DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/07 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 = 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 46.1 - - 55.0 - - 60.8 - - 60.4 - - 49.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -20 - - 47 - - 228 - - 41 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1519 - - 3733 - - 4281 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 6548 - - 5434 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 5686 - - 7900 - - 8448 - - 4163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1516 - - 2232 - - 2001 - - 2138 - - 649 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 184 - - 397 - - 237 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 8 - - 10 - - 4 - - 11 BL Wind Direction 330 - - 045 - - 073 - - 006 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - -8 - - 15 - - -9 - - -35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3000 - - -2868 - - -2618 - - -1983 - - -1870 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7164 - - 8554 - - 10519 - - 10432 - - 6034 sfcLCL ODpotential -8266 - - -7869 - - -6163 - - -6460 - - -6465 ODpotential blCL 12430 - - 13555 - - 14063 - - 14908 - - 10628 blCL maxRH 49 - - 45 - - 41 - - 51 - - 58 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 46.1 - - 55.0 - - 60.8 - - 60.4 - - 49.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.8 - - 32.4 - - 29.3 - - 29.3 - - 37.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.5 - - 55.4 - - 60.1 - - 60.7 - - 51.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.9 - - 31.1 - - 28.5 - - 28.8 - - 37.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -20 - - 47 - - 228 - - 41 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1519 - - 3733 - - 4281 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 5 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] 96434 11 091 6 119 3 133 3 123 8 148 96434 89299 11 084 4 064 9 074 19 101 16 114 89299 83825 13 113 5 105 8 086 19 086 15 094 83825 79280 14 113 12 118 2 086 11 078 14 061 79280 75356 11 118 12 122 3 170 5 040 14 047 75356 71883 4 133 9 125 3 175 5 347 11 054 71883 68735 1 059 7 114 2 171 1 326 5 050 68735 65842 2 068 1 043 1 343 2 074 3 307 65842 63166 1 174 4 317 3 332 2 066 4 218 63166 60574 5 244 6 294 4 295 4 280 6 252 60574 57858 10 273 9 261 8 263 10 266 10 264 57858 55017 12 266 12 253 10 249 15 271 14 281 55017 52285 11 261 13 260 10 272 14 263 18 286 52285 49815 12 276 11 263 11 274 9 277 13 289 49815 47587 10 278 10 282 14 279 10 310 13 340 47587 45563 9 297 10 292 14 277 22 346 35 336 45563 43710 15 313 12 323 14 332 34 335 47 343 43710 41990 14 324 19 329 29 335 32 337 51 340 41990 40392 17 014 24 336 34 344 26 001 38 338 40392 38917 35 019 27 004 33 007 44 357 30 354 38917 37559 53 014 46 023 43 011 49 007 64 033 37559 36272 64 010 59 018 58 011 50 015 78 027 36272 34979 67 008 64 017 68 014 60 023 78 021 34979 33651 68 012 66 020 68 014 63 021 73 019 33651 32286 65 018 73 022 66 014 64 008 68 021 32286 30870 62 020 81 020 71 018 64 010 64 024 30870 29391 60 020 81 020 71 023 61 022 56 020 29391 27851 56 021 68 022 66 033 63 033 52 017 27851 26253 39 021 56 025 58 037 57 040 46 025 26253 24603 24 023 44 029 43 029 44 033 42 036 24603 22901 17 030 33 028 31 021 36 017 38 040 22901 21146 14 028 22 025 25 019 36 008 30 032 21146 19332 12 021 16 021 22 013 34 008 25 020 19332 17496 11 013 13 018 20 009 30 014 21 020 17496 15735 10 007 9 019 18 008 26 021 17 023 15735 14136 10 006 7 019 16 010 22 028 13 019 14136 12710 10 009 7 019 14 016 17 032 10 015 12710 11435 10 017 8 022 13 027 14 032 9 013 11435 10292 10 027 9 029 14 039 13 031 9 012 10292 9267 11 032 9 037 14 048 11*030 10 009 9267 8349 11 037 10 043 13*055 8*028 11 001 8349 7530 11 043 10 049 11*062 6 023 14 352 7530 6800 11 048 11 052 11 066 5 017 17 344 6800 6141 11 048 12*052 10 070 4 004 20 337 6141 5552 11 045 12*050 10 074 4 346 24 330 5552 5058 9 037 10 045 10 078 4 341 25 323 5058 4677 8 026 7 042 10 081 4 339 25 313 4677 4414 8 005 6 043 10 083 4 339 22 308 4414 4254 7*346 5 044 9 084 4 338 19*307 4254 4162 6*330 4 046 8 085 3 339 11*306 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