DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/02 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 - - - 72.1 - - 77.2 - - 74.7 - - 64.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 408 - - 484 - - 238 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6095 - - 10649 - - 9156 - - 174 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8621 - - 12404 - - 10777 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10262 - - 14816 - - 13323 - - 4341 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3387 - - 1419 - - 2115 - - 4331 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 564 - - 720 - - 541 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 13 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 152 - - 175 - - 201 - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 7 - - 13 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 23 - - 15 - - -24 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3971 - - -716 - - -654 - - -6598 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14234 - - 15532 - - 13977 - - 10940 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8673 - - -3633 - - -3743 - - -10044 ODpotential blCL - - - 18935 - - 18449 - - 17066 - - 14385 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 73 - - 76 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.1 - - 77.2 - - 74.7 - - 64.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.7 - - 22.6 - - 27.4 - - 31.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.5 - - 75.2 - - 74.0 - - 67.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.1 - - 22.0 - - 27.0 - - 31.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 408 - - 484 - - 238 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6095 - - 10649 - - 9156 - - 174 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 5 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97543 20 243 22 235 26 247 25 256 97543 90116 14 239 21 244 22 246 22 247 90116 84429 16 251 19 267 15 274 12 267 84429 79738 16 266 16 277 12 290 12 296 79738 75721 11 285 16 271 16 288 15 289 75721 72176 10 275 17 275 19 294 13 291 72176 68956 11 271 16 283 20 288 16 283 68956 65992 12 284 18 288 19 283 18 296 65992 63239 16 293 21 289 21 289 22 298 63239 60572 20 291 24 284 23 286 24 293 60572 57783 26 288 28 283 29 284 32 279 57783 54886 37 282 36 281 36 283 37 270 54886 52123 45 280 42 278 45 281 40 276 52123 49635 52 278 50 276 53 275 49 276 49635 47407 56 274 54 276 58 271 59 274 47407 45395 57 273 59 273 62 269 69 268 45395 43572 57 275 63 273 63 268 76 264 43572 41901 57 277 64 275 67 269 84 264 41901 40351 49 274 63 275 71 273 89 266 40351 38902 38 273 60 272 73 276 85 266 38902 37548 40 274 52 266 73 278 78 267 37548 36254 40 264 44 265 66 276 74 265 36254 34949 39 263 42 264 53 269 71 267 34949 33604 36 265 41 258 40 262 62 272 33604 32227 34 263 37 257 39 257 39 270 32227 30809 31 262 31 257 38 255 31 259 30809 29334 32 260 32 251 35 253 34 250 29334 27801 29 259 33 251 33 252 35 248 27801 26213 22 258 29 251 30 254 32 248 26213 24573 15 258 23 244 25 253 28 243 24573 22885 13 253 17 232 23 243 25 235 22885 21147 10 251 14 214 20 222 22 226 21147 19353 7 251 11 209 17 214 17 212 19353 17535 4 211 9 195 15 217 17 208 17535 15786 6 155 15*173 13 178 19 182 15786 14196 9 160 16*170 14*160 22 167 14196 12776 12 172 16 170 14*162 22 163 12776 11504 15 177 15 171 13 171 21 168 11504 10359 17*177 14 173 13 182 21 176 10359 9330 17*173 14 176 13 196 21 185 9330 8408 16 166 13 178 14 204 21 193 8408 7584 14 155 13 179 15 213 21 198 7584 6847 14 152 12 180 16 217 20 203 6847 6180 12 142 12 181 17 218 20 207 6180 5583 11 138 12 182 17 219 19 214 5583 5081 11 136 11 182 17 220 17 223 5081 4692 11 134 11 182 17 220 14 234 4692 4422 10 134 11 181 16 220 12*241 4422 4258 10 133 10 182 15 220 9*244 4258 4163 8 133 9 181 12 220 5 252 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