DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/03 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 47.4 - - 56.0 - - 63.4 - - 63.7 - - 51.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 111 - - 288 - - 69 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1669 - - 4045 - - 4301 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 4749 - - 6881 - - 6188 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4164 - - 5836 - - 8212 - - 8468 - - 4164 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1767 - - 1392 - - 1383 - - 1429 - - 1006 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 246 - - 441 - - 281 - - 6 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 8 - - 16 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 13 - - 10 - - 3 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 021 - - 073 - - 092 - - 093 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 8 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - 12 - - 17 - - 7 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5450 - - -3500 - - -4243 - - -4876 - - -2227 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9614 - - 9337 - - 12456 - - 13344 - - 6391 sfcLCL ODpotential -15219 - - -12109 - - -10978 - - -11455 - - -8722 ODpotential blCL 19383 - - 17945 - - 19190 - - 19923 - - 12886 blCL maxRH 41 - - 60 - - 74 - - 80 - - 56 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.4 - - 56.0 - - 63.4 - - 63.7 - - 51.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 20.5 - - 29.8 - - 23.3 - - 19.7 - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.1 - - 55.9 - - 62.4 - - 63.9 - - 56.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.4 - - 28.6 - - 22.1 - - 18.6 - - 38.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 111 - - 288 - - 69 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1669 - - 4045 - - 4301 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 21 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 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] 96267 3 318 11 270 19 281 14 303 13 300 96267 89136 7 339 4 355 11 274 13 298 14 329 89136 83666 10 308 9 354 11 289 11 332 12 342 83666 79166 12 321 13 336 9 324 11 354 7 035 79166 75330 4 046 8 327 12 330 11 001 12 050 75330 71941 8 056 5 214 13 287 13 336 12 023 71941 68852 5 328 8 142 11 225 11 294 5 318 68852 66001 14 281 13 278 17 278 16 273 15 280 66001 63339 22 281 24 270 22 268 22 268 18 268 63339 60734 29 269 24 266 32 265 39 266 36 270 60734 58004 35 274 36 268 42 261 47 259 49 265 58004 55156 42 272 44 267 46 263 49 259 56 260 55156 52412 49 275 51 270 53 267 54 261 60 260 52412 49920 60 277 59 272 59 268 61 263 65 262 49920 47670 67 271 62 272 59 267 62 262 67 260 47670 45616 58 268 57 274 52 270 59 263 63 261 45616 43725 52 283 56 276 52 271 57 264 60 264 43725 41980 55 285 59 277 53 274 54 269 55 270 41980 40375 55 286 56 282 53 282 51 274 47 278 40375 38901 44 293 45 289 47 288 43 275 41 280 38901 37541 40 297 41 294 41 288 39 277 41 280 37541 36248 40 300 38 296 39 292 36 275 42 280 36248 34948 43 303 39 299 39 291 32 278 42 279 34948 33610 45 303 40 300 38 283 32 280 40 279 33610 32236 44 303 40 298 39 283 37 277 39 279 32236 30814 43 304 39 294 39 283 39 276 37 281 30814 29336 40 306 38 292 37 282 34 282 34 283 29336 27806 35 311 36 289 34 284 31 283 34 285 27806 26221 32 315 35 290 32 287 30 280 33 286 26221 24585 30 315 33 293 29 288 28 280 27 282 24585 22903 35 315 29 297 28 291 24 285 22 280 22903 21163 39 324 25 310 25 296 22 292 21 291 21163 19358 38 336 23 329 19 301 21 295 21 307 19358 17522 31 344 19 341 14 304 19 300 18 316 17522 15754 23 342 13 338 11 304 15 309 13 312 15754 14146 17 336 10 335 9 314 12 323 9 304 14146 12713 13 338 9 341 8 334 11 340 6 310 12713 11434 10 342 5 350 6 355 9 358 3 306 11434 10291 7 350 2 035 4 036 5 024 1 277 10291 9267 4 048 5 107 5 081 4*061 0 251 9267 8351 8 101 9 106 8*090 4*075 1 087 8351 7536 12 099 13 092 10*091 3 083 2 089 7536 6807 14 088 17 082 10 091 3 086 2 086 6807 6149 17 078 18*078 10 091 3 093 1 045 6149 5560 18 069 17*074 10 092 3 100 2 319 5560 5065 17 060 14 071 10 092 3 103 5 310 5065 4682 15 051 13 072 9 093 3 107 9 310 4682 4417 12 045 12 073 9 094 3 111 11 310 4417 4255 9*039 11 074 9 095 3 109 10*309 4255 4163 4*021 8 075 8 095 3 112 7*310 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