DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 Truckee 7205ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 30.3 - - 30.4 - - 27.8 - - 23.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 38 - - 58 - - 14 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 440 - - 798 - - 127 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7646 - - 8004 - - 7332 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1803 - - 1870 - - 1939 - - 963 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 111 - - 157 - - 54 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 15 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 236 - - 235 - - 231 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 11 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -29 - - -30 - - -19 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 424 - - 782 - - 111 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7 - - 80 - - -453 - - -1990 ODpotential blCL - - - 7653 - - 7924 - - 7785 - - 9212 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 96 - - 95 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.3 - - 30.4 - - 27.8 - - 23.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.7 - - 28.5 - - 25.9 - - 21.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.0 - - 30.0 - - 27.6 - - 25.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.3 - - 27.9 - - 25.6 - - 24.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 38 - - 58 - - 14 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 440 - - 798 - - 127 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 85 - - 84 - - 81 - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96077 28 299 20 299 23 305 26 295 96077 89053 17 316 16 305 16 313 16 297 89053 83616 11 282 12 305 11 311 14 320 83616 79066 17 285 16 279 17 294 17 289 79066 75128 12 261 13 286 12 325 7 330 75128 71601 11 239 19 277 23 276 20 288 71601 68378 26 249 30 250 28 244 31 237 68378 65421 24 225 21 230 14 237 20 223 65421 62647 18 211 15 227 11 277 12 268 62647 59906 25 238 29 245 29 261 27 270 59906 57014 42 246 47 246 47 253 41 255 57014 54017 49 243 54 239 50 248 48 250 54017 51175 40 241 46 234 46 246 49 245 51175 48640 35 256 37 243 45 251 46 242 48640 46379 41 253 41 253 50 254 45 244 46379 44328 45 249 52 254 51 247 44 244 44328 42447 56 250 53 245 50 243 46 243 42447 40716 65 247 54 243 51 239 52 244 40716 39116 74 243 64 245 53 238 59 245 39116 37630 84 242 74 244 55 242 63 245 37630 36251 100 240 81 241 60 247 64 246 36251 34949 112 235 85 238 68 249 68 247 34949 33664 115 231 89 237 76 248 72 245 33664 32371 112 231 94 236 79 245 74 241 32371 31074 111 232 98 235 76 244 71 238 31074 29761 112 232 97 236 72 245 63 237 29761 28423 110 234 85 236 70 244 54 240 28423 27063 95 235 68 233 73 234 50 243 27063 25680 76 242 61 230 80 228 49 245 25680 24272 64 249 56 228 77 231 46 244 24272 22845 55 245 50 228 52 234 45 244 22845 21394 49 240 43 229 43 233 42 245 21394 19913 44 243 40 230 41 234 38 247 19913 18425 40 244 39 231 37 237 36 247 18425 17007 40 243 39 230 37 239 34 242 17007 15720 40 244 36 229 39 238 35 234 15720 14571 38 241 34 230 39 234 35 229 14571 13537 38 234 35 230 40 229 36 228 13537 12597 39 227 35 229 40 227 37 231 12597 11742 40 226 35 229 39 225 38 236 11742 10964 40 228 34 229 38 226 38 244 10964 10261 38 232 33 231 36 226 37 252 10261 9622 37 234 31 232 34 227 35 257 9622 9037 35 235 28 232 31 229 33 255 9037 8507 32 236 25 233 27 230 31 251 8507 8056 27 236 22*234 22 231 28 248 8056 7704 23*237 19*235 19 231 23 247 7704 7458 19*236 17 235 16*231 18 245 7458 7308 16 236 14 235 13*231 14*245 7308 7222 9 236 9 235 8 231 7*243 7222 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