DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - - 67.1 - - 73.1 - - 70.1 - - 59.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 421 - - 504 - - 271 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3214 - - 7748 - - 1790 - - 283 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6363 - - 10046 - - 5167 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7381 - - 11915 - - 5957 - - 4450 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3435 - - 1984 - - 5852 - - 480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 461 - - 656 - - 327 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 20 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 6 - - 19 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - 336 - - 048 - - 310 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 20 - - 2 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -30 - - 20 - - -71 - - -81 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2974 - - 433 - - -4837 - - -3873 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10355 - - 11483 - - 10795 - - 8323 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5916 - - -924 - - -7079 - - -8647 ODpotential blCL - - - 13297 - - 12839 - - 13036 - - 13097 blCL maxRH - - - 60 - - 69 - - 58 - - 44 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.1 - - 73.1 - - 70.1 - - 59.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.1 - - 36.9 - - 37.2 - - 38.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.5 - - 71.1 - - 69.2 - - 61.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.9 - - 36.6 - - 37.0 - - 38.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 421 - - 504 - - 271 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3214 - - 7748 - - 1790 - - 283 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98128 20 254 20 262 15 250 21 286 98128 90638 12 242 17 240 16 259 16 268 90638 84880 11 254 18 263 17 272 15 267 84880 80110 14 252 20 264 19 279 15 281 80110 76007 12 264 16 268 20 287 14 282 76007 72401 11 274 15 273 18 286 13 302 72401 69153 12 272 15 274 19 278 17 302 69153 66164 17 282 18 279 19 280 20 295 66164 63384 20 276 20 277 21 284 24 299 63384 60693 19 274 18 268 18 275 20 287 60693 57880 20 296 17 297 12 286 15 296 57880 54959 17 291 19 288 17 291 21 310 54959 52193 12 304 14 285 14 287 20 291 52193 49727 22 326 12 317 13 349 8 343 49727 47536 15 008 21 017 22 012 20 028 47536 45567 25 011 28 015 33 028 29 025 45567 43775 24 012 32 026 36 036 32 033 43775 42128 35 041 40 044 37 045 35 043 42128 40596 47 049 47 050 41 047 40 046 40596 39158 52 049 51 052 43 046 42 044 39158 37806 53 048 51 054 43 046 41 041 37806 36506 53 047 48 054 41 047 37 038 36506 35196 52 046 45 052 39 049 34 035 35196 33847 50 047 43 049 37 049 30 034 33847 32463 48 049 42 046 36 046 28 033 32463 31033 45 050 41 044 37 043 27 033 31033 29545 43 050 40 043 37 040 27 033 29545 28002 41 049 38 043 36 038 27 035 28002 26403 39 047 36 043 34 039 26 039 26403 24750 35 043 33 043 32 042 25 044 24750 23047 31 039 30 040 31 047 24 048 23047 21288 28 039 28 036 30 050 24 052 21288 19468 27 041 27 037 31 050 25 058 19468 17625 27 042 27 046 31 053 27 064 17625 15856 27 044 28 056 30 057 27 059 15856 14249 26 046 25 058 25 061 26 054 14249 12815 24 050 21*061 19 067 22 052 12815 11533 21 055 17*065 15 074 17 054 11533 10381 18 054 14 069 12 079 13 059 10381 9345 14 049 10 072 10 082 9 059 9345 8416 11 043 7 070 7 079 7 052 8416 7587 9*038 5 059 4 057 6 020 7587 6845 8*026 3 028 4 354 8 352 6845 6174 8 002 4 341 8*322 11 333 6174 5576 9 337 6 317 16*312 19 323 5576 5073 11 321 7 313 20 310 26 315 5073 4686 12 318 7 311 21 310 28*310 4686 4419 11 317 7 311 20 310 26*308 4419 4257 11 316 7 310 19 310 22 307 4257 4163 9 315 6 311 13 309 14 307 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