DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/14 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 - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 83.1 - - 93.7 - - 99.0 - - 94.7 - - 84.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 79 - - 430 - - 545 - - 317 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 428 - - 5080 - - 11237 - - 5964 - - 696 BL Depth Hcrit 4148 - - 7831 - - 12947 - - 8405 - - 4148 Hcrit BL Top 4595 - - 9247 - - 15404 - - 10131 - - 4863 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1027 - - 4506 - - 1858 - - 5041 - - 1310 Hgt.Variab. W* 134 - - 539 - - 760 - - 514 - - 17 W* B/S 2 - - 21 - - 12 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 5 - - 11 - - 11 - - 18 BL Wind Direction 310 - - 195 - - 212 - - 257 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 2 - - 8 - - 13 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg -42 - - 13 - - 35 - - -26 - - -65 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -9959 - - -8306 - - -3319 - - -6013 - - -8893 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 14555 - - 17554 - - 18724 - - 16145 - - 13756 sfcLCL ODpotential -15768 - - -12978 - - -7206 - - -9764 - - -14139 ODpotential blCL 20363 - - 22225 - - 22610 - - 19895 - - 19002 blCL maxRH 19 - - 22 - - 30 - - 32 - - 26 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 83.1 - - 93.7 - - 99.0 - - 94.7 - - 84.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 34.2 - - 30.5 - - 29.9 - - 37.9 - - 38.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 83.3 - - 91.8 - - 96.6 - - 93.4 - - 85.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 34.2 - - 30.5 - - 29.9 - - 37.8 - - 38.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 79 - - 430 - - 545 - - 317 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 428 - - 5080 - - 11237 - - 5964 - - 696 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98964 35 101 34 104 42 105 37 105 37 092 98964 91523 43 107 35 113 36 114 30 105 29 100 91523 85780 39 094 34 108 29 109 33 110 28 105 85780 80995 32 100 31 110 31 106 28 105 31 102 80995 76875 32 106 29 105 28 108 30 106 26 097 76875 73250 25 084 25 097 29 111 27 102 24 101 73250 69983 19 088 24 093 26 104 23 101 22 092 69983 66999 16 094 18 084 23 092 25 099 19 109 66999 64247 16 117 15 081 15 075 20 073 22 090 64247 61602 17 100 12 099 9 061 12 082 17 059 61602 58875 20 072 18 111 7 067 12 063 15 045 58875 56066 18 060 17 090 8 110 6 034 9 016 56066 53401 17 031 15 056 9 089 7 071 2 051 53401 51002 12 000 16 020 10 023 9 016 5 015 51002 48846 14 351 17 011 14 358 15 337 14 319 48846 46889 16 348 19 002 16 353 18 337 19 326 46889 45081 20 348 21 347 21 349 20 341 22 333 45081 43395 25 340 26 338 22 343 20 341 20 336 43395 41811 27 333 27 333 21 337 20 335 20 335 41811 40319 27 333 24 331 20 332 20 330 21 332 40319 38910 26 338 23 333 20 330 18 331 19 329 38910 37556 25 341 24 336 20 333 15 336 17 329 37556 36191 24 343 25 337 22 333 16 338 15 334 36191 34790 22 345 24 338 24 331 21 333 17 333 34790 33359 22 354 23 344 24 332 24 331 22 321 33359 31886 27 355 24 351 24 342 24 337 22 320 31886 30356 25 354 24 356 23 352 21 346 19 333 30356 28767 20 345 19 351 18 004 13 356 14 356 28767 27119 17 342 14 341 13 358 10 000 10 353 27119 25417 17 348 12 355 11 357 9 003 7 344 25417 23667 16 352 10 007 9 005 8 013 4 346 23667 21862 15 360 11 022 8 016 7 019 3 345 21862 19995 14 020 8 043 5 023 6 012 3 349 19995 18101 5 050 2 090 1 348 5 349 5 352 18101 16282 7 135 10 166 12*188 7 216 4 298 16282 14625 9 150 15 169 14*194 15 205 9 231 14625 13144 10 161 15 178 13 198 18 202 15 209 13144 11814 11 168 14 183 12 203 18 201 17 197 11814 10620 11 178 10 182 11 213 16*205 17 190 10620 9544 11 189 8*184 10 216 13*215 16 195 9544 8580 11 204 6*191 10 218 12 227 15 208 8580 7721 10 215 5 199 10 221 11 241 13 223 7721 6952 7 214 4 199 10 221 11 256 11 243 6952 6257 5 224 4 199 10 223 12 272 11 275 6257 5637 5 284 4 197 10 224 13 278 18 299 5637 5115 11 312 4 192 10 224 13 280 22*304 5115 4712 14*315 5 188 10 224 13 282 22*304 4712 4432 13*311 5 185 10 224 13 282 20 303 4432 4263 12 310 5 183 9 223 12 282 17 302 4263 4165 9 309 4 182 8 223 10 282 10 301 4165 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