DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/16 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 74.6 - - - - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 313 - - 360 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3559 - - 4772 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6528 - - 7520 - - - - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7726 - - 8939 - - - - - 4165 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1417 - - 1414 - - - - - 4371 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 430 - - 497 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 32 - - 31 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 091 - - 100 - - - - - 066 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 15 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 46 - - 57 - - - - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4511 - - -3623 - - - - - -6888 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12238 - - 12562 - - - - - 11054 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9676 - - -8068 - - - - - -13329 ODpotential blCL - - - 17402 - - 17007 - - - - - 17494 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 41 - - - - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 74.6 - - - - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.8 - - 34.0 - - - - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.0 - - 73.5 - - - - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.7 - - 34.0 - - - - - 31.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 313 - - 360 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3559 - - 4772 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 4 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] 97674 21 266 22 263 17 296 97674 90389 15 276 11 257 19 291 90389 84785 7 263 10 264 8 259 84785 80134 3 195 6 268 3 265 80134 76127 4 161 6 203 7 331 76127 72596 5 162 5 189 4 335 72596 69401 9 142 6 197 3 188 69401 66467 5 107 7 149 3 284 66467 63772 2 151 3 195 4 264 63772 61176 4 231 8 230 1 278 61176 58477 8 353 2 249 9 301 58477 55685 13 332 11 335 10 327 55685 53011 4 323 10 336 14 316 53011 50578 18 008 16 025 7 310 50578 48366 16 334 17 352 16 019 48366 46343 14 313 20 332 29 020 46343 44478 28 041 16 005 36 016 44478 42743 51 046 31 037 36 017 42743 41122 58 047 43 044 29 026 41122 39612 57 046 42 059 29 056 39612 38205 48 049 36 067 32 066 38205 36864 38 066 38 068 34 072 36864 35521 38 060 39 061 35 078 35521 34144 34 049 37 057 37 088 34144 32737 31 059 34 067 42 095 32737 31287 36 079 36 083 42 092 31287 29782 41 090 36 094 36 091 29782 28225 43 096 37 103 29 097 28225 26617 41 101 36 107 26 113 26617 24960 39 107 35 110 26 123 24960 23254 37 113 32 111 25 126 23254 21489 34 118 27 113 25 127 21489 19656 30 123 24 116 25 122 19656 17789 29 123 23 119 24 115 17789 15992 30 121 24 120 23 109 15992 14358 33 118 27 120 23 112 14358 12902 36 115 30 120 25 115 12902 11601 39 111 34 117 27 110 11601 10435 41 107 36 114 29 104 10435 9390 40 105 35*109 29 102 9390 8454 38*104 33*104 28 103 8454 7620 36*101 32 101 27 102 7620 6874 34 096 32 100 26 100 6874 6199 33 091 32 100 26 095 6199 5596 32 088 31 100 26 089 5596 5088 32 087 31 099 24 086 5088 4696 31 086 29 100 20 083 4696 4424 29 086 28 100 16 080 4424 4259 26 086 25 100 11*075 4259 4164 18 087 18 101 5*066 4164 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