DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/10 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 - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 33.9 - - 41.5 - - 48.9 - - 49.0 - - 40.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -18 - - 59 - - 184 - - 4 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 855 - - 1594 - - 1091 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4145 - - 4145 - - 4900 - - 4146 - - 4145 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 5022 - - 5761 - - 5258 - - 4163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1164 - - 879 - - 1001 - - 1235 - - 1197 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 159 - - 277 - - 80 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 11 - - 15 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 074 - - 085 - - 080 - - 082 - - 060 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 13 - - 17 - - 18 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4800 - - -4137 - - -5172 - - -6167 - - -5380 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8963 - - 9159 - - 10934 - - 11426 - - 9543 sfcLCL ODpotential -15806 - - -14382 - - -13927 - - -14924 - - -15865 ODpotential blCL 19969 - - 19404 - - 19688 - - 20182 - - 20028 blCL maxRH 32 - - 51 - - 54 - - 55 - - 54 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.9 - - 41.5 - - 48.9 - - 49.0 - - 40.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 10.4 - - 16.8 - - 16.2 - - 14.4 - - 14.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.0 - - 41.9 - - 48.5 - - 50.4 - - 46.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 9.2 - - 15.7 - - 15.2 - - 13.5 - - 13.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -18 - - 59 - - 184 - - 4 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 855 - - 1594 - - 1091 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 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] 96301 40 281 47 282 53 279 45 281 42 283 96301 89234 26 288 31 290 37 286 28 293 20 322 89234 83807 17 288 17 301 20 297 14 290 18 312 83807 79268 13 329 9 314 5 329 10 263 14 282 79268 75312 14 323 14 307 15 005 8 348 3 353 75312 71784 7 328 13 278 17 322 15 341 14 018 71784 68603 14 340 6 307 19 325 20 333 18 012 68603 65706 15 331 17 340 18 331 22 313 19 356 65706 63026 25 353 18 359 16 341 18 328 19 336 63026 60436 26 349 23 359 17 339 17 341 14 328 60436 57723 42 352 31 353 23 359 18 347 10 321 57723 54888 49 344 42 354 34 349 28 337 23 328 54888 52178 46 347 45 345 39 333 34 317 32 310 52178 49732 47 354 42 350 37 334 28 316 27 302 49732 47511 51 359 46 353 40 343 29 329 24 317 47511 45472 56 002 47 357 43 343 39 331 32 325 45472 43619 58 005 48 001 39 352 45 332 40 337 43619 41950 57 012 45 010 38 359 41 350 43 348 41950 40433 62 018 51 019 41 014 42 007 43 006 40433 39024 70 019 60 024 48 022 45 017 45 012 39024 37698 74 020 65 023 53 027 50 019 43 014 37698 36417 75 022 65 026 54 029 51 019 38 016 36417 35120 72 027 61 029 51 034 47 023 33 018 35120 33782 66 030 57 031 47 037 43 026 32 020 33782 32405 61 039 54 034 44 035 40 027 32 022 32405 30980 54 044 45 044 40 038 37 028 30 026 30980 29497 39 044 37 055 32 046 35 029 27 029 29497 27959 27 051 30 059 25 054 24 030 21 029 27959 26364 24 060 22 063 20 056 14 023 13 034 26364 24717 22 065 15 067 15 056 7 028 8 044 24717 23017 21 068 12 056 12 048 5 014 7 048 23017 21260 15 068 9 029 11 026 8 353 7 035 21260 19437 9 055 8 005 11 012 10 353 7 024 19437 17584 7 033 8 356 10 009 10 002 7 031 17584 15797 10 032 9 010 8 018 7 024 5 058 15797 14168 13 038 10 033 7 038 4 046 4 063 14168 12713 15 043 15 054 9 059 5 072 5 052 12713 11414 17 051 19 063 14 070 8 080 8 054 11414 10254 20 060 24 068 19 075 14 081 14 067 10254 9219 23 067 27 071 24 076 20 080 19 074 9219 8299 26 073 29 074 28 076 25 078 23 078 8299 7483 27 077 30 076 29 078 27 078 24 079 7483 6760 27 080 29 077 27 079 26 078 25 080 6760 6108 25 083 25 079 24*079 24 079 24 082 6108 5530 22 085 22 081 19*079 20*080 21 083 5530 5044 19 085 17*081 16 080 18*081 18 081 5044 4669 16 083 13*082 15 081 16 082 15 078 4669 4410 12 079 11 085 14 082 14 083 12 071 4410 4252 9*078 10 086 13 082 12 083 9*066 4252 4162 3*074 8 087 10 083 8 085 6*060 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