DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/23 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.8 - - 51.8 - - 48.2 - - 46.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 80 - - 12 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 396 - - 1926 - - 1428 - - 937 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4146 - - 4547 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4563 - - 6093 - - 5595 - - 5104 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1290 - - 1529 - - 1500 - - 1827 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 75 - - 227 - - 108 - - 42 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 16 - - 14 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 229 - - 198 - - 178 - - 150 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 11 - - 10 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -12 - - 14 - - 17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1186 - - 644 - - 1407 - - 942 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5749 - - 5450 - - 4188 - - 4162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6073 - - -2156 - - 138 - - 192 ODpotential blCL - - - 10636 - - 8249 - - 5457 - - 4912 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 82 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.8 - - 51.8 - - 48.2 - - 46.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 42.2 - - 44.1 - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.7 - - 52.0 - - 49.1 - - 48.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.0 - - 41.8 - - 43.9 - - 45.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 80 - - 12 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 396 - - 1926 - - 1428 - - 937 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 40 - - 27 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 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] 96130 24 313 18 303 27 288 24 300 96130 89005 13 314 14 294 18 295 23 300 89005 83548 13 292 19 281 19 287 16 313 83548 79025 16 289 19 290 10 290 16 291 79025 75118 18 276 17 294 16 274 20 264 75118 71658 20 257 22 266 15 267 20 264 71658 68493 21 257 19 256 22 252 26 251 68493 65569 24 228 21 233 28 236 24 234 65569 62867 27 225 26 233 23 230 15 221 62867 60256 33 232 29 246 20 263 8 242 60256 57519 46 239 43 262 32 270 27 260 57519 54651 61 244 71 244 62 235 71 231 54651 51925 78 226 82 226 85 226 92 224 51925 49483 79 226 80 218 91 233 93 231 49483 47270 90 235 89 223 108 234 104 237 47270 45247 110 231 112 226 121 228 119 234 45247 43394 111 226 124 222 119 221 128 226 43394 41692 114 224 123 219 111 216 124 221 41692 40119 127 222 131 215 108 214 110 219 40119 38649 129 221 135 209 107 212 101 223 38649 37276 119 220 129 208 109 211 99 230 37276 35977 108 215 126 208 108 209 101 233 35977 34680 105 210 121 208 105 209 100 234 34680 33347 105 207 113 209 99 211 95 233 33347 31980 103 205 103 209 92 211 89 231 31980 30567 99 203 93 210 86 210 84 228 30567 29095 85 206 82 216 82 211 80 225 29095 27566 70 216 73 220 78 215 76 221 27566 25980 65 222 70 217 74 221 76 219 25980 24344 58 219 62 217 70 223 78 224 24344 22663 50 218 55 218 69 222 74 230 22663 20932 40 222 49 220 66 225 66 231 20932 19141 32 235 44 225 58 225 62 226 19141 17321 31 240 38 229 49 220 60 220 17321 15570 32 224 33 229 47 213 59 217 15570 13979 33 208 29 220 46 211 55 213 13979 12566 33 199 26 208 46 210 52 208 12566 11306 33 196 27 200 43 207 50 203 11306 10179 32 195 30 197 39 204 48 201 10179 9171 32 194 32 197 35 199 44 198 9171 8271 29 192 32 196 32 193 37 193 8271 7469 26 188 30 194 28 187 32 187 7469 6755 22 184 27 193 24 181 26 178 6755 6109 18 181 23*193 21*178 22 169 6109 5532 14 185 20*196 17*177 18*161 5532 5047 13 201 17 198 15 178 15*155 5047 4672 14*221 16 199 14 179 12 151 4672 4412 12*227 15 199 12 179 9 146 4412 4253 11 229 14 200 11 179 8 143 4253 4162 7 232 10 200 7 178 5 140 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