DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/25 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.8 - - 44.7 - - 47.4 - - 42.3 - - 38.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -32 - - 109 - - 287 - - 73 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1266 - - 2731 - - 2247 - - 1331 BL Depth Hcrit 4145 - - 4145 - - 5877 - - 4644 - - 4145 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 5433 - - 6898 - - 6414 - - 5498 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 578 - - 1186 - - 1379 - - 1561 - - 2820 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 215 - - 384 - - 228 - - 88 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 20 - - 24 - - 21 - - 18 BL Wind Direction 250 - - 238 - - 232 - - 233 - - 228 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 12 - - 12 - - 12 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg -15 - - -25 - - -17 - - -18 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7088 - - -5263 - - -1108 - - 773 - - 1337 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11251 - - 10696 - - 8007 - - 5641 - - 4162 sfcLCL ODpotential -15063 - - -10372 - - -4985 - - -687 - - 690 ODpotential blCL 19226 - - 15805 - - 11883 - - 7101 - - 4808 blCL maxRH 77 - - 85 - - 91 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m 34.8 - - 44.7 - - 47.4 - - 42.3 - - 38.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 1.0 - - 12.5 - - 26.7 - - 32.0 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 41.1 - - 44.8 - - 46.7 - - 42.6 - - 39.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 1.1 - - 12.5 - - 26.8 - - 32.0 - - 36.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -32 - - 109 - - 287 - - 73 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1266 - - 2731 - - 2247 - - 1331 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 9 - - 42 - - 64 - - 99 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96641 4 094 9 267 10 329 6 317 3 206 96641 89537 13 086 8 140 4 356 8 042 5 073 89537 84026 11 098 8 109 5 048 7 068 6 072 84026 79411 12 060 13 080 8 076 5 060 3 094 79411 75407 12 015 11 034 6 076 4 044 3 015 75407 71872 6 037 10 024 1 087 3 004 6 355 71872 68671 9 353 8 012 6 311 7 305 9 336 68671 65715 7 326 6 031 2 331 9 270 12 279 65715 62962 16 314 13 314 11 322 9 296 5 282 62962 60278 18 297 19 278 21 287 21 289 17 292 60278 57466 25 288 24 278 26 270 35 260 28 278 57466 54532 35 278 34 282 32 274 36 263 32 278 54532 51702 43 279 42 277 44 278 42 275 45 272 51702 49142 52 278 50 271 52 274 49 279 57 267 49142 46847 55 275 55 268 54 266 57 278 60 263 46847 44769 56 276 55 267 53 270 63 270 58 259 44769 42866 55 274 55 268 58 268 59 261 47 258 42866 41109 54 273 54 269 57 259 48 261 44 276 41109 39477 52 270 53 269 50 260 53 275 57 279 39477 37957 51 267 58 269 56 269 63 274 67 270 37957 36541 54 266 67 267 69 269 70 267 62 263 36541 35191 57 264 73 260 82 263 67 264 58 265 35191 33843 58 259 67 253 84 258 69 263 63 268 33843 32469 62 255 57 253 78 252 71 256 72 265 32469 31076 67 252 57 257 66 248 66 253 75 258 31076 29652 71 247 58 257 57 252 59 258 70 252 29652 28193 70 246 55 254 52 252 59 259 62 253 28193 26704 65 249 54 250 51 247 56 252 62 256 26704 25180 59 250 53 246 47 245 52 248 63 254 25180 23614 55 248 50 244 44 244 49 248 61 251 23614 22003 51 247 47 245 42 246 46 249 60 249 22003 20340 47 248 44 246 41 247 42 249 58 246 20340 18622 40 250 40 244 42 242 38 248 55 244 18622 16882 34 253 36 241 41 237 37 245 51 241 16882 15210 31 256 33 239 38 235 37 240 46 237 15210 13688 30 256 30 239 33 237 36 238 42 234 13688 12328 28 254 27 241 28 239 33 239 39 234 12328 11110 27 253 25 243 25 243 28 242 34 233 11110 10019 27 253 24 246 24 247 23 248 27 235 10019 9043 28 255 23 251 24 250 21 255 23 239 9043 8171 29 255 23 253 24 248 21 257 23 240 8171 7392 29 253 23 252 25*243 22 250 23 237 7392 6696 30 251 24 249 25*237 23*242 24 235 6696 6066 30 248 26 246 25 234 23*236 24 233 6066 5503 30 246 26*242 25 232 23 235 23*232 5503 5028 29 244 24*240 24 230 22 233 22*231 5028 4661 26 244 22 238 24 230 22 232 19 228 4661 4406 20 245 20 238 22 229 20 231 17 226 4406 4251 14*246 18 237 20 229 18 231 15 225 4251 4162 7*250 12 236 14 228 12 230 9 224 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