DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.3 - - 74.4 - - 71.9 - - 62.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 422 - - 542 - - 253 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2909 - - 3101 - - 2539 - - 527 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6126 - - 6341 - - 5688 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7076 - - 7268 - - 6706 - - 4694 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1531 - - 1432 - - 1333 - - 923 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 445 - - 494 - - 358 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 21 - - 22 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 282 - - 291 - - 294 - - 301 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 7 - - 9 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -34 - - -61 - - -67 - - -79 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6719 - - -6352 - - -5908 - - -4663 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13796 - - 13620 - - 12614 - - 9357 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14994 - - -14483 - - -13666 - - -14600 ODpotential blCL - - - 22070 - - 21751 - - 20372 - - 19294 blCL maxRH - - - 49 - - 44 - - 45 - - 44 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.3 - - 74.4 - - 71.9 - - 62.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.5 - - 29.2 - - 31.2 - - 36.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.8 - - 72.3 - - 71.1 - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 29.2 - - 31.3 - - 36.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 422 - - 542 - - 253 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2909 - - 3101 - - 2539 - - 527 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 98858 17 125 14 126 12 085 14 101 98858 91445 21 104 17 107 16 119 14 069 91445 85726 19 092 18 097 15 113 16 068 85726 80984 21 099 18 082 21 088 18 080 80984 76911 19 095 13 077 18 076 18 095 76911 73316 12 086 9 090 13 063 15 071 73316 70047 10 077 3 091 6 021 12 050 70047 67036 4 202 0 093 6 356 8 044 67036 64241 11 245 8 261 8 343 8 345 64241 61546 16 235 16 247 14 281 13 281 61546 58759 8 229 19 238 23 260 18 271 58759 55867 22 262 29 262 32 262 24 275 55867 53106 50 266 46 262 47 264 38 275 53106 50643 67 257 56 256 51 258 46 266 50643 48456 66 257 57 260 48 259 42 263 48456 46478 61 262 60 266 52 271 42 274 46478 44670 69 266 57 262 49 266 44 273 44670 42997 67 264 48 260 45 261 42 268 42997 41431 55 268 43 278 43 264 43 268 41431 39954 54 276 43 288 41 269 42 269 39954 38565 55 278 42 292 41 272 41 269 38565 37231 52 278 41 295 39 275 39 269 37231 35887 49 279 38 295 36 280 37 270 35887 34503 46 280 36 293 34 283 34 271 34503 33082 47 273 35 294 33 284 32 274 33082 31609 54 265 37 293 33 287 30 278 31609 30076 54 262 38 295 34 292 29 282 30076 28482 51 259 34 295 35 297 29 287 28482 26831 48 258 30 274 34 300 27 291 26831 25128 44 261 38 266 28 297 23 289 25128 23375 38 261 40 269 26 274 23 272 23375 21566 36 258 36 270 30 271 26 269 21566 19697 35 258 31 265 30 268 28 271 19697 17806 32 258 30 260 29 261 27 268 17806 15992 29 257 29 259 29 257 27 265 15992 14344 26 256 27 257 27 257 27 266 14344 12877 25 255 25 254 25 259 25 268 12877 11568 24 254 24 252 23 261 23 269 11568 10398 23 254 22 253 22 261 21 267 10398 9351 21 255 22 256 21 260 19 265 9351 8416 19 257 21 262 21 263 19 267 8416 7584 17*263 21*273 21 271 19 274 7584 6842 15*272 21*284 21*283 21 284 6842 6172 15 280 21 289 22*291 24 294 6172 5576 15 283 22 291 23 294 27 301 5576 5074 15 284 22 293 23 295 28*303 5074 4688 15 286 21 293 22 295 26*303 4688 4420 14 286 20 294 21 295 22 301 4420 4257 13 286 18 294 19 295 19 300 4257 4163 10 286 14 293 13 294 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