DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - 74.2 - - 77.9 - - 76.1 - - 64.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 252 - - 362 - - 148 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4345 - - 7898 - - 6650 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7052 - - 10019 - - 8521 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8512 - - 12065 - - 10817 - - 4165 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2597 - - 3955 - - 2691 - - 2085 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 431 - - 594 - - 418 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 12 - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 13 - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 257 - - 248 - - 258 - - 290 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 11 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - -11 - - -14 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6093 - - -2983 - - -3549 - - -6213 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14606 - - 15049 - - 14366 - - 10379 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10349 - - -6362 - - -6909 - - -10988 ODpotential blCL - - - 18861 - - 18427 - - 17726 - - 15153 blCL maxRH - - - 80 - - 80 - - 74 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.2 - - 77.9 - - 76.1 - - 64.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.4 - - 25.8 - - 27.2 - - 33.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.4 - - 76.5 - - 75.8 - - 67.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 24.7 - - 26.4 - - 33.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 252 - - 362 - - 148 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4345 - - 7898 - - 6650 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 21 - - 21 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96677 36 293 42 283 40 275 49 281 96677 89357 27 281 34 281 31 292 37 287 89357 83841 21 283 24 288 27 289 29 301 83841 79321 12 289 21 293 23 295 20 306 79321 75415 11 295 20 290 20 303 16 318 75415 71937 12 294 19 281 21 298 18 320 71937 68770 11 309 16 276 21 283 27 306 68770 65865 12 306 14 286 20 272 26 287 65865 63169 18 292 17 291 18 273 20 276 63169 60532 25 285 28 285 22 279 23 281 60532 57758 32 275 35 277 35 285 37 286 57758 54881 35 276 42 273 48 278 47 282 54881 52138 39 273 41 273 47 279 49 276 52138 49656 37 272 41 278 48 285 45 282 49656 47429 34 278 42 280 49 287 50 289 47429 45432 31 282 41 278 49 285 51 292 45432 43626 26 279 31 267 42 279 47 288 43626 41968 25 275 22 262 31 272 41 283 41968 40432 24 271 21 278 26 266 30 282 40432 39001 22 265 25 286 21 276 27 280 39001 37664 21 267 23 275 24 287 29 289 37664 36380 21 271 21 268 27 292 33 295 36380 35084 19 273 20 268 26 293 29 296 35084 33745 17 266 18 269 24 289 26 293 33745 32368 18 258 18 268 23 280 24 291 32368 30941 20 257 20 260 18 266 22 286 30941 29456 24 250 25 250 18 256 21 289 29456 27916 28 245 26 249 21 253 19 287 27916 26324 27 241 25 253 22 260 17 283 26324 24684 24 237 22 257 20 269 15 275 24684 23000 21 233 20 259 18 273 14 274 23000 21263 20 222 19 247 17 270 14 276 21263 19464 19 218 20 242 17 268 15 273 19464 17634 20 231 20 246 17 268 16 266 17634 15873 25 238 22 248 18 269 18 262 15873 14266 28 241 25 247 18 269 19 258 14266 12830 29 242 23*245 17 267 18 256 12830 11545 26 246 19*244 13*261 17 256 11545 10391 21 253 15 243 12*254 16 259 10391 9355 15*258 14 243 12 253 16 261 9355 8425 11*259 13 244 12 253 16 263 8425 7596 8 258 12 246 12 256 16 263 7596 6855 7 258 12 249 12 258 16 265 6855 6184 6 259 11 253 12 261 17 270 6184 5586 5 257 11 256 12 263 17 279 5586 5082 5 254 11 258 12 263 18 288 5082 4692 5 252 10 259 12 263 17 292 4692 4422 4 251 10 260 11 263 15 292 4422 4258 4 248 9 260 10 264 12*291 4258 4164 4 247 8 260 9 263 7*290 4164 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