DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/17 Panoche 2322ft pt31353@36.586,-120.999 (at ridge) 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 0653z - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1332z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 55.5 - - 67.1 - - 76.3 - - 76.3 - - 64.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 58 - - 295 - - 382 - - 210 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 293 - - 1526 - - 2862 - - 2200 - - 283 BL Depth Hcrit 2322 - - 3156 - - 4216 - - 3531 - - 2322 Hcrit BL Top 2615 - - 3848 - - 5185 - - 4522 - - 2605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 265 - - 610 - - 1018 - - 2244 - - 596 Hgt.Variab. W* 107 - - 319 - - 427 - - 321 - - 31 W* B/S 3 - - 9 - - 12 - - 13 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 235 - - 225 - - 216 - - 218 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 5 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - 4 - - 1 - - 19 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -600 - - -1819 - - -3905 - - -3903 - - -2791 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 3215 - - 5667 - - 9091 - - 8426 - - 5396 sfcLCL ODpotential -9102 - - -9219 - - -10001 - - -8876 - - -9861 ODpotential blCL 11717 - - 13067 - - 15186 - - 13398 - - 12466 blCL maxRH 80 - - 63 - - 41 - - 44 - - 58 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 55.5 - - 67.1 - - 76.3 - - 76.3 - - 64.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 49.4 - - 50.3 - - 44.6 - - 47.4 - - 49.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 55.0 - - 65.3 - - 74.0 - - 74.7 - - 65.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 49.0 - - 49.3 - - 43.5 - - 46.6 - - 49.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 58 - - 295 - - 382 - - 210 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 293 - - 1526 - - 2862 - - 2200 - - 283 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 22 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 7 - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 98426 25 109 21 103 20 106 16 109 17 116 98426 90989 21 111 20 107 25 102 18 107 25 109 90989 85257 18 115 16 116 20 115 18 119 23 110 85257 80492 12 114 13 137 12 154 10 104 15 101 80492 76379 10 142 11 158 10 181 7 114 8 094 76379 72734 7 152 9 162 6 189 6 153 3 127 72734 69445 6 194 5 198 2 218 4 192 4 240 69445 66448 4 265 5 260 6 253 6 262 10 261 66448 63685 11 302 9 300 10 263 11 269 12 279 63685 61005 15 283 14 304 12 272 15 272 16 285 61005 58195 14 277 18 288 15 286 17 271 20 268 58195 55274 17 272 19 267 17 283 15 276 21 252 55274 52492 14 249 17 256 18 260 16 280 15 252 52492 49989 9 247 14 239 19 237 18 266 13 273 49989 47745 10 252 8 224 17 218 19 247 15 272 47745 45717 12 234 9 221 14 206 18 234 17 257 45717 43877 8 214 12 208 15 201 16 226 16 248 43877 42193 8 214 11 198 16 199 15 214 12 233 42193 40638 12 230 7 211 14 193 15 205 7 215 40638 39189 17 231 9 239 12 195 14 195 7 175 39189 37830 17 230 11 243 12 203 16 189 9 172 37830 36520 17 233 12 244 12 215 15 188 11 177 36520 35194 15 241 11 240 10 226 12 193 11 179 35194 33821 12 246 9 244 9 226 10 191 11 185 33821 32405 9 259 8 242 7 224 10 192 11 186 32405 30930 6 266 6 248 7 222 10 195 10 194 30930 29388 4 287 8 244 9 227 10 215 6 222 29388 27779 6 278 10 242 12 235 10 246 5 280 27779 26101 7 283 11 245 12 252 9 267 5 298 26101 24354 7 302 9 252 12 262 12 280 6 307 24354 22543 7 318 7 252 11 262 10 288 5 342 22543 20661 8 323 5 266 8 267 7 303 4 007 20661 18704 9 327 5 294 6 287 5 322 4 013 18704 16710 8 315 5 302 4 312 3 345 3 031 16710 14787 6 299 4 287 2 317 1 307 2 085 14787 13033 6 285 4 267 2 267 3 243 2 120 13033 11468 8 291 4 266 2 237 4 222 1 133 11468 10073 10 303 5 273 2 227 4 202 1 135 10073 8828 11 312 6 276 2 250 4 189 1 277 8828 7718 9 313 6 274 3 260 6 154 5 279 7718 6731 8 307 7 270 3 241 8 131 4 245 6731 5859 6 295 7 261 4*208 7 137 4 158 5859 5087 6 276 7 247 6*207 6*168 5 157 5087 4394 6 258 7*232 6 212 6*182 4 180 4394 3779 8 248 6*223 7 215 5 203 3 205 3779 3265 11 247 7 224 7 218 4 227 3 313 3265 2870 11*240 7 225 7 219 4 235 5*325 2870 2598 9*236 6 226 7 222 4 239 6*322 2598 2433 7 235 6 227 6 222 4 242 5 321 2433 2339 5 235 5 227 6 222 4 243 4 320 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