DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/27 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0954z - - 1001z - - 1553z - - 2149z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 51.1 - - 65.6 - - 68.2 - - 61.1 - - 51.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -43 - - 220 - - 310 - - 67 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1317 - - 2197 - - 1149 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4765 - - 5503 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 5484 - - 6364 - - 5316 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 362 - - 1499 - - 1548 - - 810 - - 665 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 275 - - 366 - - 177 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 11 - - 10 - - 14 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 303 - - 294 - - 285 - - 292 - - 290 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 4 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -35 - - -25 - - -34 - - -55 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3633 - - -7364 - - -6270 - - -4927 - - -4308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7797 - - 12848 - - 12635 - - 10244 - - 8472 sfcLCL ODpotential -12255 - - -13285 - - -11839 - - -11333 - - -12617 ODpotential blCL 16419 - - 18769 - - 18203 - - 16649 - - 16781 blCL maxRH 42 - - 37 - - 50 - - 67 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 51.1 - - 65.6 - - 68.2 - - 61.1 - - 51.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 32.0 - - 24.1 - - 27.4 - - 31.0 - - 29.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.8 - - 64.9 - - 67.0 - - 61.4 - - 54.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 31.9 - - 23.9 - - 27.3 - - 30.9 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -43 - - 220 - - 310 - - 67 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1317 - - 2197 - - 1149 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 97239 25 259 29 265 36 267 26 273 34 275 97239 89914 16 271 21 261 30 277 21 282 22 288 89914 84281 20 286 14 268 20 279 18 285 17 296 84281 79654 12 272 16 281 16 293 19 293 16 290 79654 75686 11 290 12 267 14 285 17 288 14 297 75686 72152 17 280 8 283 11 270 20 269 15 287 72152 68929 13 268 10 270 10 257 18 261 16 273 68929 65959 18 280 17 275 17 277 19 278 16 270 65959 63203 26 283 23 273 25 275 26 280 14 277 63203 60526 23 280 20 268 27 267 28 278 19 287 60526 57724 16 279 19 276 27 267 34 275 24 273 57724 54823 26 286 26 280 32 271 38 268 30 277 54823 52068 37 284 32 284 38 275 40 273 40 281 52068 49601 44 284 39 282 46 278 48 271 49 269 49601 47409 47 283 42 283 49 276 48 271 50 266 47409 45449 45 285 42 289 50 280 48 274 49 266 45449 43676 42 291 47 293 49 283 45 275 47 265 43676 42046 43 295 50 296 48 287 44 274 44 265 42046 40527 40 296 47 295 47 291 43 276 43 268 40527 39099 38 293 38 286 46 293 44 281 47 265 39099 37755 35 287 33 279 43 291 43 283 47 260 37755 36462 30 284 31 281 39 291 39 283 42 260 36462 35156 27 289 31 286 33 287 38 284 38 265 35156 33809 28 294 32 288 31 282 38 280 36 267 33809 32424 30 293 31 290 31 281 36 277 35 267 32424 30990 30 289 31 288 32 280 34 280 34 266 30990 29500 28 291 29 280 32 279 32 282 34 271 29500 27957 28 296 27 271 32 275 29 280 35 273 27957 26358 28 296 26 272 31 270 30 275 33 275 26358 24707 27 297 25 277 28 267 30 270 31 279 24707 23006 25 298 22 275 27 267 30 266 30 275 23006 21253 22 297 19 270 26 268 29 264 30 267 21253 19442 20 289 19 265 24 275 27 265 30 263 19442 17605 20 284 20 264 22 282 25 269 28 265 17605 15837 19 290 20 270 21 281 23 271 25 268 15837 14226 18 302 19 280 21 276 22 268 23 269 14226 12786 18 309 19 286 21 268 23 264 21 269 12786 11497 17 310 18 286 21 264 23 264 18 271 11497 10340 15 305 16 283 19 261 22 266 16 272 10340 9303 12 296 15 278 17 259 21 268 15 272 9303 8375 9 286 13 272 15 257 20 268 14 271 8375 7550 8 278 12 267 14 261 19 270 15 272 7550 6814 9 281 10 268 14*269 20 274 16 277 6814 6149 11 290 10 276 14*278 20 281 19 285 6149 5557 17 302 11*289 14 283 20*288 22 292 5557 5061 23 309 11*293 14 286 19*291 24 296 5061 4678 25 310 11 295 14 287 19 292 23 298 4678 4415 23 308 10 294 14 289 18 292 19 297 4415 4255 19*305 9 295 13 289 16 292 15*295 4255 4163 11*303 8 293 10 289 11 291 7*290 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