DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/04 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.5 - - 63.3 - - 63.5 - - 54.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 193 - - 2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 978 - - 2711 - - 2978 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4146 - - 5724 - - 4147 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5145 - - 6878 - - 7145 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1663 - - 1609 - - 2027 - - 2970 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 149 - - 338 - - 108 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 23 - - 21 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 066 - - 080 - - 087 - - 069 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 16 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - 24 - - 28 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7948 - - -6961 - - -6701 - - -7308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13094 - - 13839 - - 13847 - - 11473 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -16474 - - -15056 - - -14579 - - -16256 ODpotential blCL - - - 21619 - - 21934 - - 21724 - - 20420 blCL maxRH - - - 31 - - 31 - - 31 - - 22 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.5 - - 63.3 - - 63.5 - - 54.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.4 - - 17.5 - - 17.6 - - 19.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.2 - - 63.1 - - 64.6 - - 61.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.3 - - 16.4 - - 16.5 - - 19.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 193 - - 2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 978 - - 2711 - - 2978 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96205 24 274 17 338 7 317 11 315 96205 89097 8 358 8 294 16 356 12 360 89097 83636 15 016 9 267 11 341 13 317 83636 79113 10 354 8 346 5 013 6 286 79113 75207 8 024 11 340 10 002 2 014 75207 71738 15 051 3 339 6 316 9 035 71738 68608 16 040 10 040 4 346 11 032 68608 65744 15 035 14 010 10 033 7 039 65744 63092 10 047 12 010 12 044 3 057 63092 60522 13 019 10 015 8 033 3 150 60522 57823 15 006 12 025 13 046 8 044 57823 54999 14 009 14 026 18 029 18 042 54999 52291 23 032 17 044 19 038 23 053 52291 49843 30 046 21 062 14 057 23 064 49843 47638 32 049 23 066 9 083 20 080 47638 45630 23 051 23 052 17 102 24 097 45630 43796 28 080 29 071 32 085 29 089 43796 42124 42 096 36 085 39 087 32 101 42124 40593 53 103 41 097 43 099 38 115 40593 39171 60 103 48 105 46 105 50 119 39171 37836 63 103 50 108 47 108 48 118 37836 36551 61 104 49 109 46 112 42 119 36551 35253 55 102 46 109 42 118 40 121 35253 33914 50 102 44 109 40 124 40 124 33914 32536 46 105 43 111 38 127 41 127 32536 31107 45 106 40 112 38 128 40 127 31107 29616 46 105 39 108 38 124 37 126 29616 28067 42 106 39 105 37 118 32 127 28067 26459 35 107 35 107 31 110 31 127 26459 24795 30 104 28 104 29 096 31 125 24795 23080 29 097 27 099 32 094 31 118 23080 21306 27 090 28 097 32 098 33 113 21306 19470 23 084 28 099 30 109 35 118 19470 17607 20 081 26 105 27 119 36 126 17607 15819 19 080 23 110 24 124 34 128 15819 14197 20 081 22 112 25 125 32 124 14197 12756 21 084 22 108 27 120 31 117 12756 11472 23 086 23 102 28 110 30 110 11472 10323 25 088 26 095 29 103 29 104 10323 9293 27 089 29 091 29 098 29 099 9293 8373 27 091 30 090 28 094 28 097 8373 7552 27 092 30*089 26*092 27 097 7552 6820 26 091 28*086 25*089 25 097 6820 6157 25 086 26 082 24 088 23 097 6157 5566 23*079 23 079 23 087 20 097 5566 5069 20*071 22 078 21 086 16 095 5069 4684 18 065 21 078 20 086 13 091 4684 4418 15 064 20 078 18 086 10 081 4418 4256 13 065 18 079 16 087 8*073 4256 4163 9 066 13 080 10 088 4*069 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