DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/27 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 61.9 - - 73.7 - - 80.7 - - 81.0 - - 66.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -19 - - 254 - - 337 - - 100 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2358 - - 5842 - - 8034 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4147 - - 5566 - - 8346 - - 9263 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 6525 - - 10009 - - 12201 - - 4165 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1580 - - 1751 - - 3459 - - 2885 - - 1359 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 353 - - 525 - - 393 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 14 - - 12 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction 055 - - 087 - - 135 - - 170 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 9 - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -2 - - 17 - - 25 - - 16 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -9272 - - -8259 - - -6307 - - -4887 - - -4810 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13437 - - 14784 - - 16317 - - 17089 - - 8975 sfcLCL ODpotential -16581 - - -13103 - - -10213 - - -8469 - - -9095 ODpotential blCL 20745 - - 19628 - - 20222 - - 20670 - - 13260 blCL maxRH 77 - - 68 - - 85 - - 82 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 61.9 - - 73.7 - - 80.7 - - 81.0 - - 66.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.5 - - 23.4 - - 23.0 - - 19.7 - - 41.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 68.3 - - 72.8 - - 79.3 - - 80.9 - - 68.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.5 - - 22.4 - - 21.9 - - 18.7 - - 41.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -19 - - 254 - - 337 - - 100 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2358 - - 5842 - - 8034 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 7 - - 0 - - 42 - - 30 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96717 39 273 43 281 44 285 32 291 40 287 96717 89434 22 285 28 292 31 288 31 296 29 297 89434 83892 16 317 14 276 25 276 27 298 20 316 83892 79330 18 326 5 232 22 264 22 294 23 332 79330 75398 17 300 8 296 17 275 18 287 19 309 75398 71930 12 271 12 291 13 275 13 287 11 281 71930 68786 11 287 13 282 12 262 12 273 11 278 68786 65892 14 298 14 272 15 260 18 269 18 277 65892 63233 17 279 13 275 15 269 17 276 18 272 63233 60682 20 260 17 277 16 277 15 293 16 279 60682 58015 21 263 21 272 19 264 20 271 19 270 58015 55218 26 262 25 264 26 256 26 253 25 251 55218 52529 29 255 31 255 33 252 33 250 32 240 52529 50097 32 252 32 251 36 248 37 250 35 240 50097 47900 34 251 30 247 36 245 39 242 39 239 47900 45882 34 253 32 243 36 241 39 235 42 237 45882 44017 34 252 34 239 35 235 38 236 41 238 44017 42289 34 246 33 233 35 227 39 235 41 239 42289 40690 36 239 34 226 38 221 43 226 44 235 40690 39216 39 227 35 220 40 216 43 220 48 222 39216 37858 35 219 37 209 40 215 44 217 55 213 37858 36564 32 219 35 208 37 213 41 218 54 212 36564 35257 31 216 33 208 36 216 37 223 48 217 35257 33909 30 215 33 209 35 217 34 223 41 217 33909 32527 30 215 34 209 35 215 32 222 35 215 32527 31097 32 216 36 207 37 209 31 220 31 218 31097 29608 35 213 37 206 38 208 31 216 30 222 29608 28064 37 210 38 210 36 213 29 216 26 229 28064 26467 35 212 35 215 30 218 24 219 22 229 26467 24816 29 215 30 214 25 219 22 213 20 223 24816 23118 23 214 27 206 24 212 23 202 19 211 23118 21364 19 213 25 203 28 206 26 202 23 206 21364 19549 17 203 21 199 27 205 28 205 26 207 19549 17707 16 192 17 192 22 203 25 208 24 210 17707 15935 13 191 14 189 19 197 20 210 18 205 15935 14321 12 189 14 185 17 192 17 199 19 172 14321 12879 13 182 16 182 17 188 15*180 20 157 12879 11589 14 177 19 179 16 184 14*169 17 157 11589 10429 16 165 19 176 16*177 12 166 14 163 10429 9386 16 147 18 164 14*164 11 167 11 177 9386 8450 18 128 17 142 13 149 10 168 10 193 8450 7616 19 111 18 121 12 136 9 171 11 209 7616 6870 21 096 19*106 12 129 9 172 13 221 6870 6196 22 085 18*095 12 126 8 173 14 236 6196 5594 22 077 15 087 12 126 8 174 15 253 5594 5087 21 070 13 085 11 125 8 175 16 272 5087 4695 18 063 13 085 11 124 7 175 17 286 4695 4424 15 058 12 086 11 124 7 175 16 291 4424 4259 12*054 11 086 10 124 7 176 13*294 4259 4164 6*055 9 086 9 123 6 175 8*295 4164 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