DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 58.3 - - 68.3 - - 71.5 - - 69.3 - - 59.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -15 - - 321 - - 443 - - 194 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 158 - - 3717 - - 5574 - - 2980 - - 167 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 6665 - - 8240 - - 5917 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top 4325 - - 7884 - - 9741 - - 7147 - - 4334 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 948 - - 3842 - - 3487 - - 2759 - - 1217 Hgt.Variab. W* 24 - - 443 - - 564 - - 348 - - 21 W* B/S 0 - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 14 - - 15 - - 23 - - 18 BL Wind Direction 307 - - 314 - - 311 - - 303 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear 7 - - 4 - - 4 - - 9 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg -47 - - -49 - - -54 - - -83 - - -68 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7902 - - -5476 - - -3985 - - -5442 - - -6457 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12227 - - 13361 - - 13727 - - 12590 - - 10792 sfcLCL ODpotential -13307 - - -9118 - - -7306 - - -9271 - - -11540 ODpotential blCL 17632 - - 17002 - - 17047 - - 16418 - - 15874 blCL maxRH 91 - - 76 - - 64 - - 59 - - 48 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 58.3 - - 68.3 - - 71.5 - - 69.3 - - 59.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.7 - - 24.0 - - 25.4 - - 28.5 - - 27.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 60.0 - - 67.2 - - 69.9 - - 68.8 - - 62.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.2 - - 23.3 - - 24.6 - - 28.0 - - 27.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -15 - - 321 - - 443 - - 194 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 158 - - 3717 - - 5574 - - 2980 - - 167 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 62 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96813 36 294 34 283 47 277 54 295 52 302 96813 89583 30 309 25 300 29 289 35 295 36 306 89583 84084 20 311 16 316 18 303 19 319 21 317 84084 79538 14 303 15 316 16 311 17 333 19 338 79538 75603 11 311 17 316 14 333 13 337 22 334 75603 72126 11 334 11 335 13 353 11 343 16 334 72126 68981 10 328 9 342 11 337 10 332 9 335 68981 66069 9 334 3 350 9 284 10 292 8 288 66069 63350 15 305 11 291 13 273 17 291 16 285 63350 60716 26 278 20 264 24 267 26 263 25 265 60716 57943 31 256 28 264 29 278 32 272 28 259 57943 55024 34 261 40 264 40 269 42 269 34 269 55024 52220 47 260 46 266 46 268 46 266 41 275 52220 49699 43 254 54 267 52 267 43 274 42 284 49699 47453 36 266 52 265 53 271 52 283 54 288 47453 45434 43 278 50 268 58 273 61 280 62 283 45434 43602 48 279 46 272 53 273 57 276 59 280 43602 41921 51 276 42 270 45 273 54 282 55 281 41921 40361 54 274 43 277 45 280 54 286 51 288 40361 38906 57 270 44 281 46 289 55 291 51 298 38906 37548 59 264 43 280 44 293 53 298 53 306 37548 36252 58 258 38 281 42 297 51 304 55 309 36252 34952 54 256 31 282 38 302 54 310 56 311 34952 33618 43 260 19 289 31 303 58 315 54 314 33618 32250 32 263 15 308 26 303 57 317 50 316 32250 30835 29 252 17 306 24 303 52 319 45 318 30835 29361 28 244 17 297 24 304 44 320 41 321 29361 27830 21 248 18 290 24 307 37 323 38 322 27830 26246 17 260 20 294 24 312 31 325 33 322 26246 24611 16 272 20 301 23 319 26 324 28 319 24611 22928 12 294 17 309 22 323 23 327 26 316 22928 21187 8 300 13 313 19 327 21 330 25 315 21187 19385 4 274 9 335 14 331 18 340 21 313 19385 17558 1 304 7 349 11 331 14 346 14 311 17558 15805 3 075 5 343 9 328 11 340 10 325 15805 14208 5 079 2 315 7 324 10 335 8 343 14208 12782 4 070 3 312 6 322 9 327 7 356 12782 11502 3 019 5 318 6 321 8 318 7 007 11502 10353 3 327 4 323 8*325 9 311 9 003 10353 9319 2 325 3 323 10*322 11 310 13 350 9319 8392 3 345 5*324 12 316 15 309 17 339 8392 7566 6 337 8*324 14 313 19*307 22 330 7566 6829 11 331 11 319 16 311 23*305 28 324 6829 6163 15 328 15 315 17 309 24 304 33 319 6163 5569 21 324 16 313 18 308 25 303 37 315 5569 5070 24 318 17 312 18 307 24 303 38 314 5070 4685 23 313 16 311 17 307 24 303 35 313 4685 4419 20*309 15 310 17 306 22 303 30*311 4419 4256 17*308 14 310 16 306 20 303 25*310 4256 4163 9 306 11 310 12 306 13 302 14 308 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