DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/24 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 47.9 - - 60.9 - - 66.6 - - 62.0 - - 52.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -142 - - -5 - - 198 - - 71 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 434 - - 2188 - - 1361 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 5366 - - 4147 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 4601 - - 6355 - - 5528 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 90 - - 891 - - 1362 - - 1025 - - 621 Hgt.Variab. W* 20 - - 82 - - 320 - - 196 - - 13 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 11 - - 14 - - 22 - - 23 - - 10 BL Wind Direction 305 - - 303 - - 299 - - 303 - - 297 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 8 - - 14 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -35 - - -51 - - -74 - - -85 - - -32 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4250 - - -4057 - - -3409 - - -3279 - - -2729 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8415 - - 8658 - - 9765 - - 8808 - - 6893 sfcLCL ODpotential -15733 - - -11305 - - -9970 - - -10764 - - -12287 ODpotential blCL 19897 - - 15906 - - 16325 - - 16292 - - 16451 blCL maxRH 74 - - 84 - - 77 - - 89 - - 73 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.9 - - 60.9 - - 66.6 - - 62.0 - - 52.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.5 - - 37.8 - - 38.4 - - 38.1 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.1 - - 62.1 - - 66.1 - - 62.5 - - 55.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.3 - - 36.6 - - 37.3 - - 37.5 - - 36.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -142 - - -5 - - 198 - - 71 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 434 - - 2188 - - 1361 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 36 - - 7 - - 55 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96435 18 063 13 071 15 067 17 088 15 082 96435 89312 19 067 12 089 7 065 13 063 16 066 89312 83809 14 059 11 107 0 302 10 358 15 025 83809 79234 13 041 13 061 9 048 6 001 11 012 79234 75289 10 020 11 015 10 012 10 346 13 335 75289 71815 6 031 7 005 11 010 7 021 6 323 71815 68669 13 331 17 325 15 336 15 327 12 335 68669 65777 21 317 25 316 19 316 18 331 20 317 65777 63112 24 325 25 327 31 318 26 339 24 329 63112 60521 32 304 34 306 45 296 44 306 42 317 60521 57814 37 294 42 291 47 294 54 300 50 310 57814 55015 41 291 47 295 55 292 60 298 53 303 55015 52354 51 299 55 294 52 291 59 290 54 297 52354 49968 61 292 62 294 56 287 59 287 63 291 49968 47833 69 280 65 287 59 283 62 286 62 284 47833 45899 70 281 65 282 61 283 66 286 61 282 45899 44136 64 283 59 277 61 283 69 282 65 278 44136 42513 54 283 51 276 61 274 71 277 67 280 42513 40992 49 283 46 281 58 267 66 278 65 282 40992 39554 48 284 43 286 51 267 63 280 61 282 39554 38194 48 284 42 289 49 272 60 280 58 282 38194 36882 49 283 41 289 47 275 54 278 55 279 36882 35556 50 283 41 287 45 275 47 276 54 275 35556 34187 52 287 45 287 42 274 43 273 51 272 34187 32782 52 288 45 286 41 272 40 272 46 268 32782 31327 52 286 44 283 42 269 40 272 42 267 31327 29812 50 285 45 279 42 268 42 272 42 270 29812 28238 48 286 43 273 44 270 44 273 45 274 28238 26608 47 288 40 267 48 271 48 275 47 275 26608 24925 45 291 40 268 50 269 51 276 46 273 24925 23195 43 289 43 271 50 271 52 277 47 271 23195 21410 44 283 46 275 50 274 51 277 49 272 21410 19566 48 279 49 280 49 276 51 277 51 274 19566 17697 50 279 50 283 49 277 51 277 52 276 17697 15903 46 280 47 284 47 277 50 277 53 277 15903 14272 39 283 43 284 45 277 49 276 52 277 14272 12820 33 285 39 282 42 275 48 276 52 278 12820 11524 29 284 36 280 40 274 46 275 51 278 11524 10363 27 282 34 277 38 275 45 275 50 279 10363 9322 26 281 33 276 37 277 43 277 49 281 9322 8390 25 283 32 277 35 282 41 282 47 285 8390 7561 25 288 31 279 32 287 37 289 44 290 7561 6822 26 295 29 282 30*292 35 296 41 295 6822 6156 26 302 27 287 26*296 33 301 37 300 6156 5562 28 306 25 292 24 299 30*302 35 304 5562 5064 29 309 23 297 23 300 28*303 32 305 5064 4681 28 309 20*301 21 300 25 303 29 304 4681 4416 25 308 17*303 20 300 23 303 24 302 4416 4255 20*306 14 304 18 300 20 303 19*300 4255 4163 11*305 9 302 12 299 13 302 10*297 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