DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/23 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0954z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 44.8 - - 52.7 - - 55.5 - - 54.2 - - 47.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 147 - - 290 - - 63 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1478 - - 2023 - - 1682 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4753 - - 5360 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 5645 - - 6190 - - 5849 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 764 - - 1241 - - 3112 - - 3810 - - 767 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 257 - - 350 - - 199 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 295 - - 321 - - 322 - - 332 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -12 - - -45 - - -56 - - -44 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - 646 - - 37 - - -61 - - -732 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4162 - - 4999 - - 6154 - - 5910 - - 4896 sfcLCL ODpotential -4766 - - -2613 - - -1709 - - -1951 - - -3888 ODpotential blCL 8929 - - 8258 - - 7899 - - 7800 - - 8052 blCL maxRH 78 - - 81 - - 82 - - 93 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 10 - - 40 - - 120 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 44.8 - - 52.7 - - 55.5 - - 54.2 - - 47.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.8 - - 45.1 - - 42.8 - - 42.6 - - 40.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 47.1 - - 52.5 - - 54.6 - - 54.6 - - 50.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 41.2 - - 43.9 - - 42.4 - - 42.4 - - 40.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 147 - - 290 - - 63 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1478 - - 2023 - - 1682 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 11 - - 22 - - 28 - - 73 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 97460 4 289 9 277 6 310 11 325 14 301 97460 90157 6 355 11 306 8 317 9 350 9 015 90157 84578 13 028 2 024 9 296 14 349 14 024 84578 79979 15 038 7 052 5 323 10 001 13 003 79979 76024 13 008 10 057 5 026 5 010 8 350 76024 72525 6 334 9 022 6 027 7 018 10 000 72525 69348 4 317 7 351 7 009 9 002 9 016 69348 66407 3 281 1 057 1 051 5 296 6 346 66407 63661 7 248 2 265 1 202 7 233 7 242 63661 60985 14 243 8 275 3 191 3 216 6 185 60985 58187 14 248 15 275 13 269 14 306 13 291 58187 55283 17 272 19 280 24 280 16 283 15 270 55283 52499 27 278 24 278 22 283 33 284 40 273 52499 49974 31 285 26 288 32 288 41 273 41 281 49974 47698 39 289 39 287 35 289 36 285 35 295 47698 45627 43 287 41 289 38 300 38 308 35 309 45627 43730 43 288 40 292 34 301 43 315 41 327 43730 41983 39 286 35 298 31 315 39 322 49 331 41983 40366 33 293 43 314 45 319 51 317 50 331 40366 38862 35 299 47 313 52 316 50 322 46 336 38862 37457 37 300 49 304 47 314 44 326 42 343 37457 36115 34 305 42 303 41 313 42 332 47 351 36115 34771 33 314 36 309 42 324 47 345 57 357 34771 33396 33 310 31 311 44 331 53 348 63 358 33396 31991 29 305 26 311 42 332 53 346 63 359 31991 30542 21 303 23 312 42 333 53 347 62 004 30542 29041 15 306 20 304 42 334 59 348 58 008 29041 27495 16 319 20 295 39 333 63 346 54 008 27495 25906 20 324 23 290 35 330 59 346 54 010 25906 24271 25 322 25 287 33 329 51 349 53 011 24271 22591 30 319 26 291 32 328 41 351 48 012 22591 20863 30 318 27 298 30 323 32 353 39 017 20863 19082 30 319 28 304 29 320 24 358 30 025 19082 17283 27 318 29 308 28 322 17 010 25 036 17283 15555 23 315 28 310 24 327 14 028 24 049 15555 13985 21 319 23 306 19 326 14 034 25 061 13985 12586 16 321 17 303 13 317 14 048 26 067 12586 11336 10 322 14 308 8 318 15 061 25 071 11336 10215 6 337 9 315 6 346 16 066 23 072 10215 9208 6 357 6 336 5 011 16 064 21 071 9208 8306 7 359 6 358 6 021 15 059 20 069 8306 7501 10 349 8 358 7 016 14 046 20 065 7501 6781 15 340 10 349 9*357 13 023 21 060 6781 6129 20 332 14*338 12*339 14*000 22 055 6129 5546 24 326 17*327 17 326 16*342 23 048 5546 5055 25 320 17 322 18 320 17 332 21 038 5055 4676 22 315 17 319 18 317 17 329 18 024 4676 4413 18 311 16 318 17 316 16 328 14 360 4413 4254 14*308 15 318 16 315 15 327 12*345 4254 4163 6*295 10 317 12 314 10 326 7*336 4163 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