DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 BarrenRidge_CA 4167ft pt28354@35.178,-118.205,3881ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.9 degF IN MEMORY OF: Team Oscar Delta (Mark Navarre) 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 - - - 45.1 - - 48.8 - - 48.5 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 103 - - 209 - - -12 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2045 - - 3411 - - 2088 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4936 - - 6262 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6212 - - 7578 - - 6255 - - 4163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1599 - - 1162 - - 2693 - - 3452 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 252 - - 372 - - 45 - - 1 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 26 - - 19 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 055 - - 063 - - 058 - - 054 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 15 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -24 - - -30 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2712 - - -2387 - - -4690 - - -5563 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8925 - - 9966 - - 10946 - - 9727 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13633 - - -11676 - - -14091 - - -16124 ODpotential blCL - - - 19845 - - 19254 - - 20346 - - 20287 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 71 - - 77 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.1 - - 48.8 - - 48.5 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.8 - - 19.8 - - 15.3 - - 14.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.3 - - 48.3 - - 50.3 - - 48.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.7 - - 19.2 - - 14.6 - - 13.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 103 - - 209 - - -12 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2045 - - 3411 - - 2088 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96510 34 052 21 085 18 080 17 066 96510 89411 27 067 18 091 12 073 16 070 89411 83917 16 065 17 065 13 068 18 079 83917 79347 9 058 15 043 13 082 15 077 79347 75391 10 051 6 014 13 065 14 063 75391 71882 8 021 4 051 14 038 17 052 71882 68704 3 082 4 334 9 043 14 048 68704 65763 7 062 3 048 6 043 11 041 65763 63018 6 002 5 108 13 040 10 069 63018 60336 7 057 3 037 8 074 14 061 60336 57523 22 351 13 053 11 087 17 047 57523 54631 28 355 26 011 13 040 21 023 54631 51909 36 344 28 360 29 027 40 024 51909 49489 36 358 45 007 49 016 55 015 49489 47329 47 007 54 007 52 016 51 012 47329 45355 55 007 59 010 54 013 51 010 45355 43530 65 006 63 008 52 001 50 007 43530 41835 69 004 59 003 48 353 47 002 41835 40257 68 004 53 002 43 352 41 357 40257 38781 67 007 51 007 41 358 37 359 38781 37401 72 011 56 014 43 008 36 011 37401 36082 78 011 64 016 50 015 41 023 36082 34762 83 008 71 011 56 015 47 024 34762 33414 88 007 74 005 55 007 52 019 33414 32043 90 009 76 359 61 354 46 008 32043 30632 76 005 75 358 64 349 46 004 30632 29164 57 347 72 359 59 341 48 001 29164 27640 57 341 61 358 52 342 47 358 27640 26060 59 344 48 358 46 352 43 355 26060 24425 59 346 45 355 41 002 37 359 24425 22738 59 349 46 350 41 006 33 004 22738 20993 59 351 48 347 38 359 30 358 20993 19183 57 353 48 347 38 351 31 350 19183 17344 55 353 48 351 40 351 34 350 17344 15576 50 356 46 357 41 358 34 355 15576 13970 36 360 39 002 37 007 32 004 13970 12544 23 002 33 010 34 015 29 013 12544 11279 19 014 33 023 33 024 27 027 11279 10152 22 031 34 035 31 032 27 044 10152 9149 28 044 33 045 28 039 27 058 9149 8254 33 052 30*051 25 046 26 066 8254 7457 36 056 25*057 23 051 24 069 7457 6746 36*057 22 060 21*054 22 072 6746 6103 34*056 20 062 19*055 20 072 6103 5528 31 055 19 065 17 057 18 070 5528 5044 27 055 18 067 15 059 17 066 5044 4670 24 056 17 068 13 061 14 062 4670 4410 21 056 16 069 11 062 12 058 4410 4252 19 057 15 070 9 063 8*055 4252 4162 13 059 12 071 6 065 4*054 4162 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