DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 33.2 - - 37.6 - - 37.0 - - 31.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 250 - - 451 - - 321 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1990 - - 3201 - - 2587 - - 784 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8362 - - 9440 - - 8869 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9196 - - 10407 - - 9793 - - 7990 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1747 - - 2559 - - 2528 - - 2087 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 343 - - 488 - - 403 - - 108 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 20 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 241 - - 247 - - 271 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 5 - - 7 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -49 - - -53 - - -29 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1974 - - 2508 - - 2420 - - 768 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7899 - - 7374 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 978 - - 912 - - 971 - - 84 ODpotential blCL - - - 8218 - - 9495 - - 8822 - - 7906 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 90 - - 101 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 190 - - 210 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.2 - - 37.6 - - 37.0 - - 31.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.3 - - 28.0 - - 29.6 - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.8 - - 35.5 - - 35.3 - - 31.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.6 - - 27.1 - - 29.4 - - 28.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 250 - - 451 - - 321 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1990 - - 3201 - - 2587 - - 784 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 90 - - 60 - - 105 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 98659 10 119 10 099 12 098 12 092 98659 91163 12 125 10 105 9 123 11 058 91163 85400 11 146 5 108 12 090 11 083 85400 80637 13 119 3 194 10 059 13 088 80637 76533 10 096 7 166 4 059 11 066 76533 72887 6 117 7 158 8 092 5 092 72887 69575 3 105 5 167 3 087 5 078 69575 66518 2 281 2 270 4 208 4 031 66518 63669 1 263 2 020 6 229 5 275 63669 60913 8 272 6 327 5 360 6 249 60913 58044 8 289 6 291 9 340 4 353 58044 55055 9 345 6 343 8 309 8 350 55055 52189 15 294 10 303 8 299 11 330 52189 49606 13 303 13 292 12 313 11 331 49606 47289 20 291 19 285 15 305 14 321 47289 45187 26 280 22 282 17 303 15 299 45187 43262 31 279 24 284 19 305 14 297 43262 41485 35 280 27 286 21 299 16 298 41485 39833 38 280 29 283 22 291 19 298 39833 38291 41 278 30 278 22 285 19 295 38291 36855 44 276 30 276 21 281 16 292 36855 35492 46 274 31 275 20 279 14 290 35492 34140 50 272 32 272 20 272 14 295 34140 32776 54 267 33 268 21 260 12 292 32776 31407 56 263 35 266 21 252 10 285 31407 30027 59 262 36 265 19 243 10 278 30027 28626 58 263 33 261 19 227 10 262 28626 27211 57 265 28 254 21 210 9 214 27211 25787 57 263 24 249 20 198 15 179 25787 24353 53 259 24 252 17 189 19 165 24353 22907 47 256 25 253 17 181 17 154 22907 21443 43 253 24 248 17 168 16 149 21443 19957 41 252 20 251 18 151 15 138 19957 18473 37 258 12 257 19 143 7 099 18473 17054 29 267 5 260 13 135 7 024 17054 15763 23 274 2 328 9 113 9 008 15763 14608 21 271 8 017 6 088 11 360 14608 13568 21 261 11 012 4 068 12 002 13568 12625 21 255 9 348 1 334 13 003 12625 11765 21 254 8 303 5 272 14 355 11765 10985 21 251 12*270 10 268 16 342 10985 10278 22 245 16*256 15*269 16 333 10278 9637 22*242 20 249 17*271 16 329 9637 9049 22*241 21 246 18 271 14 324 9049 8516 22 240 21 245 19 271 12 315 8516 8063 20 240 21 245 18 272 10*303 8063 7708 19 240 20 245 18 272 9*299 7708 7461 17 241 19 245 17 271 8 296 7461 7310 15 241 17 245 14 271 7 295 7310 7222 10 241 11 246 10 270 5 293 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