DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/17 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 66.0 - - 75.6 - - 78.3 - - 76.4 - - 66.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 124 - - 458 - - 542 - - 278 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 545 - - 2256 - - 3176 - - 2268 - - 582 BL Depth Hcrit 4147 - - 5651 - - 6403 - - 5526 - - 4147 Hcrit BL Top 4712 - - 6423 - - 7343 - - 6435 - - 4749 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 353 - - 3103 - - 3467 - - 2296 - - 811 Hgt.Variab. W* 170 - - 422 - - 500 - - 358 - - 29 W* B/S 1 - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 25 - - 16 - - 18 - - 23 - - 23 BL Wind Direction 314 - - 314 - - 305 - - 305 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear 14 - - 4 - - 5 - - 8 - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg -91 - - -56 - - -66 - - -79 - - -89 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5192 - - -5901 - - -5424 - - -6232 - - -5314 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9904 - - 12324 - - 12768 - - 12667 - - 10063 sfcLCL ODpotential -10674 - - -10265 - - -10180 - - -10790 - - -11213 ODpotential blCL 15386 - - 16688 - - 17523 - - 17225 - - 15962 blCL maxRH 36 - - 35 - - 38 - - 30 - - 33 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 66.0 - - 75.6 - - 78.3 - - 76.4 - - 66.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 37.4 - - 35.9 - - 36.4 - - 35.2 - - 37.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.1 - - 73.9 - - 76.1 - - 75.4 - - 68.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 37.3 - - 35.9 - - 36.4 - - 35.1 - - 37.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 124 - - 458 - - 542 - - 278 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 545 - - 2256 - - 3176 - - 2268 - - 582 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 98421 17 109 19 116 17 106 16 116 15 105 98421 90960 24 107 19 114 23 107 22 112 18 117 90960 85237 23 111 20 121 23 104 22 112 19 116 85237 80493 20 109 17 126 15 122 15 105 17 109 80493 76393 12 119 13 139 10 138 8 099 11 119 76393 72763 8 132 12 142 13 169 1 312 5 081 72763 69488 4 129 7 152 11 175 2 216 1 027 69488 66489 5 251 3 292 8 220 9 237 8 289 66489 63714 8 275 11 290 11 267 15 247 17 277 63714 61038 16 268 17 277 16 286 15 267 21 267 61038 58256 16 258 20 271 20 288 16 283 21 266 58256 55357 16 278 20 264 23 277 20 281 21 267 55357 52573 15 262 19 252 23 261 22 269 21 267 52573 50063 11 269 14 242 22 250 22 262 21 265 50063 47816 16 255 8 241 20 239 22 254 23 257 47816 45784 14 243 10 238 18 221 22 243 25 246 45784 43937 8 232 10 225 16 214 22 231 25 239 43937 42250 9 223 10 206 20 210 23 220 25 236 42250 40693 9 236 9 197 19 202 24 213 20 224 40693 39243 12 244 9 221 17 202 22 210 16 214 39243 37885 13 244 12 234 16 214 22 205 16 215 37885 36583 14 247 14 235 16 221 22 203 16 216 36583 35271 15 252 15 240 16 227 21 207 17 216 35271 33921 14 260 14 244 15 232 21 215 17 215 33921 32538 12 262 11 251 14 238 16 216 16 212 32538 31108 10 281 9 253 11 237 12 215 17 214 31108 29621 12 292 9 262 10 235 12 215 15 221 29621 28079 12 291 9 274 8 235 11 225 13 232 28079 26482 10 291 8 278 8 243 12 247 13 240 26482 24831 9 293 7 276 10 259 14 263 11 246 24831 23131 7 292 8 273 12 269 16 271 9 266 23131 21373 6 307 9 275 13 276 16 282 7 283 21373 19553 5 311 10 277 12 281 13 292 6 284 19553 17706 4 317 8 277 10 284 9 300 4 272 17706 15931 3 111 5 263 7 289 7 303 4 260 15931 14314 10 111 4 172 4 274 5 300 5 269 14314 12870 13 111 6 150 2 225 4 284 7 276 12870 11579 10 108 5 120 1 153 4 264 8 272 11579 10419 4 103 1 256 1 133 5 254 8 266 10419 9376 1 088 2 243 1 260 5 256 7 273 9376 8442 2 016 1 274 2 285 6 283 8 294 8442 7608 5 349 2 356 4*301 10 303 13 307 7608 6862 10 341 5*338 9*306 16*306 18 312 6862 6188 19 331 11*327 15 305 22*307 24 312 6188 5587 28 325 17 316 20 305 25 305 30 310 5587 5082 30*320 18 313 21 304 25 305 32*309 5082 4692 29*316 18 311 21 304 24 305 30*308 4692 4423 27 314 18 310 20 304 23 305 26 307 4423 4258 24 314 17 310 19 304 21 304 22 306 4258 4164 15 312 13 309 14 303 14 304 13 305 4164 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