DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 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 - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 51.0 - - 57.1 - - 64.0 - - 63.5 - - 56.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -24 - - -10 - - 119 - - -21 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 212 - - 1610 - - 361 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 4703 - - 4147 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 4379 - - 5777 - - 4528 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 740 - - 1576 - - 1942 - - 2804 - - 1304 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 49 - - 243 - - 36 - - 2 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 8 - - 15 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 038 - - 061 - - 076 - - 059 - - 056 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 11 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - 5 - - 13 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -8313 - - -7167 - - -7630 - - -8898 - - -8264 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12477 - - 11546 - - 13408 - - 13426 - - 12429 sfcLCL ODpotential -18734 - - -16841 - - -15929 - - -16776 - - -17488 ODpotential blCL 22898 - - 21220 - - 21706 - - 21304 - - 21652 blCL maxRH 42 - - 39 - - 43 - - 33 - - 46 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 51.0 - - 57.1 - - 64.0 - - 63.5 - - 56.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.3 - - 21.8 - - 20.3 - - 19.9 - - 17.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 59.6 - - 59.1 - - 64.0 - - 65.8 - - 62.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 11.2 - - 20.7 - - 19.1 - - 18.8 - - 16.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -24 - - -10 - - 119 - - -21 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 212 - - 1610 - - 361 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96258 19 085 10 016 15 070 15 107 23 082 96258 89282 29 089 16 110 12 079 23 083 30 086 89282 83869 29 079 24 103 11 110 17 059 23 076 83869 79379 21 076 20 084 14 103 9 052 13 084 79379 75496 20 079 12 087 15 081 10 065 16 086 75496 72030 22 073 16 091 15 090 14 075 19 073 72030 68870 17 071 19 094 10 087 13 074 14 076 68870 65965 9 066 14 075 11 076 13 062 14 085 65965 63289 7 102 5 056 5 042 10 031 9 059 63289 60718 22 051 3 225 4 350 2 126 2 223 60718 58035 29 357 7 043 8 060 10 082 13 172 58035 55252 12 354 14 332 16 344 17 014 12 038 55252 52594 11 088 2 126 11 334 6 328 23 353 52594 50184 30 083 29 085 2 142 8 222 6 272 50184 48001 43 074 44 075 25 101 14 171 9 150 48001 46003 45 072 44 080 40 095 31 126 29 125 46003 44168 41 067 44 084 45 099 44 117 43 117 44168 42471 27 081 37 076 44 100 45 114 48 113 42471 40895 28 150 21 097 35 103 40 108 42 110 40895 39438 46 139 31 126 33 110 36 107 34 117 39438 38083 59 123 37 119 34 117 35 112 35 141 38083 36784 49 120 35 116 37 121 38 118 39 143 36784 35474 46 112 37 115 38 123 39 117 40 141 35474 34125 45 102 37 112 37 123 39 117 40 137 34125 32741 46 097 38 110 34 120 38 121 39 133 32741 31308 46 095 40 113 30 115 36 125 35 127 31308 29817 43 095 41 118 28 114 34 127 28 120 29817 28266 33 097 39 123 27 122 34 128 27 118 28266 26655 24 108 30 116 27 131 34 128 29 115 26655 24987 20 108 18 109 25 129 34 123 31 112 24987 23266 19 100 16 103 25 119 36 118 33 112 23266 21487 23 091 22 099 29 105 37 116 34 111 21487 19643 32 087 30 096 34 099 37 114 33 112 19643 17769 40 088 37 092 37 097 35 113 30 115 17769 15966 42 091 40 090 36 096 34 109 25 118 15966 14324 39 093 40 091 34 095 32 105 22 115 14324 12860 36 094 39 090 31 093 29 100 21 107 12860 11554 33 093 37 089 30 091 26 093 21 098 11554 10385 32 093 35 090 31 091 25 086 23 092 10385 9339 30 092 33 093 32 092 25 081 26 086 9339 8406 27 091 30 095 32 094 25 078 28 080 8406 7576 27 085 29 092 30 093 25 074 29 074 7576 6836 27 077 29 085 27 089 25 070 28 070 6836 6168 28 068 27 078 24*082 24 064 26 068 6168 5573 29 061 24 073 20*076 22 059 24 068 5573 5072 28 056 22 068 16 074 19 057 21 070 5072 4686 24 052 20 064 14 075 16*058 18 069 4686 4419 19 048 16*061 13 076 14*059 14 066 4419 4256 14*044 12*061 12 077 11 060 11*060 4256 4163 6*038 6 061 9 077 6 060 6*056 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