DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.0 - - 45.5 - - 42.6 - - 42.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -16 - - 20 - - 1 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 253 - - 609 - - 413 - - 154 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4146 - - 4146 - - 4145 - - 4145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4420 - - 4776 - - 4580 - - 4321 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1696 - - 884 - - 797 - - 1277 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 42 - - 108 - - 47 - - 28 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 12 - - 13 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 084 - - 071 - - 059 - - 051 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 9 - - 4 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4086 - - -704 - - 418 - - 101 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8506 - - 5481 - - 4162 - - 4220 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14445 - - -8884 - - -4680 - - -7223 ODpotential blCL - - - 18865 - - 13660 - - 9260 - - 11544 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 100 - - 99 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.0 - - 45.5 - - 42.6 - - 42.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.8 - - 36.1 - - 40.1 - - 38.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.4 - - 46.2 - - 43.7 - - 44.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.6 - - 35.0 - - 39.6 - - 38.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -16 - - 20 - - 1 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 253 - - 609 - - 413 - - 154 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 93 - - 102 - - 97 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96033 35 013 31 002 35 023 28 009 96033 89062 27 022 28 008 28 020 29 034 89062 83662 20 024 23 020 23 015 25 026 83662 79163 19 025 20 032 20 027 21 034 79163 75256 18 025 19 042 16 045 17 041 75256 71765 12 029 19 035 10 056 11 042 71765 68586 8 027 13 020 8 045 7 013 68586 65667 5 037 7 329 7 358 5 014 65667 62963 6 344 4 291 8 296 7 324 62963 60339 3 264 5 262 9 290 9 279 60339 57596 4 280 12 227 15 245 15 251 57596 54745 11 241 14 215 19 225 24 248 54745 52028 21 231 23 234 25 233 27 239 52028 49596 35 224 26 232 29 234 31 238 49596 47432 55 212 52 216 41 228 38 228 47432 45474 86 208 82 204 60 200 41 226 45474 43677 96 207 93 203 71 199 58 210 43677 42018 91 203 91 198 82 202 66 201 42018 40476 87 203 90 196 88 199 65 199 40476 39032 83 204 92 198 81 197 67 199 39032 37675 77 202 90 200 69 194 70 195 37675 36371 77 203 75 202 59 188 60 191 36371 35056 73 205 55 199 52 183 55 186 35056 33701 61 206 44 185 45 173 51 184 33701 32311 47 202 44 176 46 168 48 184 32311 30870 37 197 46 184 46 171 47 179 30870 29371 33 188 46 191 44 182 49 181 29371 27818 37 182 45 190 48 192 46 185 27818 26213 36 184 44 184 53 196 42 190 26213 24557 31 186 44 177 46 203 40 199 24557 22849 28 184 44 173 33 211 33 205 22849 21085 29 178 43 171 28 218 28 198 21085 19263 31 174 41 171 24 210 21 195 19263 17419 33 173 38 171 26 205 19 199 17419 15649 35 175 36 171 28 204 22 202 15649 14041 36 176 36 169 28 203 25 203 14041 12610 36 175 36 165 28 199 23 205 12610 11334 34 170 35 161 29 190 20 208 11334 10193 30 161 32 158 29 173 21 195 10193 9174 27 150 29 155 29 156 23 174 9174 8266 24 137 25 152 28 144 24 155 8266 7460 23 126 21 144 26 134 24 137 7460 6744 22 117 19 129 25 123 24 123 6744 6099 22 112 18 107 23 107 24 110 6099 5524 20 108 17 089 22 091 23 097 5524 5041 18 102 16*078 21 076 21 080 5041 4668 15*095 15*072 19*064 20 064 4668 4409 11*087 13 071 16*059 17*055 4409 4253 8 083 11 070 14 059 14*052 4253 4162 3 078 8 071 8 061 7 051 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