DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/08 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 45.7 - - 58.7 - - 65.4 - - 65.7 - - 53.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -46 - - 180 - - 304 - - 85 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2163 - - 5251 - - 4816 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 5304 - - 7838 - - 6758 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 6330 - - 9418 - - 8983 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 717 - - 1544 - - 1879 - - 2442 - - 493 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 307 - - 490 - - 314 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 19 - - 12 - - 7 - - 8 BL Wind Direction 032 - - 073 - - 070 - - 072 - - 314 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 11 - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - 20 - - -15 - - -11 - - -24 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5805 - - -4248 - - -4322 - - -5769 - - -3429 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9969 - - 10578 - - 13741 - - 14753 - - 7593 sfcLCL ODpotential -13190 - - -9957 - - -10040 - - -11591 - - -8364 ODpotential blCL 17354 - - 16287 - - 19458 - - 20574 - - 12528 blCL maxRH 41 - - 44 - - 34 - - 30 - - 41 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 45.7 - - 58.7 - - 65.4 - - 65.7 - - 53.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 17.4 - - 27.1 - - 19.4 - - 15.2 - - 35.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.2 - - 58.4 - - 64.4 - - 65.8 - - 56.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 16.3 - - 26.0 - - 18.2 - - 14.1 - - 34.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -46 - - 180 - - 304 - - 85 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2163 - - 5251 - - 4816 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 5 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] 96289 18 309 19 307 17 278 18 278 20 285 96289 89140 13 292 10 313 10 276 13 276 12 297 89140 83656 3 286 7 301 14 262 14 286 10 289 83656 79112 5 043 4 268 11 239 15 281 12 312 79112 75188 5 337 8 257 15 284 12 282 11 314 75188 71711 11 266 14 271 18 282 11 284 12 302 71711 68558 14 281 16 254 17 291 12 275 14 265 68558 65658 14 233 18 260 18 283 13 259 13 248 65658 62968 7 237 15 242 15 261 9 266 10 259 62968 60344 10 263 7 202 10 227 7 261 15 232 60344 57587 9 209 9 239 9 240 8 251 9 249 57587 54713 9 109 11 146 9 170 15 231 5 240 54713 51963 8 011 12 064 12 106 11 183 6 030 51963 49491 12 041 18 034 21 093 19 091 18 069 49491 47264 30 081 29 070 30 085 30 078 25 068 47264 45250 46 075 41 087 37 085 35 075 31 067 45250 43432 55 054 57 068 48 072 38 071 33 073 43432 41777 54 058 58 063 52 055 48 056 41 067 41777 40249 59 077 55 070 51 056 49 052 45 064 40249 38822 64 075 57 074 50 066 47 055 48 060 38822 37481 63 067 59 070 50 067 45 060 49 058 37481 36190 63 066 57 070 49 066 46 062 49 059 36190 34887 63 066 56 071 48 067 48 061 49 061 34887 33545 63 065 55 075 47 073 48 061 50 062 33545 32169 63 065 55 078 48 080 47 063 50 062 32169 30745 62 068 54 078 48 081 45 065 48 062 30745 29262 60 075 51 077 47 080 44 068 45 062 29262 27723 58 074 52 070 47 074 45 070 44 065 27723 26133 59 068 54 066 50 072 46 072 44 071 26133 24494 61 071 52 071 48 077 44 077 40 077 24494 22811 57 078 43 079 41 084 39 084 35 077 22811 21074 50 087 34 086 33 089 33 082 34 073 21074 19277 42 093 27 085 28 086 30 076 33 070 19277 17455 31 100 20 084 23 082 26 072 31 068 17455 15706 22 107 15 092 17 082 20 069 28 066 15706 14117 18 114 13 100 14 086 15 067 23 068 14117 12701 17 119 13 102 14 092 12 064 18 072 12701 11433 17 119 13 102 14 088 12 059 15 075 11433 10296 16 112 14 100 13*076 11 054 13 075 10296 9274 16 102 16 099 13*070 10*054 11 073 9274 8359 17 094 17 098 12 069 8*061 9 071 8359 7543 19 088 20 090 12 069 7 065 7 072 7543 6813 21 082 22*080 12 069 7 069 5 067 6813 6153 22 073 22*074 12 070 7 073 3 052 6153 5563 24 064 21 072 12 071 7 076 4 349 5563 5067 25 055 20 072 12 072 7 078 8 327 5067 4682 23 051 18 073 11 072 7 081 14 318 4682 4417 19 047 17 073 11 073 6 081 15 314 4417 4255 15*041 16 074 10 074 6 082 13*313 4255 4163 7*032 11 075 9 074 5 082 8*314 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