DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 67.7 - - 72.3 - - 71.0 - - 59.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 246 - - 322 - - 42 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2400 - - 5592 - - 6456 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5579 - - 8117 - - 7007 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6567 - - 9759 - - 10623 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3261 - - 2215 - - 2078 - - 4737 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 349 - - 505 - - 270 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 24 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 138 - - 196 - - 231 - - 289 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 10 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 15 - - 19 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5973 - - -3682 - - -3029 - - -5746 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12540 - - 13442 - - 13653 - - 9911 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11613 - - -8547 - - -8029 - - -11816 ODpotential blCL - - - 18180 - - 18306 - - 18652 - - 15980 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 66 - - 66 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.7 - - 72.3 - - 71.0 - - 59.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.2 - - 27.5 - - 25.4 - - 31.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.9 - - 71.0 - - 71.4 - - 65.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.2 - - 27.4 - - 25.4 - - 31.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 246 - - 322 - - 42 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2400 - - 5592 - - 6456 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97883 26 296 28 299 28 301 22 300 97883 90556 25 288 20 287 28 296 30 303 90556 84893 21 284 15 283 23 290 27 303 84893 80205 14 301 12 299 17 280 17 302 80205 76182 13 303 12 306 11 283 13 297 76182 72626 11 271 13 284 8 320 6 301 72626 69407 9 236 12 252 11 289 7 319 69407 66449 7 221 11 231 11 257 9 264 66449 63711 9 229 14 227 16 241 15 252 63711 61066 16 237 19 233 24 234 23 243 61066 58303 26 231 28 238 29 233 30 234 58303 55440 33 233 36 239 35 237 36 229 55440 52722 39 236 42 239 41 241 42 231 52722 50280 41 239 45 237 45 238 48 233 50280 48087 43 240 46 236 48 238 50 235 48087 46088 46 240 47 236 49 239 53 239 46088 44247 47 238 48 236 48 242 56 241 44247 42533 48 233 46 236 49 247 58 243 42533 40926 46 231 46 238 49 250 60 245 40926 39415 44 230 46 239 48 252 60 247 39415 37994 44 232 46 235 46 253 60 248 37994 36630 40 233 41 236 43 254 59 248 36630 35261 34 231 37 234 42 247 54 245 35261 33867 27 233 31 229 36 240 47 237 33867 32465 21 241 26 231 33 231 43 227 32465 31029 19 255 22 238 33 233 39 226 31029 29533 18 258 22 233 35 241 36 225 29533 27978 15 255 20 232 32 243 34 220 27978 26365 13 254 18 239 26 239 30 218 26365 24701 12 252 17 243 22 236 26 219 24701 22986 11 231 16 244 19 237 22 224 22986 21220 13 224 16 241 18 240 19 227 21220 19401 14 227 19 234 21 238 19 226 19401 17561 14 237 17 234 19 228 20 215 17561 15794 10 239 12 233 13 215 17 204 15794 14191 8 227 9 230 10 210 14 193 14191 12765 6 222 8 237 6 233 11 180 12765 11491 4 236 7 268 8*279 9 173 11491 10348 3 270 7*288 8*277 8 179 10348 9321 3 295 6*286 8 269 8 195 9321 8401 2 319 4 272 7 247 7 210 8401 7578 1 318 3 225 7 230 7 229 7578 6842 1*159 4 189 7 216 6 259 6842 6175 2*149 5 177 7 208 7 291 6175 5580 3 139 6 173 7 202 10 305 5580 5078 4 138 6 168 7 199 12 308 5078 4690 4 136 7 166 7 196 12 305 4690 4421 4 134 7 164 6 195 11 297 4421 4257 4 134 7 163 6 194 9*291 4257 4163 4 133 6 162 5 193 6*289 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