DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.7 - - 53.3 - - 51.4 - - 42.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 153 - - 266 - - 41 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3285 - - 4615 - - 4059 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6031 - - 7281 - - 5208 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7452 - - 8782 - - 8226 - - 4163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2197 - - 2612 - - 3207 - - 3920 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 333 - - 447 - - 232 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 23 - - 22 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 054 - - 053 - - 047 - - 011 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 10 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 12 - - -14 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2251 - - -1932 - - -3332 - - -7814 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9703 - - 10714 - - 11559 - - 11977 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6214 - - -5761 - - -7358 - - -14191 ODpotential blCL - - - 13666 - - 14543 - - 15584 - - 18354 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 62 - - 52 - - 25 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.7 - - 53.3 - - 51.4 - - 42.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.6 - - 20.6 - - 15.2 - - 4.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.5 - - 52.6 - - 52.0 - - 48.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.2 - - 19.9 - - 14.5 - - 4.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 153 - - 266 - - 41 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3285 - - 4615 - - 4059 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95351 58 272 64 282 57 277 73 271 95351 88492 34 285 40 271 46 282 45 290 88492 83205 27 292 33 277 39 285 31 298 83205 78738 20 283 30 275 31 297 27 302 78738 74857 14 278 25 275 28 304 25 295 74857 71424 15 291 26 296 28 294 18 301 71424 68293 16 262 25 292 27 280 22 306 68293 65397 13 240 19 281 22 275 27 291 65397 62716 13 297 19 299 16 273 24 279 62716 60114 21 302 21 299 19 281 21 278 60114 57369 24 287 25 286 28 275 25 280 57369 54493 25 284 29 289 36 288 39 283 54493 51741 32 296 37 293 41 289 43 280 51741 49258 37 298 37 288 30 290 37 285 49258 47018 36 306 35 297 25 303 35 303 47018 44972 37 315 35 305 35 310 43 324 44972 43090 40 313 42 311 53 308 59 322 43090 41356 46 311 52 309 68 308 75 316 41356 39770 52 317 60 310 78 310 93 320 39770 38320 56 319 67 318 85 313 105 324 38320 36973 53 322 70 325 88 319 107 328 36973 35682 62 338 81 337 95 329 110 333 35682 34381 76 345 90 340 106 337 109 334 34381 33039 87 346 90 340 108 337 107 336 33039 31661 92 345 87 342 105 336 107 338 31661 30236 92 346 87 344 102 336 107 338 30236 28754 90 345 86 344 98 338 106 337 28754 27220 83 339 84 343 93 342 101 339 27220 25638 73 333 83 340 92 344 97 346 25638 24007 66 329 80 337 88 340 95 357 24007 22335 63 330 76 334 86 338 84 003 22335 20624 58 334 68 332 78 341 60 006 20624 18870 51 336 57 331 57 350 44 010 18870 17099 41 337 42 336 40 355 34 012 17099 15399 31 338 30 344 29 358 29 016 15399 13851 21 336 22 349 19 002 25 023 13851 12470 14 333 14 352 17 008 24 034 12470 11234 7 336 9 014 18 016 24 043 11234 10126 3 041 12 042 21 026 25 048 10126 9132 8 071 20*048 23 036 25 051 9132 8242 16*065 23*050 24*042 25 051 8242 7449 24*059 24 051 24*045 25 052 7449 6741 28 054 24 052 24 046 23 051 6741 6099 28 053 24 053 23 047 22 049 6099 5526 27 053 24 054 22 048 21 044 5526 5043 25 054 24 055 22 049 20 038 5043 4669 23 054 23 055 20 049 17 033 4669 4410 22 055 22 056 19 050 14 029 4410 4253 19 056 20 057 17 051 10*025 4253 4162 13 058 14 058 11 052 5*011 4162 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