DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/23 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 - - 0954z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 53.9 - - 64.2 - - 67.0 - - 64.1 - - 55.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 98 - - 473 - - 570 - - 281 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 481 - - 2112 - - 3221 - - 2841 - - 618 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 5547 - - 6450 - - 5954 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4648 - - 6279 - - 7388 - - 7008 - - 4785 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 386 - - 1806 - - 2258 - - 1220 - - 1099 Hgt.Variab. W* 151 - - 416 - - 510 - - 387 - - 21 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 23 - - 24 - - 25 - - 27 - - 25 BL Wind Direction 308 - - 308 - - 303 - - 298 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear 13 - - 10 - - 9 - - 13 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg -88 - - -81 - - -80 - - -83 - - -91 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3292 - - -4184 - - -3894 - - -5132 - - -4210 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7941 - - 10463 - - 11283 - - 12141 - - 8996 sfcLCL ODpotential -8433 - - -8105 - - -8637 - - -10026 - - -9956 ODpotential blCL 13081 - - 14384 - - 16025 - - 17034 - - 14741 blCL maxRH 69 - - 52 - - 38 - - 53 - - 67 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 53.9 - - 64.2 - - 67.0 - - 64.1 - - 55.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 33.8 - - 32.7 - - 31.7 - - 25.3 - - 30.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.2 - - 62.5 - - 65.0 - - 63.3 - - 56.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 33.7 - - 32.6 - - 31.5 - - 25.2 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 98 - - 473 - - 570 - - 281 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 481 - - 2112 - - 3221 - - 2841 - - 618 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97504 3 264 4 156 7 127 3 210 3 310 97504 90123 8 082 7 173 4 113 4 090 10 049 90123 84493 6 150 4 177 4 221 10 007 8 061 84493 79814 7 138 2 146 4 200 6 264 4 339 79814 75756 2 349 3 236 3 236 4 197 5 255 75756 72174 7 296 14 284 11 284 5 331 5 296 72174 68942 10 299 13 286 13 259 9 274 10 271 68942 65964 19 288 12 279 14 252 15 266 11 279 65964 63187 25 269 19 261 19 252 23 263 18 275 63187 60471 29 266 24 267 21 257 22 256 22 269 60471 57629 36 266 34 263 32 265 30 260 32 267 57629 54691 37 261 36 255 38 256 39 259 40 265 54691 51892 36 261 35 254 39 252 44 262 44 262 51892 49370 40 262 37 260 45 261 46 261 47 263 49370 47118 44 264 45 267 46 261 50 264 51 265 47118 45093 51 266 50 266 49 264 57 266 52 266 45093 43253 53 263 50 263 51 268 57 266 54 264 43253 41566 50 262 47 267 51 273 53 268 54 268 41566 40008 48 263 46 270 50 274 57 278 59 274 40008 38562 44 262 41 272 46 273 66 279 66 278 38562 37216 40 262 36 278 42 275 67 279 68 278 37216 35931 38 263 34 286 41 280 61 279 66 278 35931 34643 37 261 32 290 40 285 55 279 62 280 34643 33321 34 263 28 293 39 288 50 280 56 279 33321 31965 31 267 26 295 37 286 47 279 53 279 31965 30565 28 268 25 291 34 284 46 279 50 279 30565 29110 25 264 26 279 32 285 44 279 45 276 29110 27600 24 261 27 265 30 289 39 278 38 271 27600 26032 25 259 28 258 29 292 36 278 38 276 26032 24412 24 254 26 256 24 293 35 280 35 273 24412 22741 23 247 23 255 20 287 31 278 34 272 22741 21018 23 246 21 260 18 277 26 273 31 271 21018 19237 22 254 20 269 16 276 22 271 27 270 19237 17432 20 266 17 275 14 279 19 278 23 271 17432 15694 17 279 14 284 12 281 16 281 19 271 15694 14110 13 289 13 291 12 282 13 280 15 270 14110 12694 10 284 12 285 10 277 12 276 11 268 12694 11425 6 267 9 271 9 271 13 276 10 270 11425 10286 3 271 7 266 10 282 15 281 11 278 10286 9261 4 305 7 280 13 295 18 289 13 290 9261 8344 9 322 9 297 17 305 23 294 18 298 8344 7527 16 325 14 309 22*307 26*297 24 303 7527 6797 23 327 19*311 25*305 28*298 30 305 6797 6139 30 324 24*310 26 304 29 299 36 306 6139 5553 34 320 25 309 26 304 29 299 37 307 5553 5060 34 315 25 308 26 303 28 299 36*308 5060 4680 32*311 25 307 25 303 27 298 32*308 4680 4416 29*309 23 307 24 303 25 298 27 307 4416 4255 25 308 21 306 22 302 23 298 23 306 4255 4163 16 308 14 306 15 301 15 296 13 303 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