DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 1003z - - 1328z - - 1558z - - 1855z - - 2158z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 69.9 - - 80.5 - - 84.5 - - 80.1 - - 68.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 10 - - 351 - - 450 - - 177 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 243 - - 5381 - - 7287 - - 3508 - - 106 BL Depth Hcrit 4137 - - 7990 - - 9620 - - 6257 - - 4136 Hcrit BL Top 4410 - - 9548 - - 11454 - - 7675 - - 4273 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 671 - - 1331 - - 1167 - - 3006 - - 568 Hgt.Variab. W* 56 - - 514 - - 618 - - 355 - - 14 W* B/S 1 - - 20 - - 20 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 14 - - 5 - - 6 - - 15 - - 17 BL Wind Direction 313 - - 315 - - 266 - - 300 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 8 - - 7 - - 10 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -48 - - -22 - - 30 - - -53 - - -59 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -8608 - - -7171 - - -5585 - - -9081 - - -10088 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13019 - - 16720 - - 17040 - - 16756 - - 14362 sfcLCL ODpotential -16331 - - -12952 - - -10328 - - -14775 - - -18144 ODpotential blCL 20741 - - 22500 - - 21782 - - 22450 - - 22417 blCL maxRH 85 - - 54 - - 38 - - 41 - - 38 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 69.9 - - 80.5 - - 84.5 - - 80.1 - - 68.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 27.7 - - 21.2 - - 23.4 - - 20.7 - - 20.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 70.8 - - 79.4 - - 83.1 - - 79.8 - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 27.8 - - 21.2 - - 23.4 - - 20.8 - - 20.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 10 - - 351 - - 450 - - 177 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 243 - - 5381 - - 7287 - - 3508 - - 106 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 39 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98271 0 000 7 064 7 154 4 151 1 101 98271 90878 3 092 7 094 9 167 7 231 3 109 90878 85162 7 073 3 129 6 172 3 158 3 076 85162 80419 7 053 3 118 3 174 3 034 3 065 80419 76349 3 357 3 052 3 024 3 072 5 030 76349 72771 1 358 4 013 7 333 6 022 6 005 72771 69544 5 346 5 004 9 002 5 352 7 354 69544 66590 6 334 6 316 8 330 8 006 7 340 66590 63866 8 010 2 329 7 267 8 296 7 338 63866 61238 9 342 2 012 6 230 9 269 9 308 61238 58493 10 289 8 274 11 254 13 268 12 289 58493 55642 15 270 11 270 18 255 21 258 19 270 55642 52923 25 269 19 267 24 255 25 262 24 269 52923 50470 35 268 30 264 30 263 32 274 32 273 50470 48267 45 266 43 262 41 258 44 264 40 270 48267 46269 53 260 49 256 46 253 46 260 45 269 46269 44438 55 256 45 255 42 258 48 267 48 271 44438 42744 52 257 45 263 46 267 51 273 51 274 42744 41166 53 261 52 263 53 265 56 274 55 275 41166 39687 53 261 54 260 54 262 60 272 58 276 39687 38299 49 260 53 263 50 260 61 270 61 277 38299 36969 45 258 51 264 46 263 60 270 62 277 36969 35631 40 256 45 263 44 266 55 270 61 275 35631 34257 36 257 40 263 43 267 48 268 55 273 34257 32854 35 257 36 260 41 264 40 268 45 272 32854 31407 33 259 32 253 36 263 37 269 35 271 31407 29905 30 261 30 255 32 263 34 266 30 274 29905 28345 27 263 27 257 30 259 30 265 28 276 28345 26727 24 267 24 259 28 258 28 265 26 276 26727 25052 22 272 21 261 25 263 26 267 24 277 25052 23323 20 274 19 264 23 267 22 275 20 283 23323 21538 20 274 19 266 20 268 18 276 15 283 21538 19692 21 271 19 268 18 267 15 271 12 278 19692 17820 19 271 18 270 16 269 12 270 8 281 17820 16021 16 270 14 274 14 273 10 273 3 305 16021 14384 11 260 10 273 10 274 8 274 2 044 14384 12922 7 236 6 260 5 272 5 281 3 086 12922 11616 5 231 4 237 3*237 2 277 3 097 11616 10445 3 253 1*239 3*213 1 215 2 125 10445 9395 2 267 0*262 4 220 3 223 2 173 9395 8454 1 236 1 299 4 233 3*240 3 213 8454 7616 1 274 1 313 5 256 5*271 4 248 7616 6866 3 321 3 324 6 272 9 293 6 287 6866 6189 8 329 6 322 8 280 16 301 11 308 6189 5584 14 330 9 316 9 282 19 303 18 313 5584 5076 20 330 9 314 9 282 19 303 24 312 5076 4683 22 324 9 313 9 284 19 302 26 312 4683 4412 20*317 9 311 9 283 18 302 25*311 4412 4248 17*313 9 311 9 283 17 302 21*311 4248 4153 12 312 8 311 8 282 14 302 15 310 4153 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