DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - 36.6 - - 38.5 - - 33.0 - - 27.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -26 - - -31 - - -50 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7222 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 461 - - 1283 - - 665 - - 86 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 17 - - 20 - - 12 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 7 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 336 - - 289 - - 287 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - -10 - - -12 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1521 - - -973 - - 1 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8744 - - 8196 - - 7223 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7512 - - -5535 - - -5068 - - -4653 ODpotential blCL - - - 14734 - - 12758 - - 12291 - - 11875 blCL maxRH - - - 39 - - 55 - - 71 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.6 - - 38.5 - - 33.0 - - 27.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.9 - - 28.0 - - 27.4 - - 23.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.8 - - 40.3 - - 35.6 - - 30.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.8 - - 26.8 - - 26.9 - - 23.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -26 - - -31 - - -50 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 96860 54 084 63 081 52 083 59 086 96860 89645 48 073 48 078 40 077 45 080 89645 84085 39 070 34 074 30 072 36 071 84085 79446 33 055 23 062 25 063 30 058 79446 75423 21 058 15 045 23 046 24 051 75423 71856 24 052 12 031 22 035 23 035 71856 68616 24 031 12 018 18 027 21 036 68616 65626 19 017 15 032 16 041 27 036 65626 62844 19 358 16 009 19 030 24 020 62844 60142 18 345 17 014 13 052 16 019 60142 57317 24 347 24 001 25 019 25 006 57317 54394 29 337 33 356 33 008 32 006 54394 51623 31 326 34 328 41 347 39 007 51623 49145 41 327 30 333 41 345 44 360 49145 46938 45 330 45 345 46 349 49 354 46938 44944 58 326 53 336 54 348 56 354 44944 43126 60 313 52 332 60 349 67 359 43126 41457 44 313 55 343 75 358 78 002 41457 39912 37 339 73 357 98 002 98 001 39912 38480 55 001 96 000 116 002 116 002 38480 37147 83 004 104 000 114 002 130 006 37147 35877 96 003 110 004 112 004 130 007 35877 34607 98 002 117 005 116 004 124 006 34607 33310 93 002 118 005 117 004 114 004 33310 31992 84 002 112 005 115 005 106 001 31992 30642 73 358 97 359 111 005 102 358 30642 29251 65 349 80 348 97 360 101 359 29251 27822 61 339 70 337 89 349 102 001 27822 26359 58 330 67 329 89 341 99 000 26359 24871 55 325 68 326 87 336 94 355 24871 23366 53 324 72 327 85 334 91 347 23366 21844 54 326 72 328 83 334 91 342 21844 20295 55 330 68 330 78 336 91 343 20295 18744 52 335 60 331 71 338 87 347 18744 17268 47 338 52 331 64 339 73 350 17268 15933 40 340 46 331 57 339 59 349 15933 14742 35 339 42 332 51 339 50 345 14742 13672 31 338 39 332 47 338 45 342 13672 12704 29 339 37 333 43 337 40 342 12704 11827 28 341 34 332 38 335 36 344 11827 11031 27 343 32 332 34 333 32 347 11031 10313 25 346 30 330 31 331 28 351 10313 9663 24 348 29 328 29 328 25 354 9663 9068 21 350 27 323 27 323 23 359 9068 8530 19 351 24 316 25 316 21 000 8530 8071 17 352 19 305 23 307 21 357 8071 7713 14 352 17 299 18 297 18 349 7713 7463 11 349 14 295 15 292 15 339 7463 7310 9 345 11*293 12*289 12*332 7310 7222 4*336 7*289 6*287 5*321 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