DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/12 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 0949z - - 0954z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 49.3 - - 60.2 - - 64.3 - - 61.6 - - 49.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 157 - - 235 - - 0 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1461 - - 3598 - - 3732 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4729 - - 6449 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 5628 - - 7765 - - 7899 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1269 - - 1524 - - 2090 - - 2857 - - 1224 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 254 - - 393 - - 40 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 7 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 9 - - 11 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 041 - - 094 - - 132 - - 147 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - 12 - - 22 - - 12 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -6175 - - -6403 - - -4536 - - -3672 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10340 - - 12032 - - 12302 - - 11571 - - 4163 sfcLCL ODpotential -14914 - - -12444 - - -9851 - - -8857 - - -3800 ODpotential blCL 19078 - - 18072 - - 17616 - - 16756 - - 7964 blCL maxRH 51 - - 68 - - 64 - - 45 - - 73 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 49.3 - - 60.2 - - 64.3 - - 61.6 - - 49.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.4 - - 22.2 - - 24.8 - - 25.4 - - 45.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.4 - - 59.8 - - 63.5 - - 62.8 - - 55.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.4 - - 22.1 - - 24.7 - - 25.3 - - 46.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 157 - - 235 - - 0 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1461 - - 3598 - - 3732 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 8 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] 96548 55 296 42 295 47 287 47 290 44 296 96548 89401 33 290 34 295 38 296 32 295 36 307 89401 83886 28 298 29 300 29 295 28 295 27 305 83886 79313 26 298 27 301 24 307 26 300 25 317 79313 75386 23 306 20 302 25 306 28 302 28 310 75386 71908 20 306 22 296 24 292 24 283 22 298 71908 68738 21 292 23 282 19 282 21 279 23 293 68738 65820 19 275 26 285 20 288 23 272 24 285 65820 63127 24 272 28 270 31 265 22 280 25 287 63127 60506 28 273 27 254 31 257 34 263 31 267 60506 57757 33 265 30 269 33 239 35 231 39 232 57757 54907 43 257 38 256 42 241 37 238 40 229 54907 52189 58 245 58 243 60 247 53 248 44 243 52189 49737 64 236 76 235 77 238 78 235 57 242 49737 47529 66 235 81 229 87 227 92 224 76 225 47529 45519 65 234 77 228 83 221 94 215 83 214 45519 43671 70 244 78 235 78 223 88 214 77 211 43671 41960 78 250 81 237 77 227 83 218 75 210 41960 40370 73 246 76 233 78 226 85 219 78 207 40370 38890 65 243 68 230 76 221 91 217 87 206 38890 37510 59 244 64 229 74 219 92 211 94 203 37510 36190 51 244 62 231 74 220 88 208 93 200 36190 34864 44 237 61 232 75 221 87 210 90 200 34864 33502 43 231 56 228 74 222 84 211 85 199 33502 32109 43 230 48 218 68 221 77 210 76 198 32109 30673 39 224 46 214 62 215 71 207 67 197 30673 29182 38 216 46 214 56 206 67 204 61 197 29182 27639 36 211 44 215 51 205 59 199 55 199 27639 26045 35 212 39 214 43 204 48 198 51 199 26045 24403 30 214 32 210 34 200 42 198 45 198 24403 22718 21 205 28 203 33 205 36 201 38 199 22718 20988 20 195 28 199 33 209 28 207 31 199 20988 19202 21 197 28 201 30 208 22 209 27 200 19202 17392 18 187 25 200 28 203 22 207 26 202 17392 15651 17 176 21 195 25 198 23 203 25 201 15651 14067 15 173 19 187 24 190 24 195 23 193 14067 12656 15 165 19 177 25 180 24 183 23 182 12656 11395 16 159 19 167 24 172 22 172 23 173 11395 10264 17 157 19 161 23 164 20 164 23 168 10264 9250 16 157 18 158 21 158 17 158 21 164 9250 8341 16 155 17 158 18*155 15*155 18 159 8341 7529 16 148 15 159 15*150 13*153 16 155 7529 6804 17 140 13 157 12 141 11 151 14 156 6804 6147 16 128 11*144 11 130 8 146 13 163 6147 5559 15 115 10*117 10 126 7 143 12 176 5559 5065 13 099 10 091 11 124 7 143 12 192 5065 4682 11 083 9 088 10 123 6 143 12 208 4682 4417 10 067 9 087 10 123 6 144 11 221 4417 4256 9*056 9 088 9 122 5 143 9*226 4256 4163 5*041 7 088 8 123 4 143 5*240 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