DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - 56.5 - - 62.0 - - 60.3 - - 52.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 143 - - 4 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 636 - - 1677 - - 1292 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4146 - - 4862 - - 4147 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4803 - - 5844 - - 5459 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1128 - - 1273 - - 1397 - - 1365 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 106 - - 262 - - 77 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 8 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 064 - - 083 - - 099 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 9 - - 10 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5549 - - -6210 - - -6015 - - -6030 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10352 - - 12054 - - 11475 - - 10195 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13242 - - -12049 - - -11339 - - -12519 ODpotential blCL - - - 18045 - - 17893 - - 16798 - - 16683 blCL maxRH - - - 56 - - 78 - - 88 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.5 - - 62.0 - - 60.3 - - 52.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.2 - - 24.1 - - 24.9 - - 23.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 57.2 - - 61.8 - - 61.3 - - 59.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.1 - - 22.9 - - 23.9 - - 22.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 143 - - 4 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 636 - - 1677 - - 1292 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 13 - - 53 - - 60 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95758 47 284 45 277 39 271 52 266 95758 88758 29 278 43 280 35 292 33 289 88758 83387 19 268 34 280 29 297 31 305 83387 78915 8 273 17 273 15 290 24 295 78915 75039 7 287 13 266 11 295 18 287 75039 71595 11 293 13 280 15 295 16 276 71595 68469 15 290 14 294 16 298 14 276 68469 65595 21 280 21 285 20 283 15 283 65595 62939 25 261 28 271 27 277 23 289 62939 60372 26 252 31 263 34 271 25 268 60372 57680 30 259 35 260 36 266 31 273 57680 54865 40 266 45 261 47 268 44 270 54865 52163 46 258 51 256 54 260 52 259 52163 49714 42 254 45 252 49 258 50 258 49714 47501 41 256 42 254 48 262 50 261 47501 45482 45 260 44 259 49 264 52 262 45482 43626 48 257 47 262 47 261 52 260 43626 41907 43 249 48 258 45 260 49 253 41907 40317 37 246 42 241 42 254 45 247 40317 38849 38 243 37 231 40 244 40 243 38849 37483 38 234 37 229 42 232 33 246 37483 36176 34 222 37 223 40 229 26 247 36176 34864 31 212 34 220 36 231 28 271 34864 33519 27 195 31 216 31 230 25 264 33519 32140 27 187 31 203 28 222 24 256 32140 30719 33 186 37 189 32 207 18 237 30719 29253 38 187 40 186 36 194 18 218 29253 27738 38 189 36 190 32 193 18 207 27738 26171 37 190 31 193 22 197 14 195 26171 24550 35 191 28 193 21 191 17 191 24550 22877 32 191 26 190 23 184 18 195 22877 21149 28 188 25 188 22 184 16 196 21149 19358 24 187 24 188 20 189 12 201 19358 17537 18 186 22 190 16 197 9 205 17537 15781 12 182 17 194 12 200 6 201 15781 14180 6 170 11 191 5 186 4 191 14180 12751 3 150 6 168 2 109 2 089 12751 11471 3 101 3 140 3 046 3 060 11471 10323 3 083 2 126 4 031 3 056 10323 9293 2 079 2 119 4 032 2 065 9293 8371 3 108 2 116 4 047 1 106 8371 7550 4 125 2 108 4 069 2 156 7550 6817 5 128 3 101 6 087 3 158 6817 6155 7 121 4*085 7 091 4 144 6155 5564 8 108 5*079 7*093 4 132 5564 5067 8*093 6 080 6*097 3 126 5067 4683 7*074 6 083 6 099 2 109 4683 4417 6 060 6 086 6 100 1 357 4417 4256 5 059 6 088 5 102 3*327 4256 4163 3 058 5 089 4 102 4*321 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