DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 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 - - - 43.8 - - 48.8 - - 47.0 - - 41.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 50 - - -8 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 247 - - 1495 - - 1489 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4146 - - 4146 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4414 - - 5662 - - 5656 - - 4163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 970 - - 1909 - - 1448 - - 1843 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 30 - - 183 - - 73 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 14 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 070 - - 223 - - 236 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 13 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -10 - - -13 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 252 - - 1500 - - 1210 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4162 - - 4162 - - 4446 - - 4162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -935 - - 197 - - -3524 - - -4909 ODpotential blCL - - - 5349 - - 5465 - - 9180 - - 9072 blCL maxRH - - - 101 - - 99 - - 77 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 30 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.8 - - 48.8 - - 47.0 - - 41.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.5 - - 45.7 - - 41.9 - - 39.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.8 - - 49.2 - - 48.4 - - 45.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.4 - - 44.8 - - 41.0 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 50 - - -8 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 247 - - 1495 - - 1489 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 95 - - 8 - - 45 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 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] 95975 33 356 29 360 25 001 21 353 95975 88966 29 026 21 021 22 006 19 010 88966 83533 22 033 20 019 18 018 13 011 83533 79016 14 053 15 013 13 019 9 357 79016 75108 9 067 11 352 13 014 5 035 75108 71632 5 094 9 341 8 344 5 360 71632 68466 1 133 9 307 6 340 6 350 68466 65547 2 323 10 283 10 267 8 275 65547 62843 5 278 9 288 8 251 16 263 62843 60232 11 285 14 276 14 265 15 269 60232 57501 15 284 17 271 19 257 14 279 57501 54650 23 277 18 281 27 254 27 267 54650 51922 26 267 23 260 32 257 41 262 51922 49469 30 257 26 253 34 260 44 255 49469 47265 27 252 29 252 33 260 38 256 47265 45254 26 251 32 253 32 258 38 264 45254 43404 37 252 37 252 36 258 48 268 43404 41703 45 248 40 246 49 253 58 265 41703 40140 45 243 45 249 52 254 58 263 40140 38692 42 249 52 257 55 262 56 276 38692 37345 46 253 60 266 61 268 67 284 37345 36056 51 254 67 266 71 271 74 280 36056 34757 55 255 66 265 77 268 76 275 34757 33419 56 255 68 269 80 267 76 273 33419 32046 56 257 74 272 80 266 76 273 32046 30624 57 260 78 272 79 265 76 274 30624 29144 58 261 78 271 76 265 75 276 29144 27608 57 259 76 270 74 264 75 273 27608 26019 53 253 72 267 71 264 75 270 26019 24381 52 249 68 265 67 263 71 268 24381 22697 53 247 62 262 61 261 63 267 22697 20961 52 246 57 259 56 261 55 266 20961 19166 50 241 52 255 52 261 49 264 19166 17346 47 231 47 251 48 262 46 262 17346 15596 47 220 42 246 45 262 43 262 15596 14005 44 211 40 240 41 260 40 263 14005 12586 41 207 39 235 38 255 36 262 12586 11318 40 209 38 231 34 249 33 259 11318 10185 38 213 38 226 31 244 31 253 10185 9171 35 217 38 223 29 241 29 249 9171 8267 31 218 36 223 25 240 25 247 8267 7464 25 214 33 224 21 242 21 246 7464 6749 19 205 29 226 18 245 16 253 6749 6104 13 188 25*228 16*246 13 266 6104 5529 9 170 20*229 15*243 13 275 5529 5045 6 148 16 226 14 238 13 279 5045 4670 4*112 12 220 13 233 12 279 4670 4411 4*089 11 218 12 230 11 276 4411 4253 3 064 10 217 10 229 9*270 4253 4162 2 059 8 216 6 228 5*262 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