DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1554z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 82.2 - - 84.1 - - 80.1 - - 68.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 290 - - 374 - - 91 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8620 - - 9428 - - 5238 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10469 - - 11265 - - 7086 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12787 - - 13595 - - 9405 - - 4165 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1944 - - 1591 - - 5137 - - 2063 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 565 - - 634 - - 326 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 12 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 202 - - 218 - - 241 - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -13 - - -23 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1201 - - -927 - - -3674 - - -5988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13989 - - 14523 - - 13079 - - 10154 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3528 - - -5073 - - -5468 - - -10499 ODpotential blCL - - - 16315 - - 18668 - - 14873 - - 14664 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 44 - - 54 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 82.2 - - 84.1 - - 80.1 - - 68.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.9 - - 34.2 - - 36.8 - - 39.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 81.1 - - 82.6 - - 80.1 - - 73.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.8 - - 34.1 - - 36.8 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 290 - - 374 - - 91 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8620 - - 9428 - - 5238 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 - - 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] 97857 4 231 8 225 15 281 4 311 97857 90567 2 221 2 218 6 275 1 308 90567 84910 4 063 2 095 3 197 5 334 84910 80221 10 078 6 077 3 075 5 038 80221 76201 13 078 7 072 8 058 8 046 76201 72671 13 063 8 070 10 036 12 030 72671 69492 12 049 9 021 12 006 12 021 69492 66578 11 023 13 000 14 345 10 349 66578 63876 12 002 15 354 11 349 9 326 63876 61254 15 339 17 343 14 338 14 322 61254 58530 19 321 21 326 23 325 21 326 58530 55710 23 307 28 301 32 305 26 310 55710 53023 26 311 29 286 37 285 37 297 53023 50602 29 314 30 283 38 275 44 282 50602 48419 34 309 35 293 38 279 46 276 48419 46418 40 304 44 293 45 282 49 274 46418 44566 44 296 47 290 49 281 47 274 44566 42839 43 283 47 285 50 279 46 279 42839 41224 41 281 45 276 47 275 45 279 41224 39712 36 278 43 272 44 272 43 272 39712 38297 33 272 38 269 44 267 41 266 38297 36946 31 272 34 267 41 262 41 264 36946 35592 27 272 31 266 36 258 40 257 35592 34206 26 271 29 262 35 256 38 248 34206 32790 24 268 29 259 38 255 36 244 32790 31326 26 257 27 256 36 253 33 244 31326 29800 24 251 25 253 29 253 28 244 29800 28216 20 245 22 252 20 248 24 242 28216 26577 22 237 22 244 18 242 22 242 26577 24889 24 227 23 228 22 228 21 242 24889 23163 21 218 23 218 21 225 20 240 23163 21392 17 217 20 211 18 221 19 240 21392 19568 12 229 15 209 15 204 16 237 19568 17722 7 214 10 212 14 183 14 215 17722 15952 9 208 8 220 10 180 11 197 15952 14342 14 187 11*218 10 186 12 183 14342 12903 16*174 12*218 11 192 13 179 12903 11614 15*173 12 219 10 210 13 186 11614 10453 14 180 12 220 10 228 11 199 10453 9409 13 191 12 221 12*242 12 217 9409 8472 13 202 12 221 13*245 12 232 8472 7635 12 212 13 219 14 245 12 245 7635 6887 11 218 13 218 14 244 12 257 6887 6209 11 220 14 217 15 242 12 267 6209 5604 11 220 14 216 15 240 12 276 5604 5094 11 220 14 215 15 239 13 278 5094 4699 11 219 13 215 15 238 12 275 4699 4426 10 218 13 214 14 237 11 267 4426 4259 10 217 12 213 13 236 9*260 4259 4164 8 216 10 213 10 235 6*261 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