DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.6 - - 71.1 - - - - - 56.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 355 - - 465 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3321 - - 5984 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6393 - - 8585 - - - - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7488 - - 10151 - - - - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2028 - - 1812 - - - - - 1163 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 440 - - 586 - - - - - 5 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 13 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 147 - - 193 - - - - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 15 - - 15 - - - - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -8703 - - -6371 - - - - - -6053 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16191 - - 16523 - - - - - 10217 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13394 - - -10830 - - - - - -11521 ODpotential blCL - - - 20882 - - 20981 - - - - - 15685 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 75 - - - - - 44 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.6 - - 71.1 - - - - - 56.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 9.7 - - 12.3 - - - - - 26.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.2 - - 69.3 - - - - - 60.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 9.0 - - 11.6 - - - - - 26.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 355 - - 465 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3321 - - 5984 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 7 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97353 49 282 46 280 44 292 97353 90008 37 276 42 272 41 282 90008 84348 31 270 36 268 37 278 84348 79654 28 269 29 266 28 273 79654 75615 25 269 25 263 19 273 75615 72045 21 271 23 257 18 263 72045 68828 13 272 19 248 17 261 68828 65885 13 266 20 238 20 262 65885 63161 15 271 17 243 23 243 63161 60535 22 286 19 264 22 236 60535 57802 39 268 28 260 27 254 57802 54959 45 257 42 247 43 255 54959 52234 52 256 49 249 50 247 52234 49761 53 257 53 251 50 244 49761 47520 58 264 55 253 56 251 47520 45471 65 263 59 254 57 247 45471 43591 66 259 61 251 49 251 43591 41868 60 258 59 248 46 262 41868 40288 50 253 51 249 35 267 40288 38827 37 246 38 243 35 288 38827 37469 33 242 28 241 37 295 37469 36175 33 228 26 238 34 299 36175 34876 30 216 28 230 31 300 34876 33542 24 217 22 226 28 296 33542 32172 22 224 19 227 25 292 32172 30755 22 226 20 227 21 296 30755 29278 26 217 21 226 18 301 29278 27745 33 214 23 223 15 286 27745 26158 33 219 27 217 14 263 26158 24519 30 220 30 214 19 246 24519 22831 28 217 28 213 21 230 22831 21089 26 215 25 208 23 216 21089 19292 23 212 24 203 24 206 19292 17474 22 212 22 201 24 200 17474 15729 22 211 21 201 22 198 15729 14142 23 206 20 201 20 196 14142 12725 22 201 21 200 18 196 12725 11456 21 197 22 196 17 196 11456 10316 20 191 18*196 16 197 10316 9291 19 186 15*195 16 200 9291 8372 18 182 13 195 16 203 8372 7553 15*178 13 195 16 209 7553 6820 11*171 13 193 16 215 6820 6158 8 158 13 193 17 221 6158 5567 7 142 12 191 17 228 5567 5069 7 137 12 189 17 235 5069 4685 7 133 12 189 16 241 4685 4418 7 131 11 188 14 246 4418 4256 6 130 11 188 11*249 4256 4163 6 130 9 187 6*259 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