DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/26 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 48.0 - - 55.3 - - 59.0 - - 55.7 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -9 - - -7 - - 41 - - 0 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 426 - - 821 - - 352 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 4147 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 4593 - - 4988 - - 4519 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 962 - - 971 - - 915 - - 1076 - - 1089 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 70 - - 147 - - 17 - - 6 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 7 - - 6 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 013 - - 061 - - 086 - - 047 - - 335 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - -2 - - 7 - - -4 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5158 - - -4456 - - -4597 - - -4416 - - -6404 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9322 - - 9049 - - 9585 - - 8935 - - 10568 sfcLCL ODpotential -15615 - - -13670 - - -13162 - - -12700 - - -15342 ODpotential blCL 19779 - - 18263 - - 18150 - - 17219 - - 19506 blCL maxRH 31 - - 28 - - 33 - - 57 - - 53 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 48.0 - - 55.3 - - 59.0 - - 55.7 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.7 - - 30.8 - - 32.1 - - 31.7 - - 21.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 55.4 - - 56.8 - - 59.6 - - 59.0 - - 58.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 21.5 - - 29.7 - - 30.9 - - 30.4 - - 20.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -9 - - -7 - - 41 - - 0 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 426 - - 821 - - 352 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96234 4 298 8 335 14 268 20 273 13 276 96234 89195 3 067 6 323 3 330 4 242 3 020 89195 83741 7 039 6 288 6 342 1 344 7 016 83741 79190 6 048 8 257 10 325 4 342 6 008 79190 75258 6 001 10 264 15 307 8 329 9 351 75258 71779 9 341 13 274 18 296 12 327 10 339 71779 68627 14 334 13 305 16 307 14 331 14 344 68627 65723 16 307 18 313 19 305 19 320 18 337 65723 63028 13 292 18 312 19 300 24 306 24 331 63028 60420 15 314 21 317 22 309 25 297 23 327 60420 57704 20 314 22 325 26 315 24 293 22 312 57704 54887 22 318 29 328 28 318 24 299 24 292 54887 52195 25 311 31 322 33 316 32 303 28 293 52195 49762 27 303 33 307 33 307 37 301 33 291 49762 47578 26 298 35 287 30 298 32 301 32 294 47578 45598 24 296 23 277 30 278 32 282 29 292 45598 43788 19 294 14 289 19 263 24 262 27 276 43788 42131 12 266 7 313 11 240 18 264 25 259 42131 40604 17 211 7 286 8 232 16 266 20 255 40604 39185 21 184 13 234 11 262 19 262 22 265 39185 37853 22 152 21 204 16 244 23 262 28 267 37853 36573 23 141 21 170 24 211 25 259 31 267 36573 35279 21 137 21 157 30 191 22 254 31 267 35279 33941 16 135 20 159 31 181 20 241 25 269 33941 32565 12 143 22 170 32 184 23 230 21 267 32565 31138 13 167 24 181 32 191 29 215 19 254 31138 29653 20 181 26 192 32 196 33 206 20 245 29653 28111 23 191 28 201 28 199 30 199 22 228 28111 26514 25 200 23 208 24 201 27 193 22 208 26514 24863 19 211 14 223 20 195 23 195 22 200 24863 23158 11 235 6 216 13 198 20 196 22 203 23158 21394 7 272 5 201 12 201 18 200 21 213 21394 19565 6 275 7 223 11 211 16 222 19 230 19565 17705 4 261 8 224 12 236 16 243 15 248 17705 15912 3 282 8 219 11 242 11 260 9 273 15912 14278 5 329 3 222 3 243 3 329 4 350 14278 12822 7 352 1 354 2 019 3 051 4 049 12822 11522 7 003 2 027 4 028 4 046 3 070 11522 10359 7 014 3 061 4 038 4 033 3 082 10359 9317 6 034 5 084 4 058 4 046 3 097 9317 8386 6 064 9 090 6 076 5 067 6 099 8386 7559 9 083 13 089 9 082 7 077 9 095 7559 6821 12 091 16 089 11 086 10 084 12 092 6821 6156 14 093 17 088 13 087 11 087 13 091 6156 5563 14 091 17 086 12 086 11 087 13 091 5563 5066 13 084 15 080 10*084 9 085 11 087 5066 4682 11 074 13*071 7*083 7*075 8 079 4682 4417 9 059 10*062 6 086 4*063 6 063 4417 4255 7*045 8 060 5 089 2 043 5*042 4255 4163 3*013 4 060 4 089 1 356 2*335 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