DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/11 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 - - - 91.4 - - 95.4 - - 92.6 - - 82.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 427 - - 564 - - 313 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5221 - - 6959 - - 3506 - - 942 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7941 - - 9445 - - 6490 - - 4148 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9388 - - 11126 - - 7673 - - 5109 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1973 - - 2231 - - 3654 - - 1091 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 543 - - 655 - - 429 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 21 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 6 - - 18 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 004 - - 297 - - 301 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 8 - - 2 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -27 - - -64 - - -75 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -10003 - - -8604 - - -10442 - - -9893 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 19392 - - 19731 - - 18115 - - 15003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -16309 - - -14516 - - -16069 - - -16643 ODpotential blCL - - - 25697 - - 25642 - - 23742 - - 21752 blCL maxRH - - - 55 - - 56 - - 47 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 91.4 - - 95.4 - - 92.6 - - 82.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.0 - - 22.1 - - 27.1 - - 31.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 89.6 - - 93.0 - - 91.5 - - 84.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.0 - - 22.0 - - 27.1 - - 31.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 427 - - 564 - - 313 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5221 - - 6959 - - 3506 - - 942 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 98821 40 101 37 117 23 112 34 088 98821 91347 33 102 33 105 31 104 22 106 91347 85610 28 098 28 091 33 100 24 104 85610 80863 24 103 24 105 23 095 29 099 80863 76769 22 113 19 104 22 103 25 089 76769 73168 22 105 12 098 20 096 21 082 73168 69920 19 092 19 109 17 096 13 081 69920 66945 15 082 19 100 17 103 11 100 66945 64201 9 075 11 063 13 078 14 088 64201 61561 9 118 3 108 7 078 13 074 61561 58834 11 069 6 050 10 056 13 076 58834 56033 8 071 6 103 3 085 4 022 56033 53377 9 317 8 319 5 349 3 341 53377 50997 13 290 18 306 17 315 15 314 50997 48872 20 298 24 304 24 314 25 315 48872 46934 26 287 27 289 28 301 32 309 46934 45140 31 283 29 288 32 296 36 300 45140 43466 34 283 31 289 35 291 37 297 43466 41893 32 285 31 288 33 288 37 296 41893 40409 32 291 30 285 31 288 34 294 40409 39010 33 297 30 287 29 286 30 289 39010 37663 33 301 30 289 29 284 29 286 37663 36303 31 301 28 291 29 283 29 284 36303 34903 29 304 27 295 29 285 30 287 34903 33465 27 306 25 300 29 291 31 291 33465 31978 23 306 22 301 27 297 31 298 31978 30431 22 301 20 298 22 294 27 305 30431 28829 23 292 23 293 21 288 23 300 28829 27170 24 289 25 292 23 291 25 296 27170 25459 21 288 23 289 26 294 26 297 25459 23699 18 287 21 285 25 292 24 299 23699 21883 18 289 20 286 22 288 23 297 21883 20008 21 291 21 293 20 293 20 298 20008 18105 22 294 20 299 18 302 16 303 18105 16276 21 298 18 304 16 312 12 309 16276 14609 18 301 14 311 13 323 9 321 14609 13121 15 307 9 317 11 332 7 333 13121 11789 9 309 4*324 6 336 5 331 11789 10595 4 327 2*330 2 307 3 309 10595 9522 5*029 1 324 2 259 4 278 9522 8561 7*040 2 294 3 274 5 286 8561 7704 7 038 4 290 6*293 9 305 7704 6939 6 032 5 291 12*299 15 310 6939 6246 6 010 8 294 18 301 22 312 6246 5629 6 337 11 296 20 301 27 310 5629 5110 6 330 11 297 21 301 28*309 5110 4709 6 324 12 298 20 301 26*308 4709 4431 6 322 11 297 20 301 22 307 4431 4262 6 321 11 297 18 301 19 305 4262 4165 5 320 9 297 14 301 11 304 4165 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