*284 1081 815 11 269 10 273 14 286 12*279 815 653 10 268 10 272 13 285 10 277 653 560 8 267 8 271 10 284 7 274 560 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