DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/01 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 - - 0954z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 46.6 - - 45.1 - - 47.3 - - 43.9 - - 41.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 1 - - 158 - - 240 - - 40 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 835 - - 1362 - - 2807 - - 1154 - - 155 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4691 - - 5880 - - 4145 - - 4145 Hcrit BL Top 5002 - - 5529 - - 6974 - - 5321 - - 4322 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1371 - - 1444 - - 2573 - - 867 - - 584 Hgt.Variab. W* 56 - - 254 - - 368 - - 153 - - 17 W* B/S 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 19 - - 28 - - 20 - - 29 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 297 - - 304 - - 302 - - 318 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear 15 - - 16 - - 12 - - 19 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg -60 - - -115 - - -65 - - -114 - - -57 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 840 - - 1367 - - 1699 - - -145 - - -54 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4163 - - 4162 - - 5275 - - 5466 - - 4376 sfcLCL ODpotential -359 - - -314 - - 320 - - -12301 - - -4947 ODpotential blCL 5361 - - 5843 - - 6654 - - 17622 - - 9269 blCL maxRH 95 - - 93 - - 94 - - 72 - - 77 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 46.6 - - 45.1 - - 47.3 - - 43.9 - - 41.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 44.3 - - 41.8 - - 38.5 - - 34.4 - - 36.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 47.7 - - 45.0 - - 46.7 - - 44.5 - - 43.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 44.0 - - 41.0 - - 37.9 - - 34.1 - - 36.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 1 - - 158 - - 240 - - 40 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 835 - - 1362 - - 2807 - - 1154 - - 155 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 81 - - 72 - - 75 - - 0 - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96932 60 286 50 282 48 284 47 275 56 276 96932 89827 33 291 40 284 40 291 30 287 35 283 89827 84365 14 296 25 280 34 291 24 297 21 302 84365 79813 15 304 7 294 15 266 17 277 16 307 79813 75882 14 303 9 301 7 268 2 263 7 325 75882 72403 17 264 15 282 10 267 5 246 6 325 72403 69222 19 242 13 259 15 269 15 276 14 278 69222 66268 9 242 12 224 17 250 14 298 15 275 66268 63518 5 284 11 225 21 233 13 280 12 287 63518 60870 14 301 14 284 21 242 21 257 18 282 60870 58132 26 284 14 297 15 284 24 271 24 275 58132 55322 36 290 29 294 14 305 27 275 38 271 55322 52666 47 293 39 290 17 298 26 246 40 252 52666 50275 43 297 46 303 28 311 20 236 25 247 50275 48101 47 296 52 296 46 291 19 270 18 262 48101 46095 43 300 50 294 52 280 36 291 26 286 46095 44233 43 319 47 297 50 276 53 291 38 289 44233 42494 53 322 48 297 53 276 61 287 46 290 42494 40868 60 316 49 295 58 276 64 286 56 294 40868 39357 63 313 52 291 64 274 68 286 63 293 39357 37954 60 313 58 287 68 271 70 284 61 293 37954 36616 57 311 62 284 69 271 68 281 57 299 36616 35271 52 302 63 285 72 271 65 285 57 311 35271 33888 49 289 56 289 69 272 62 298 60 317 33888 32471 48 279 49 290 58 286 61 304 65 318 32471 31009 45 272 49 292 57 300 59 307 67 321 31009 29489 41 271 53 301 59 308 60 309 66 325 29489 27912 42 282 60 309 59 311 65 310 63 324 27912 26282 52 294 68 312 60 314 67 312 64 317 26282 24603 61 295 73 310 66 317 69 315 68 314 24603 22879 62 286 74 307 73 315 70 318 69 316 22879 21106 58 272 71 299 77 312 73 318 67 323 21106 19278 54 258 65 290 77 309 75 318 67 329 19278 17422 52 251 58 282 69 309 76 320 69 331 17422 15635 48 244 50 269 57 308 70 323 68 335 15635 14012 42 235 46 255 45 302 56 329 63 341 14012 12577 37 234 43 245 35 295 42 338 52 348 12577 11309 32 239 39 240 30 296 30 349 35 356 11309 10182 29 247 34 239 27 303 25 357 23 006 10182 9175 27 258 30 246 25 307 23 358 18 019 9175 8275 28 273 27 262 24 309 24 352 17 026 8275 7472 29 286 26 279 23*308 27 342 18 027 7472 6755 31 295 28 294 23*307 31 333 19 020 6755 6106 31 300 31*302 22 305 35 326 21 005 6106 5528 31 301 32*304 21 303 36*323 24 350 5528 5042 29*300 31 304 20 300 34*321 27 334 5042 4668 25*299 29 305 19 299 32 318 27 324 4668 4409 21 297 26 305 17 298 28 317 24*317 4409 4252 17 297 23 305 16 297 25 316 20*314 4252 4162 10 294 15 304 11 297 16 315 12 312 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