DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/14 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.5 - - 63.7 - - 63.1 - - 54.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 496 - - 596 - - 307 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4970 - - 5383 - - 3593 - - 905 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7795 - - 8187 - - 6551 - - 4146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9137 - - 9550 - - 7760 - - 5072 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1650 - - 1939 - - 2518 - - 1175 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 562 - - 613 - - 430 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - 20 - - 25 BL Wind Direction - - - 319 - - 310 - - 311 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 6 - - 3 - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -29 - - -52 - - -71 - - -99 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1787 - - -2320 - - -3599 - - -3826 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10925 - - 11870 - - 11360 - - 8899 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7408 - - -7502 - - -8646 - - -9174 ODpotential blCL - - - 16545 - - 17052 - - 16406 - - 14246 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 38 - - 40 - - 51 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.5 - - 63.7 - - 63.1 - - 54.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.9 - - 25.8 - - 27.6 - - 30.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 57.6 - - 61.4 - - 62.0 - - 56.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.8 - - 25.7 - - 27.5 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 496 - - 596 - - 307 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4970 - - 5383 - - 3593 - - 905 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 97799 10 253 12 234 11 250 15 289 97799 90433 10 243 10 263 9 280 9 291 90433 84768 6 214 11 267 8 272 6 328 84768 80040 1 078 3 221 5 259 8 334 80040 75971 2 345 3 095 4 231 6 320 75971 72386 4 058 2 180 2 266 2 090 72386 69136 2 269 4 231 1 219 5 180 69136 66145 6 252 2 238 1 314 2 183 66145 63362 11 252 8 243 10 265 7 294 63362 60651 12 238 14 234 19 251 16 265 60651 57817 17 266 15 253 16 256 18 260 57817 54870 26 267 20 260 21 267 22 267 54870 52059 30 269 27 269 27 265 24 272 52059 49533 35 266 35 273 31 267 26 273 49533 47273 39 268 40 275 34 275 27 276 47273 45230 41 275 43 274 38 277 32 278 45230 43374 48 278 46 273 41 276 36 277 43374 41678 52 277 50 270 43 275 38 277 41678 40116 50 276 49 267 44 270 41 276 40116 38670 48 282 44 274 40 271 42 272 38670 37327 50 288 43 283 37 281 38 273 37327 36047 49 292 44 287 37 285 36 277 36047 34758 50 301 42 288 37 286 36 278 34758 33431 51 308 41 289 36 284 35 281 33431 32067 49 309 41 287 36 283 34 283 32067 30655 48 306 40 286 35 287 32 286 30655 29186 48 304 40 288 35 295 31 291 29186 27662 47 304 41 293 35 301 30 298 27662 26083 43 305 40 298 34 303 29 304 26083 24451 41 305 38 303 32 306 28 305 24451 22770 41 304 35 306 29 311 25 309 22770 21033 39 308 34 310 27 313 23 315 21033 19234 35 316 32 317 27 316 23 321 19234 17409 32 323 27 323 24 322 21 328 17409 15657 28 328 23 326 20 326 18 335 15657 14067 25 333 18 328 16 330 15 338 14067 12652 23 339 14 336 12 332 9 328 12652 11389 18 340 10 342 8 333 6 304 11389 10258 12 337 8*343 6 334 4 280 10258 9242 9*333 9*333 7 332 3 298 9242 8331 9*331 10 323 11*322 6 322 8331 7518 9 327 12 315 16*316 12 324 7518 6792 10 323 14 310 20 313 19 322 6792 6136 11 318 16 306 22 311 25 319 6136 5551 11 315 16 305 22 310 30*316 5551 5059 12 313 17 304 22 309 31*314 5059 4679 11 311 16 304 22 309 28 313 4679 4415 11 310 16 303 20 308 24 312 4415 4255 10 310 15 303 19 308 21 311 4255 4163 9 309 12 302 13 307 12 310 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