DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/18 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 0737z - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1554z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 59.6 - - 71.0 - - 72.9 - - 69.2 - - 59.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -25 - - 291 - - 404 - - 194 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 109 - - 2158 - - 4261 - - 2479 - - 195 BL Depth Hcrit 4147 - - 5465 - - 7171 - - 5559 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top 4276 - - 6325 - - 8428 - - 6646 - - 4362 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 429 - - 4708 - - 3412 - - 2646 - - 1572 Hgt.Variab. W* 32 - - 360 - - 502 - - 329 - - 22 W* B/S 0 - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 15 - - 11 - - 14 - - 19 - - 12 BL Wind Direction 308 - - 312 - - 290 - - 300 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear 9 - - 1 - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -56 - - -32 - - -52 - - -65 - - -42 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5766 - - -5726 - - -3318 - - -3747 - - -2563 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10043 - - 12051 - - 11747 - - 10394 - - 6926 sfcLCL ODpotential -12496 - - -11339 - - -9933 - - -8370 - - -7154 ODpotential blCL 16772 - - 17664 - - 18361 - - 15016 - - 11516 blCL maxRH 86 - - 81 - - 79 - - 70 - - 61 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 59.6 - - 71.0 - - 72.9 - - 69.2 - - 59.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.6 - - 32.6 - - 35.6 - - 38.0 - - 43.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 61.6 - - 70.0 - - 71.2 - - 68.7 - - 61.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.7 - - 31.4 - - 34.6 - - 37.4 - - 43.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -25 - - 291 - - 404 - - 194 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 109 - - 2158 - - 4261 - - 2479 - - 195 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 45 - - 23 - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 5 - - 7 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] 97736 3 041 1 157 4 137 4 183 8 280 97736 90318 4 094 7 088 3 111 7 083 7 067 90318 84601 6 091 7 092 2 131 9 062 14 070 84601 79899 0 301 9 115 3 185 5 046 11 039 79899 75881 2 020 3 077 3 067 2 108 7 042 75881 72332 10 003 3 175 6 263 7 309 9 022 72332 69123 11 316 3 313 8 285 11 278 9 325 69123 66187 11 320 12 310 9 304 9 289 11 298 66187 63474 19 293 20 301 19 301 14 310 9 323 63474 60831 24 285 21 287 22 290 25 299 16 310 60831 58059 28 277 21 280 22 283 29 283 27 282 58059 55168 33 277 29 281 27 278 31 270 34 272 55168 52383 42 271 39 272 38 263 37 266 39 272 52383 49857 48 264 48 259 44 257 46 267 45 269 49857 47588 53 256 53 253 51 256 51 266 49 261 47588 45539 50 255 53 250 56 255 55 257 48 258 45539 43683 42 262 53 253 57 252 52 253 53 255 43683 41992 46 270 52 254 54 253 54 255 56 251 41992 40433 54 265 52 254 52 256 59 252 57 250 40433 38981 70 258 55 252 53 254 60 250 55 251 38981 37621 76 253 56 249 55 252 58 250 53 250 37621 36318 75 255 58 246 57 250 56 253 49 251 36318 35008 65 257 58 246 58 250 55 256 47 254 35008 33663 59 250 58 246 58 250 55 256 47 255 33663 32285 58 252 56 250 57 253 55 255 43 254 32285 30864 50 253 51 257 52 257 53 258 38 258 30864 29389 42 257 45 258 47 260 50 262 35 262 29389 27856 34 255 42 255 45 262 46 266 32 265 27856 26266 29 254 35 252 38 262 41 268 31 267 26266 24623 41 255 29 252 32 259 36 266 30 268 24623 22935 52 245 27 260 32 260 33 260 28 267 22935 21194 41 235 29 268 32 263 30 263 26 266 21194 19392 32 247 31 268 30 268 28 273 24 278 19392 17560 34 268 31 267 26 275 24 277 21 283 17560 15795 30 282 28 268 21 280 18 277 16 276 15795 14191 21 282 23 269 17 281 13 274 13 267 14191 12762 15 274 18 271 14 276 12 272 12 262 12762 11485 11 259 13 268 12 267 12 271 12 262 11485 10339 9 247 10 255 11 258 12 271 14 270 10339 9311 7 247 8 243 10*257 13 274 16 280 9311 8389 7 266 6 241 10*266 15 281 18 289 8389 7567 8 292 5 255 11 278 16 289 21 296 7567 6832 13 308 5*278 13 288 18*295 24 300 6832 6167 18 317 8*303 15 293 19*298 26 301 6167 5573 25 322 11 314 16 296 20 299 27 302 5573 5074 29 322 12 313 16 297 20 300 27 302 5074 4687 29 317 12 312 16 298 20 300 24 301 4687 4420 25*311 12 312 15 298 19 300 20*299 4420 4257 20*309 11 311 15 299 17 300 16*297 4257 4163 11 307 9 311 12 298 12 300 9 295 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