DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/04 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 - - 0959z - - 1332z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 56.1 - - 65.8 - - 64.9 - - 59.9 - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 97 - - 445 - - 530 - - 277 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 540 - - 3638 - - 4394 - - 4196 - - 1937 BL Depth Hcrit 4146 - - 6712 - - 7360 - - 6976 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top 4707 - - 7805 - - 8561 - - 8363 - - 6104 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 369 - - 2134 - - 1372 - - 1350 - - 1188 Hgt.Variab. W* 156 - - 491 - - 553 - - 439 - - 135 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 19 - - 21 - - 22 - - 25 - - 22 BL Wind Direction 305 - - 277 - - 270 - - 277 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear 12 - - 13 - - 14 - - 13 - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg -69 - - -42 - - -42 - - -52 - - -45 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2844 - - -2134 - - -661 - - -3 - - 88 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7551 - - 9939 - - 9222 - - 8367 - - 6017 sfcLCL ODpotential -8747 - - -6662 - - -5282 - - -5303 - - -4363 ODpotential blCL 13454 - - 14467 - - 13843 - - 13666 - - 10467 blCL maxRH 52 - - 77 - - 88 - - 73 - - 80 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 56.1 - - 65.8 - - 64.9 - - 59.9 - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 37.5 - - 36.4 - - 38.5 - - 37.4 - - 37.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.3 - - 64.1 - - 62.9 - - 59.1 - - 50.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 37.3 - - 35.9 - - 38.1 - - 37.2 - - 37.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 97 - - 445 - - 530 - - 277 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 540 - - 3638 - - 4394 - - 4196 - - 1937 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 10 - - 53 - - 0 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98190 4 208 0 194 2 115 5 202 6 098 98190 90800 12 124 6 159 6 125 8 160 5 098 90800 85075 13 122 9 132 7 142 11 141 4 146 85075 80328 10 143 7 146 5 115 10 121 6 134 80328 76239 9 165 9 173 7 237 1 078 2 067 76239 72601 2 174 9 138 13 194 5 262 2 303 72601 69293 4 266 6 172 11 205 8 248 8 248 69293 66250 7 293 7 218 12 221 13 244 7 225 66250 63428 18 276 15 258 11 241 18 247 19 266 63428 60694 26 269 26 259 24 275 25 267 15 246 60694 57813 26 253 34 262 32 268 27 273 32 269 57813 54841 34 266 39 262 38 269 39 280 50 274 54841 52056 40 268 42 263 48 268 49 274 49 278 52056 49563 41 270 43 263 49 266 51 270 48 279 49563 47333 38 270 40 263 44 277 51 272 50 279 47333 45336 39 283 43 286 53 278 52 279 55 277 45336 43527 45 291 43 298 44 276 54 285 56 279 43527 41863 46 293 45 318 48 296 58 285 62 284 41863 40314 33 297 55 315 61 302 60 283 71 280 40314 38868 28 308 51 310 63 299 61 279 70 272 38868 37515 28 313 51 307 55 293 60 277 66 265 37515 36216 29 314 43 305 52 291 60 280 64 267 36216 34905 29 316 35 292 53 291 60 282 67 274 34905 33555 30 321 30 282 54 291 60 280 73 276 33555 32167 30 313 31 283 54 290 61 276 77 274 32167 30731 30 300 36 285 52 288 62 276 78 272 30731 29236 28 298 40 284 49 285 65 278 78 273 29236 27683 29 290 41 279 48 280 66 280 76 276 27683 26073 30 281 42 274 44 277 63 281 75 278 26073 24411 30 279 42 273 42 276 59 278 73 278 24411 22703 30 279 42 272 40 273 57 275 69 276 22703 20947 30 277 37 268 40 268 56 271 67 271 20947 19139 30 274 33 259 39 257 56 266 65 265 19139 17311 28 270 32 250 39 248 53 259 63 259 17311 15558 26 265 31 244 39 246 51 253 62 257 15558 13967 25 259 30 241 39 246 51 250 60 256 13967 12552 23 255 29 241 38 248 50 252 58 256 12552 11292 21 252 29 243 37 249 45 253 55 257 11292 10166 20 249 28 246 33 249 36 252 50 259 10166 9161 19 250 26 251 28*249 30*252 45 261 9161 8262 19 257 25*257 25*252 26*260 41 263 8262 7463 19 267 24*263 23 260 25 271 38 267 7463 6751 20 279 23 269 23 269 26 278 35 272 6751 6107 23 290 21 277 23 274 26 280 32*280 6107 5532 24 299 21 281 23 276 26 282 28*283 5532 5048 25*304 20 283 22 277 26 282 25 283 5048 4673 24*305 20 285 22 278 25 282 23 283 4673 4413 20 305 18 286 20 278 24 283 20 282 4413 4254 18 305 17 286 19 279 21 282 17 281 4254 4162 12 303 13 286 14 278 14 281 11 278 4162 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