DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/06 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 47.6 - - 56.4 - - 62.0 - - 57.1 - - 49.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -28 - - 4 - - 99 - - -2 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 152 - - 1045 - - 372 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 4147 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 4319 - - 5212 - - 4539 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 234 - - 766 - - 1196 - - 796 - - 158 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 49 - - 198 - - 24 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 29 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 3 - - 1 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 301 - - 332 - - 337 - - 299 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -19 - - -11 - - 3 - - -19 - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5330 - - -4304 - - -4187 - - -3651 - - -4277 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9495 - - 8624 - - 9399 - - 8190 - - 8442 sfcLCL ODpotential -15978 - - -11628 - - -9761 - - -10342 - - -13577 ODpotential blCL 20142 - - 15947 - - 14973 - - 14881 - - 17741 blCL maxRH 37 - - 34 - - 39 - - 42 - - 38 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.6 - - 56.4 - - 62.0 - - 57.1 - - 49.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 21.5 - - 33.6 - - 35.5 - - 36.0 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 55.3 - - 57.5 - - 61.9 - - 59.2 - - 55.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 20.4 - - 32.6 - - 34.8 - - 35.2 - - 27.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -28 - - 4 - - 99 - - -2 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 152 - - 1045 - - 372 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 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] 96195 9 101 6 061 5 230 5 043 5 348 96195 89093 8 073 13 049 5 197 3 339 6 005 89093 83586 8 062 5 032 5 043 3 343 7 345 83586 78990 6 005 8 003 10 023 5 329 6 335 78990 75012 6 311 10 314 10 337 8 330 13 310 75012 71517 7 298 18 293 25 308 25 332 21 351 71517 68374 20 312 24 294 34 306 34 324 36 346 68374 65519 27 307 25 301 37 301 39 314 37 330 65519 62904 28 315 22 300 32 287 37 291 40 305 62904 60383 27 316 20 311 29 304 32 291 37 286 60383 57758 27 308 30 311 34 314 34 315 33 304 57758 55005 34 307 40 299 39 304 44 308 43 303 55005 52350 41 306 44 292 44 289 50 291 50 287 52350 49955 40 304 41 293 44 291 48 289 50 288 49955 47795 36 304 42 306 46 302 47 298 48 300 47795 45815 36 319 44 313 48 305 50 306 53 309 45815 43991 44 328 45 317 49 310 51 311 60 313 43991 42309 54 331 49 325 51 323 53 319 61 315 42309 40751 62 333 57 329 59 329 61 324 61 321 40751 39297 66 331 65 328 66 328 66 326 63 327 39297 37934 67 330 69 327 71 328 70 328 65 331 37934 36626 66 335 71 328 74 331 71 329 66 333 36626 35308 67 338 71 331 74 333 70 330 65 332 35308 33953 66 338 71 332 73 335 67 331 64 332 33953 32562 65 336 66 331 72 337 65 333 64 335 32562 31125 64 335 66 332 72 339 66 336 61 334 31125 29630 62 334 66 336 66 339 62 339 62 337 29630 28079 60 335 53 337 51 336 49 335 60 341 28079 26472 55 338 42 338 40 335 40 328 50 340 26472 24815 43 339 39 340 39 337 41 332 42 333 24815 23108 38 337 37 338 39 336 43 338 40 332 23108 21343 37 338 36 336 37 333 40 339 40 335 21343 19516 32 336 33 337 31 334 35 339 38 339 19516 17664 26 332 29 340 25 338 30 343 35 343 17664 15882 27 336 25 341 23 342 26 348 31 348 15882 14260 30 341 24 342 23 343 23 349 28 352 14260 12812 29 346 22 346 22 343 21 347 24 357 12812 11517 26 350 18 352 19 342 19 343 19 001 11517 10357 22 353 11 005 12 332 18 340 14 001 10357 9316 19 353 6 035 6 298 17 337 10 360 9316 8386 17 351 5 066 3 274 14 333 7 356 8386 7560 15 348 4 082 1 274 12 327 5 353 7560 6823 13 344 4 087 1 009 10 320 4 350 6823 6158 12 339 4 069 2 007 10 316 3 355 6158 5566 10 331 5 036 3*343 11 312 3 007 5566 5067 10 322 5 014 3*331 11 308 4 000 5067 4683 11 314 5 351 1 330 11*305 6 339 4683 4416 11 309 6*330 1 351 8*302 9 322 4416 4255 9*299 5*330 1 010 6 298 9*311 4255 4163 6*301 3 333 0 038 4 293 7*309 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