DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/09 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 47.4 - - 59.3 - - 64.7 - - 62.7 - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -102 - - 90 - - 214 - - 43 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 471 - - 3416 - - 3521 - - 183 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 6283 - - 4147 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 4638 - - 7583 - - 7688 - - 4350 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 295 - - 1289 - - 1459 - - 1384 - - 2779 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 147 - - 377 - - 225 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 22 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 13 - - 10 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 304 - - 306 - - 149 - - 175 - - 038 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 6 - - 7 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -44 - - -35 - - 25 - - 12 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3294 - - -5552 - - -4107 - - -3528 - - -4989 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7457 - - 10190 - - 11691 - - 11217 - - 9339 sfcLCL ODpotential -11924 - - -12018 - - -9621 - - -8833 - - -11577 ODpotential blCL 16087 - - 16656 - - 17204 - - 16521 - - 15927 blCL maxRH 83 - - 80 - - 75 - - 76 - - 78 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.4 - - 59.3 - - 64.7 - - 62.7 - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.0 - - 29.6 - - 28.1 - - 28.1 - - 26.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.5 - - 59.4 - - 64.0 - - 63.2 - - 58.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.7 - - 28.8 - - 27.2 - - 27.5 - - 26.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -102 - - 90 - - 214 - - 43 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 471 - - 3416 - - 3521 - - 183 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 31 - - 21 - - 0 - - 5 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96688 23 113 16 083 7 057 24 108 18 112 96688 89541 24 111 19 108 10 124 16 114 20 083 89541 84012 19 097 11 130 4 097 17 107 20 087 84012 79403 12 084 8 122 6 017 13 102 15 093 79403 75421 11 073 1 101 9 004 11 111 10 071 75421 71902 11 049 5 220 10 309 10 083 5 077 71902 68722 10 333 4 206 5 276 3 190 3 330 68722 65794 11 263 15 275 14 304 4 186 7 228 65794 63075 10 253 18 260 20 277 12 261 13 255 63075 60443 18 297 15 262 19 257 18 248 23 255 60443 57696 28 280 23 271 23 262 25 254 29 257 57696 54835 32 275 31 273 30 258 36 254 37 250 54835 52092 39 271 32 273 32 260 40 252 36 243 52092 49605 36 265 37 270 43 257 43 253 36 259 49605 47363 35 261 39 254 48 239 45 258 52 266 47363 45332 40 269 36 271 42 256 53 272 57 268 45332 43491 37 285 50 282 44 269 58 272 64 266 43491 41816 46 319 44 282 59 289 70 285 63 273 41816 40276 55 335 43 295 78 295 65 287 71 282 40276 38854 71 334 55 295 73 296 60 290 70 287 38854 37528 67 334 56 291 59 295 59 289 70 282 37528 36249 55 327 55 293 58 291 56 289 70 281 36249 34951 55 317 52 295 60 288 55 287 68 281 34951 33611 52 305 48 298 55 288 59 286 64 280 33611 32233 42 297 41 293 46 284 59 288 61 280 32233 30807 36 294 35 284 41 280 49 289 58 281 30807 29324 32 290 34 283 37 274 38 286 54 282 29324 27785 30 286 34 284 34 272 34 284 45 278 27785 26192 28 284 33 282 33 275 34 287 37 263 26192 24550 26 281 32 280 33 277 36 282 40 254 24550 22859 26 279 30 275 32 273 37 276 42 261 22859 21116 26 280 27 270 31 269 34 272 40 266 21116 19313 24 283 23 274 26 268 29 269 33 266 19313 17487 20 287 20 287 20 270 23 269 27 264 17487 15731 18 293 19 294 15 272 20 269 24 265 15731 14133 17 296 17 295 13 267 18 265 23 265 14133 12708 16 295 16 296 12 259 18 259 21 262 12708 11433 14 290 15 299 11 252 16 251 19 258 11433 10290 12 285 13 299 9 247 15 241 16 250 10290 9266 11 284 11 294 8 243 13 234 13 238 9266 8350 11 289 9 286 6*242 10*228 10 223 8350 7534 13 297 8 276 3*228 7*218 8 195 7534 6806 16 306 7 264 2 194 5 206 7 166 6806 6148 20 315 6 265 3 160 4 171 7 139 6148 5560 25 319 7 280 4 139 4 161 8 123 5560 5065 30 319 11 300 4 135 5 152 8 111 5065 4682 31 314 13*306 5 130 5 148 6 101 4682 4417 28 308 12*306 5 129 5 145 5*086 4417 4255 23*306 11 306 5 129 4 144 3*056 4255 4163 13*304 8 306 5 127 4 142 2 023 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