DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 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 - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.9 - - 64.1 - - - - - 55.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 446 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2996 - - 4668 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6155 - - 7520 - - - - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7163 - - 8835 - - - - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 918 - - 1055 - - - - - 4130 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 430 - - 532 - - - - - 4 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 20 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 068 - - 074 - - - - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 8 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 27 - - - - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7919 - - -8090 - - - - - -12019 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15083 - - 16926 - - - - - 16183 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -17212 - - -15982 - - - - - -21041 ODpotential blCL - - - 24375 - - 24817 - - - - - 25205 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 63 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.9 - - 64.1 - - - - - 55.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 5.6 - - 4.0 - - - - - -0.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.9 - - 62.6 - - - - - 60.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 4.6 - - 2.8 - - - - - -1.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 446 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2996 - - 4668 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 35 - - 0 - - - - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 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] 96919 27 264 35 269 37 277 96919 89620 12 222 25 251 29 281 89620 84070 9 221 16 223 23 284 84070 79513 11 240 10 240 14 272 79513 75586 6 270 9 283 6 261 75586 72098 10 291 15 315 8 333 72098 68923 14 283 18 299 12 315 68923 65997 18 270 19 282 21 310 65997 63288 20 273 20 276 22 293 63288 60673 21 290 18 286 22 298 60673 57940 29 298 25 293 24 293 57940 55086 38 289 34 288 30 292 55086 52346 39 279 42 283 36 281 52346 49861 45 284 47 284 36 282 49861 47616 50 286 47 286 42 281 47616 45571 51 288 50 286 45 279 45571 43703 55 287 51 283 44 277 43703 41995 56 283 54 283 41 277 41995 40424 54 279 55 276 39 277 40424 38969 53 285 49 273 36 278 38969 37616 54 284 44 275 31 276 37616 36327 51 281 43 275 31 272 36327 35030 47 279 42 272 30 266 35030 33694 44 279 37 272 29 264 33694 32319 43 281 32 277 29 265 32319 30894 37 287 26 286 26 275 30894 29411 31 297 25 297 21 293 29411 27873 31 302 25 299 19 298 27873 26280 28 303 23 296 20 304 26280 24630 25 305 20 297 20 314 24630 22928 25 310 19 302 17 315 22928 21171 25 316 16 311 14 316 21171 19353 21 325 14 330 11 334 19353 17511 18 338 13 345 11 001 17511 15743 16 348 13 355 10 024 15743 14137 14 354 12 360 9 040 14137 12705 12 359 10 001 10 052 12705 11426 8 007 7 019 14 060 11426 10282 6 040 11 050 18 065 10282 9259 11 066 18*064 22 068 9259 8345 19 066 20*068 23 070 8345 7531 24*066 21 070 22 074 7531 6805 26*066 21 072 20 080 6805 6148 25 067 21 074 19 087 6148 5560 25 067 21 075 19 092 5560 5065 24 068 20 076 18 095 5065 4682 23 069 19 078 16 098 4682 4417 21 070 18 079 14 099 4417 4256 20 071 17 079 10*098 4256 4163 14 073 13 080 5*092 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