DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 46.2 - - 52.4 - - 57.5 - - 56.0 - - 47.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 10 - - 129 - - 5 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 419 - - 1325 - - 959 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 4519 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 4586 - - 5492 - - 5126 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 897 - - 908 - - 1004 - - 1148 - - 1153 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 78 - - 233 - - 76 - - 4 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 007 - - 077 - - 109 - - 121 - - 357 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -2 - - 13 - - 10 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7231 - - -5460 - - -6462 - - -6580 - - -7556 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11394 - - 10046 - - 11954 - - 11707 - - 11720 sfcLCL ODpotential -15934 - - -12598 - - -12148 - - -12359 - - -15279 ODpotential blCL 20097 - - 17184 - - 17640 - - 17485 - - 19443 blCL maxRH 78 - - 89 - - 85 - - 88 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 46.2 - - 52.4 - - 57.5 - - 56.0 - - 47.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.0 - - 23.5 - - 20.1 - - 19.8 - - 11.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.4 - - 53.3 - - 57.3 - - 57.0 - - 53.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.8 - - 22.5 - - 18.9 - - 18.8 - - 10.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 10 - - 129 - - 5 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 419 - - 1325 - - 959 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 12 - - 55 - - 41 - - 51 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95765 8 062 13 337 11 317 12 289 14 283 95765 88817 12 044 5 033 9 349 1 281 6 005 88817 83439 12 049 7 053 9 344 12 042 13 041 83439 78944 9 059 6 068 10 333 16 024 25 022 78944 75077 12 043 7 079 7 349 11 348 22 009 75077 71665 19 015 9 069 7 028 7 336 17 021 71665 68576 23 002 14 032 14 024 13 015 18 028 68576 65739 24 357 16 016 16 007 18 007 18 030 65739 63108 21 354 17 355 18 353 20 347 17 016 63108 60552 21 350 21 355 19 341 21 336 17 346 60552 57872 27 332 25 338 19 335 21 328 18 318 57872 55065 28 324 27 321 25 320 26 313 23 315 55065 52361 33 319 31 310 29 305 33 298 31 310 52361 49908 39 314 37 305 35 304 34 297 34 298 49908 47684 42 299 41 293 39 300 37 296 31 296 47684 45637 39 298 38 285 39 283 44 285 37 290 45637 43739 46 302 33 288 36 277 40 277 37 280 43739 41977 53 290 44 282 37 282 38 273 42 266 41977 40345 48 276 43 272 42 267 44 264 42 264 40345 38835 47 270 41 266 43 259 54 251 51 256 38835 37440 48 271 51 261 59 255 58 245 57 245 37440 36121 52 271 59 261 69 253 60 246 57 240 36121 34803 49 266 60 258 68 250 62 245 57 240 34803 33454 37 261 57 254 65 245 61 242 53 240 33454 32081 38 257 51 250 55 238 55 236 50 236 32081 30668 39 257 48 251 43 240 44 230 47 232 30668 29201 37 254 45 251 39 245 33 231 35 227 29201 27675 33 255 39 251 35 243 29 231 33 230 27675 26093 30 259 29 258 26 235 27 228 31 228 26093 24457 28 260 22 259 23 230 25 220 30 225 24457 22773 23 259 19 245 25 228 22 220 30 219 22773 21039 16 248 18 227 22 221 23 216 27 217 21039 19250 10 252 12 216 20 207 25 212 28 210 19250 17434 6 283 6 223 14 195 22 198 26 190 17434 15687 6 300 6 252 9 204 15 181 20 166 15687 14097 6 306 5 263 7 227 10 172 15 160 14097 12678 5 313 2 270 5 229 6 192 10 169 12678 11406 4 328 0 144 4 210 5 228 6 172 11406 10265 2 321 2 143 4 188 4 232 4 178 10265 9242 1 197 4 158 4 177 1 191 3 183 9242 8327 2 164 6 163 5 169 2 127 2 180 8327 7511 4 151 7 160 6 159 3 133 1 174 7511 6785 5 143 8 151 7 148 5 132 2 155 6785 6129 6 136 9 141 8 134 6 123 3 138 6129 5545 7 126 9 133 7*119 6*117 4 125 5545 5054 7 114 7 122 7*109 6*117 4 112 5054 4676 6 099 6*107 7 109 5 121 4 095 4676 4413 4 080 4*088 7 109 5 123 3 068 4413 4254 3*049 3 074 7 109 4 124 3*019 4254 4163 3*007 2 062 6 109 4 125 4*357 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