DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/15 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 52.0 - - 63.5 - - 66.4 - - 62.9 - - 52.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 39 - - 387 - - 491 - - 243 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 340 - - 3599 - - 4369 - - 2925 - - 568 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 6634 - - 7314 - - 5964 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4507 - - 7766 - - 8536 - - 7092 - - 4735 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 780 - - 1409 - - 2001 - - 1918 - - 885 Hgt.Variab. W* 99 - - 465 - - 537 - - 372 - - 21 W* B/S 1 - - 10 - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 13 - - 8 - - 13 - - 18 - - 21 BL Wind Direction 303 - - 273 - - 273 - - 289 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear 7 - - 3 - - 8 - - 6 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg -52 - - -14 - - -32 - - -54 - - -79 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4705 - - -4992 - - -4156 - - -4034 - - -2792 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9213 - - 12758 - - 12692 - - 11127 - - 7527 sfcLCL ODpotential -10709 - - -10185 - - -9241 - - -8954 - - -8540 ODpotential blCL 15216 - - 17951 - - 17777 - - 16046 - - 13275 blCL maxRH 47 - - 46 - - 74 - - 67 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 52.0 - - 63.5 - - 66.4 - - 62.9 - - 52.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.5 - - 21.9 - - 25.0 - - 28.6 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.5 - - 62.0 - - 64.5 - - 62.2 - - 54.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 26.3 - - 21.3 - - 24.4 - - 28.4 - - 34.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 39 - - 387 - - 491 - - 243 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 340 - - 3599 - - 4369 - - 2925 - - 568 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 2 - - 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] 97384 48 286 44 273 48 285 44 304 35 305 97384 90022 42 286 42 273 44 274 47 280 45 283 90022 84325 35 271 40 272 41 268 40 267 43 271 84325 79572 37 263 41 266 40 265 42 260 41 259 79572 75468 35 267 34 259 37 261 38 254 33 263 75468 71851 30 267 27 257 30 260 33 257 30 263 71851 68598 28 266 23 258 28 259 32 259 30 259 68598 65615 26 269 22 264 26 258 28 263 24 263 65615 62851 25 273 20 264 24 254 26 266 22 282 62851 60180 23 273 19 272 23 258 26 258 26 278 60180 57392 28 279 25 281 25 269 25 258 29 270 57392 54493 29 277 30 276 29 279 27 276 30 274 54493 51726 26 277 28 271 32 277 32 278 33 276 51726 49246 25 284 26 278 32 275 32 277 33 273 49246 47033 26 286 28 278 34 270 34 279 32 278 47033 45034 21 295 24 279 31 267 36 280 36 284 45034 43223 21 308 21 289 26 269 36 278 39 280 43223 41577 17 314 18 289 24 282 33 276 36 277 41577 40060 19 322 16 288 27 289 31 282 36 279 40060 38644 18 314 16 286 27 287 32 287 39 285 38644 37314 15 307 20 279 26 285 31 290 42 288 37314 36035 10 304 23 269 26 276 31 294 40 289 36035 34742 8 297 22 259 24 271 31 293 36 286 34742 33409 8 284 20 255 22 280 31 292 34 286 33409 32039 9 290 18 266 24 284 32 293 32 289 32039 30622 13 302 20 285 29 285 31 293 31 289 30622 29146 14 298 22 291 31 283 31 287 28 286 29146 27617 15 293 20 295 28 278 30 282 25 282 27617 26042 16 294 18 297 26 274 28 285 25 278 26042 24421 16 310 17 299 25 276 27 288 25 281 24421 22753 19 325 18 304 22 281 23 284 23 285 22753 21029 20 329 18 307 18 287 17 285 23 281 21029 19245 16 325 15 307 15 286 13 287 21 275 19245 17432 14 311 13 302 13 281 13 277 18 267 17432 15686 13 304 13 292 13 278 14 269 17 260 15686 14096 9 300 12 280 14 273 16 266 16 258 14096 12678 5 289 12 270 14 266 16 265 16 257 12678 11409 4 267 12 264 13 257 16 264 16 257 11409 10271 4 264 12 263 12 248 15 263 16 260 10271 9249 5 276 11 264 11*245 16 259 17 266 9249 8335 6 280 9*261 11*245 16 259 18 272 8335 7520 4 267 8*261 12 253 16*266 20 281 7520 6792 3 255 8 266 13 269 17*278 23 288 6792 6135 4 272 8 273 14 277 19 286 26 294 6135 5549 8 302 9 276 14 281 19 290 29 299 5549 5057 13 312 8 279 15 284 19 291 29*301 5057 4678 17*309 8 280 14 286 19 292 27*301 4678 4415 16*304 8 280 14 287 18 292 23 300 4415 4255 15 303 7 280 13 287 17 292 19 299 4255 4163 9 302 6 279 11 287 12 292 11 298 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