DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/26 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 44.3 - - 49.1 - - - - - 42.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 312 - - 456 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1692 - - 2429 - - - - - 939 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5150 - - 5785 - - - - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5859 - - 6596 - - - - - 5106 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 730 - - 1360 - - - - - 1128 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 343 - - 434 - - - - - 33 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 30 - - 28 - - - - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - 308 - - 304 - - - - - 297 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 13 - - - - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -107 - - -96 - - - - - -80 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1143 - - 526 - - - - - 529 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4716 - - 6070 - - - - - 4578 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3084 - - -1878 - - - - - -3830 ODpotential blCL - - - 8943 - - 8474 - - - - - 8936 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 81 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 44.3 - - 49.1 - - - - - 42.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.0 - - 36.7 - - - - - 36.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.6 - - 47.7 - - - - - 43.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.9 - - 36.0 - - - - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 312 - - 456 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1692 - - 2429 - - - - - 939 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 52 - - 22 - - - - - 30 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 97422 26 276 34 293 30 300 97422 90066 20 290 26 297 27 298 90066 84432 22 299 21 289 26 302 84432 79781 27 311 19 292 26 307 79781 75778 22 311 20 294 21 297 75778 72223 13 299 16 285 13 273 72223 68979 19 269 18 273 12 261 68979 65969 26 249 27 253 13 264 65969 63161 22 229 28 237 20 248 63161 60429 18 226 28 227 24 250 60429 57568 25 239 28 241 34 247 57568 54592 38 248 38 251 43 259 54592 51756 47 254 46 249 54 263 51756 49216 53 256 51 253 60 259 49216 46951 57 257 57 258 64 261 46951 44901 62 261 60 259 64 260 44901 43025 66 262 62 264 65 267 43025 41297 68 261 67 266 74 270 41297 39695 68 262 70 264 78 267 39695 38205 64 264 66 263 76 265 38205 36816 58 266 61 265 74 267 36816 35496 53 266 56 265 71 268 35496 34182 50 265 49 266 64 269 34182 32846 45 265 44 268 57 270 32846 31489 40 268 37 271 51 270 31489 30095 38 272 33 276 46 269 30095 28653 36 272 33 279 40 268 28653 27161 33 268 32 280 35 269 27161 25617 30 267 30 283 31 267 25617 24024 31 272 27 291 26 262 24024 22384 32 278 27 301 23 265 22384 20691 29 279 28 309 21 278 20691 18939 23 275 27 315 20 287 18939 17159 17 292 24 314 18 291 17159 15447 16 304 21 310 17 290 15447 13886 14 289 18 308 18 286 13886 12491 11 275 13 309 21 281 12491 11243 8 269 9 294 22 274 11243 10126 5 283 7 267 23 268 10126 9126 6 312 7 265 24 267 9126 8233 10 320 9 289 25 273 8233 7437 18 318 16 303 26 282 7437 6728 25 314 23*306 28 291 6728 6088 32*309 29*305 30 298 6088 5517 33*308 30 305 30*301 5517 5037 32 308 30 304 28*300 5037 4666 30 308 29 304 25 298 4666 4409 28 308 27 304 21 296 4409 4252 25 307 24 304 18 295 4252 4162 16 306 16 303 11 292 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