DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/26 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 - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 39.8 - - 47.5 - - 52.1 - - 51.0 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 121 - - 225 - - 31 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1262 - - 2346 - - 2534 - - 487 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4145 - - 5511 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 5429 - - 6513 - - 6701 - - 4654 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1543 - - 1225 - - 1481 - - 2023 - - 2656 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 223 - - 337 - - 181 - - 16 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 7 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 9 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 039 - - 077 - - 107 - - 109 - - 086 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - 8 - - 18 - - 17 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -8613 - - -7817 - - -7557 - - -7551 - - -7519 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12776 - - 13247 - - 14071 - - 14253 - - 12174 sfcLCL ODpotential -17513 - - -15270 - - -13808 - - -15108 - - -16411 ODpotential blCL 21676 - - 20699 - - 20321 - - 21809 - - 21065 blCL maxRH 86 - - 83 - - 74 - - 40 - - 41 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 39.8 - - 47.5 - - 52.1 - - 51.0 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m -0.5 - - 4.5 - - 5.2 - - 3.3 - - 5.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.4 - - 47.4 - - 51.5 - - 51.5 - - 50.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot -1.0 - - 3.5 - - 4.2 - - 2.2 - - 5.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 121 - - 225 - - 31 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1262 - - 2346 - - 2534 - - 487 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 44 - - 33 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95673 73 277 73 280 75 275 60 282 75 286 95673 88681 51 286 44 284 52 286 39 300 46 293 88681 83277 36 289 34 283 44 294 34 303 42 301 83277 78762 32 299 27 290 37 294 34 303 38 310 78762 74871 33 292 27 308 29 304 31 297 34 308 74871 71427 30 286 31 306 26 316 29 302 35 303 71427 68309 30 297 29 297 27 305 33 305 33 296 68309 65427 31 298 31 294 29 299 34 296 32 297 65427 62736 32 294 34 296 29 298 33 295 39 302 62736 60123 36 299 36 296 29 304 38 297 39 303 60123 57380 39 300 35 293 35 306 42 295 41 308 57380 54511 40 299 34 293 38 300 40 292 46 307 54511 51766 43 297 37 294 36 297 43 303 49 311 51766 49297 46 294 39 293 38 307 47 307 50 318 49297 47088 47 290 41 295 43 309 48 307 49 319 47088 45084 48 287 44 291 47 305 45 307 45 317 45084 43253 50 286 46 286 48 300 41 315 39 325 43253 41577 53 285 49 283 45 296 43 328 44 342 41577 40038 56 284 50 283 39 293 46 332 53 344 40038 38614 59 280 49 281 34 291 44 332 56 345 38614 37285 58 278 48 277 31 292 42 339 54 350 37285 36009 60 277 49 272 30 293 43 348 53 357 36009 34722 61 275 49 271 29 289 46 357 53 000 34722 33394 59 274 49 268 28 289 48 002 52 358 33394 32029 54 273 49 266 27 294 51 005 52 358 32029 30613 50 272 47 266 25 293 46 005 51 359 30613 29138 47 275 41 267 24 288 35 355 49 003 29138 27609 44 282 35 269 27 281 28 336 46 005 27609 26026 37 287 29 270 25 281 21 329 37 006 26026 24392 35 286 25 273 23 288 19 330 29 354 24392 22712 32 283 23 276 20 291 17 322 24 340 22712 20977 27 285 20 273 18 280 14 306 21 331 20977 19180 22 286 18 262 17 267 13 285 15 322 19180 17358 17 277 14 253 13 261 11 269 11 300 17358 15606 12 261 10 245 9 253 8 256 9 284 15606 14012 7 241 8 225 9 230 8 239 7 269 14012 12591 6 219 8 207 10 220 9 230 6 248 12591 11322 7 210 9 197 10 213 7 229 5 223 11322 10189 7 198 10 190 10 200 6 223 5 195 10189 9176 8 177 11 182 10 185 5 200 5 177 9176 8272 10 158 11 169 10 172 6 169 7 165 8272 7469 11 143 12 152 10 155 7 141 8 151 7469 6754 12 132 13 136 10*137 8*120 9 133 6754 6107 12 123 13 121 9*115 9*110 10 117 6107 5531 11 113 13*105 10 107 9 109 11 108 5531 5046 10 101 12*087 10 105 9 109 11 105 5046 4671 9 087 10 076 10 105 9 109 9*103 4671 4411 7 069 10 074 9 105 8 109 7*096 4411 4253 6*056 9 074 9 105 8 110 4 082 4253 4162 4*039 7 074 7 105 6 109 3 073 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