DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - 0959z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 74.8 - - 64.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 511 - - 226 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1705 - - 1233 - - 256 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5254 - - 4717 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5872 - - 5400 - - 4423 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 933 - - 651 - - 462 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 397 - - 272 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 27 - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 302 - - 304 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -92 - - -98 - - -94 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -6734 - - -6296 - - -5044 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 12607 - - 11697 - - 9467 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13945 - - -13993 - - -14927 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19817 - - 19393 - - 19350 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 30 - - 47 - - 36 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 74.8 - - 64.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.5 - - 38.3 - - 38.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.3 - - 74.3 - - 66.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 38.2 - - 38.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 511 - - 226 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1705 - - 1233 - - 256 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 98834 5 162 10 136 4 111 98834 91372 10 149 9 131 4 154 91372 85597 12 129 7 130 3 057 85597 80824 11 112 12 113 5 121 80824 76724 8 137 8 070 9 109 76724 73096 6 127 4 035 7 071 73096 69821 2 147 2 214 3 350 69821 66831 1 240 3 220 3 201 66831 64079 9 242 7 292 3 042 64079 61435 8 256 10 278 8 330 61435 58702 11 272 14 268 14 296 58702 55889 16 265 20 260 20 260 55889 53220 20 255 22 256 30 267 53220 50825 33 271 39 273 44 270 50825 48678 38 270 43 273 44 274 48678 46718 40 272 46 272 51 274 46718 44909 40 270 46 270 53 272 44909 43220 41 264 46 270 53 271 43220 41632 45 255 45 271 54 274 41632 40135 47 250 44 266 53 277 40135 38724 46 249 49 261 50 265 38724 37368 46 250 50 252 53 261 37368 36007 46 252 49 254 49 261 36007 34611 49 251 48 252 46 258 34611 33183 49 246 46 252 43 257 33183 31709 49 246 43 256 40 260 31709 30176 47 249 40 262 36 266 30176 28586 40 253 39 261 35 265 28586 26939 35 256 37 259 35 265 26939 25240 32 260 33 263 34 267 25240 23493 29 263 30 273 32 272 23493 21692 24 266 28 278 30 275 21692 19827 20 272 25 280 27 277 19827 17935 18 271 22 277 23 274 17935 16115 18 263 20 269 22 269 16115 14460 19 253 20 259 21 265 14460 12984 18 248 19 254 21 262 12984 11667 17 249 19 254 20 259 11667 10485 19 259 20 258 19 258 10485 9427 20 271 21 264 18 258 9427 8479 22 280 22 273 18 263 8479 7634 23 289 23 283 18 273 7634 6879 25 295 25 292 20 286 6879 6198 27*299 28 299 23 298 6198 5591 28*301 29*303 28 307 5591 5083 28 302 30*304 33 311 5083 4692 27 302 29 304 33*310 4692 4422 26 302 27 303 30*308 4422 4258 23 302 24 303 26 306 4258 4164 16 301 15 302 15 305 4164 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