DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.5 - - 56.1 - - 57.0 - - 48.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 236 - - 364 - - 109 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4262 - - 6338 - - 6096 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6961 - - 8770 - - 7880 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8429 - - 10505 - - 10263 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1734 - - 1997 - - 2517 - - 4863 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 419 - - 552 - - 367 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 33 - - 26 - - 24 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 058 - - 065 - - 064 - - 065 Direction Wind Shear - - - 25 - - 16 - - 18 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -58 - - -38 - - -20 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3824 - - -3564 - - -4010 - - -8400 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12254 - - 14069 - - 14273 - - 12565 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13238 - - -12660 - - -12341 - - -18419 ODpotential blCL - - - 21667 - - 23165 - - 22604 - - 22583 blCL maxRH - - - 47 - - 36 - - 46 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.5 - - 56.1 - - 57.0 - - 48.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 11.3 - - 8.5 - - 8.5 - - 8.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.0 - - 55.0 - - 57.0 - - 54.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 10.1 - - 7.5 - - 7.4 - - 7.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 236 - - 364 - - 109 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4262 - - 6338 - - 6096 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96211 27 294 23 277 26 300 17 305 96211 89126 16 306 15 294 13 296 16 322 89126 83673 7 313 15 300 5 308 6 300 83673 79146 3 250 15 285 11 321 6 356 79146 75242 1 264 11 255 14 309 9 338 75242 71787 4 354 7 248 12 267 10 307 71787 68644 7 002 6 248 10 245 9 290 68644 65728 7 354 4 231 11 242 10 261 65728 63007 2 347 5 283 9 240 7 269 63007 60361 4 341 3 239 9 207 5 214 60361 57583 3 355 1 286 6 137 8 208 57583 54696 4 104 6 172 14 114 16 119 54696 51955 10 112 14 157 15 154 8 129 51955 49484 17 123 19 148 5 091 12 316 49484 47258 19 138 29 069 31 041 30 054 47258 45256 68 034 57 044 52 047 59 058 45256 43454 89 030 71 034 63 044 66 040 43454 41800 85 023 73 029 70 032 63 045 41800 40256 82 030 75 033 73 033 66 060 40256 38811 81 041 79 041 73 044 74 069 38811 37455 87 052 82 049 79 061 86 068 37455 36151 96 058 84 056 90 070 92 061 36151 34838 107 059 93 061 98 066 93 057 34838 33486 115 058 103 062 104 059 93 059 33486 32099 115 059 109 062 107 058 90 065 32099 30667 109 060 112 064 107 061 83 067 30667 29179 101 061 109 067 103 068 78 063 29179 27636 96 060 102 067 98 073 79 060 27636 26037 91 056 96 062 93 070 81 061 26037 24384 86 053 91 059 90 065 81 063 24384 22682 83 054 88 059 87 064 80 064 22682 20926 80 057 82 061 81 066 78 065 20926 19116 77 060 76 064 74 068 73 067 19116 17293 73 061 69 067 65 071 65 069 17293 15552 67 061 60 069 55 072 57 073 15552 13976 61 061 51 069 47 072 50 075 13976 12575 56 061 44 068 41 070 44 075 12575 11324 53 061 37*065 36*067 40 074 11324 10202 49 061 31*062 30*064 36 072 10202 9196 45*061 28 062 27 062 33 072 9196 8295 41*060 28 062 26 063 31 073 8295 7493 38 058 27 063 25 063 28 075 7493 6775 36 057 26 065 24 064 26 077 6775 6125 34 057 25 066 23 065 24 079 6125 5544 32 057 25 067 22 065 22 080 5544 5055 30 057 24 068 21 065 19 080 5055 4676 28 058 23 069 20 066 16 080 4676 4414 26 058 22 070 19 066 12 077 4414 4254 24 059 20 070 17 066 9*073 4254 4163 16 061 15 071 12 067 5*065 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