DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/13 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 46.2 - - 54.4 - - 61.8 - - 60.7 - - 54.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -25 - - -2 - - 121 - - -7 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 374 - - 1988 - - 621 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4146 - - 4990 - - 4146 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4163 - - 4541 - - 6155 - - 4788 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 766 - - 1221 - - 1821 - - 2373 - - 1429 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 58 - - 262 - - 38 - - 3 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 10 - - 11 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 060 - - 068 - - 062 - - 050 - - 034 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 8 - - 10 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - 6 - - -10 - - -6 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7112 - - -6665 - - -6954 - - -7488 - - -7853 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11276 - - 11207 - - 13109 - - 12276 - - 12018 sfcLCL ODpotential -16701 - - -15197 - - -14409 - - -14905 - - -16011 ODpotential blCL 20864 - - 19738 - - 20564 - - 19693 - - 20175 blCL maxRH 31 - - 20 - - 26 - - 47 - - 49 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 46.2 - - 54.4 - - 61.8 - - 60.7 - - 54.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.6 - - 20.6 - - 19.3 - - 22.0 - - 17.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.5 - - 55.8 - - 61.6 - - 62.7 - - 60.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 11.5 - - 19.5 - - 18.1 - - 20.9 - - 16.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -25 - - -2 - - 121 - - -7 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 374 - - 1988 - - 621 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96242 18 079 6 068 6 309 12 032 22 059 96242 89335 37 091 34 097 24 082 19 080 24 076 89335 83981 45 089 45 096 33 095 29 085 32 083 83981 79463 41 086 41 092 39 098 33 097 36 093 79463 75504 30 076 29 099 34 090 31 093 34 090 75504 71989 20 077 28 097 22 091 25 086 22 082 71989 68823 19 070 23 072 18 073 19 082 24 071 68823 65920 12 055 17 060 10 060 14 056 19 061 65920 63223 10 072 14 040 16 050 16 035 21 024 63223 60637 4 130 14 002 17 021 17 027 14 358 60637 57952 28 037 19 033 12 031 19 033 12 027 57952 55150 29 020 32 037 26 038 27 028 24 032 55150 52459 32 026 39 026 36 037 37 037 34 032 52459 50015 40 015 39 020 40 027 41 029 41 022 50015 47806 39 006 39 022 36 010 36 008 44 010 47806 45792 35 030 39 039 29 004 25 340 34 358 45792 43947 44 055 47 055 23 050 9 022 16 031 43947 42253 53 059 55 061 40 076 36 090 20 115 42253 40692 51 057 56 057 60 064 59 079 58 097 40692 39242 42 061 43 056 63 057 66 071 75 088 39242 37888 41 082 27 078 58 061 60 074 74 083 37888 36590 47 088 28 092 42 069 49 079 69 085 36590 35284 45 082 32 082 34 075 46 090 63 092 35284 33940 35 061 28 062 37 081 46 095 61 099 33940 32565 29 067 27 055 41 089 45 094 59 100 32565 31143 31 076 26 068 43 093 41 083 53 099 31143 29660 32 080 29 078 38 089 42 076 49 095 29660 28118 31 084 29 077 34 080 42 075 47 097 28118 26517 34 086 28 077 33 077 38 073 46 101 26517 24862 37 086 29 081 36 082 36 074 41 104 24862 23154 35 087 31 085 40 089 35 086 32 106 23154 21390 30 088 33 088 45 094 35 099 27 100 21390 19561 25 086 35 090 46 098 34 107 28 091 19561 17702 23 081 37 091 42 100 30 111 27 085 17702 15911 24 079 38 091 39 102 27 107 27 087 15911 14280 28 081 39 090 36 100 27 098 26 091 14280 12825 31 083 38 090 33 097 26 089 25 093 12825 11526 33 084 36 089 30 091 27 081 23 091 11526 10362 33 083 34 088 27 085 28 074 24 084 10362 9321 33 084 32 088 25 081 28 067 26 076 9321 8391 33 084 30 088 24 078 26 061 27 070 8391 7563 33 083 29 087 22 074 24 054 26 066 7563 6826 31 080 29 084 20*069 22 050 24 062 6826 6161 28 075 26 080 16*063 20 048 22 061 6161 5567 27 069 23 076 14 059 17 048 19 063 5567 5069 26 065 21 073 10 061 13*048 15 065 5069 4684 22 063 18*070 9 065 10*049 11 065 4684 4418 17 061 14*069 8 067 7 050 8 056 4418 4256 13*060 11 068 8 069 6 052 7*047 4256 4163 6*060 6 068 7 069 4 051 3*034 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