DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/08 Truckee 7207ft 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 0653z - - 0701z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 39.9 - - 49.5 - - 50.9 - - 48.8 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 104 - - 186 - - 91 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2213 - - 3223 - - 2245 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 8247 - - 9206 - - 8152 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 9420 - - 10430 - - 9452 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 932 - - 2850 - - 2504 - - 2660 - - 1697 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 281 - - 378 - - 264 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 9 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 6 - - 10 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 282 - - 256 - - 249 - - 261 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -11 - - -12 - - -24 - - -38 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2662 - - -853 - - 1480 - - 1875 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9885 - - 10273 - - 8950 - - 7577 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential -8411 - - -5392 - - -1664 - - -630 - - -1460 ODpotential blCL 15634 - - 14812 - - 12094 - - 10082 - - 8683 blCL maxRH 59 - - 68 - - 66 - - 80 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 120 - - 420 - - 270 CAPE Temp@2m 39.9 - - 49.5 - - 50.9 - - 48.8 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.2 - - 29.7 - - 36.6 - - 40.5 - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 43.6 - - 48.7 - - 49.6 - - 48.2 - - 43.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 21.1 - - 28.5 - - 35.4 - - 39.3 - - 40.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 104 - - 186 - - 91 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2213 - - 3223 - - 2245 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 18 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 96475 23 298 20 287 33 275 32 281 28 290 96475 89280 26 295 18 301 26 267 25 288 23 282 89280 83826 28 311 18 317 26 278 25 278 27 286 83826 79331 27 301 20 318 27 286 26 280 24 299 79331 75436 29 306 21 304 24 291 25 295 23 301 75436 71949 28 305 22 295 22 291 26 297 26 299 71949 68761 28 302 24 295 24 298 28 293 28 287 68761 65818 29 305 24 290 26 297 28 296 27 286 65818 63075 26 301 22 291 26 290 27 301 25 287 63075 60396 24 299 20 300 26 287 25 296 23 286 60396 57592 26 295 23 295 27 276 25 287 21 283 57592 54679 28 289 26 284 26 269 26 281 22 286 54679 51895 29 286 28 274 25 268 29 274 27 280 51895 49383 33 281 33 274 25 271 26 269 25 270 49383 47124 37 271 36 272 27 276 24 275 22 270 47124 45070 37 263 38 266 33 274 28 275 27 271 45070 43203 39 266 39 263 36 264 36 268 34 261 43203 41506 43 263 39 258 37 258 40 262 37 263 41506 39950 45 256 39 254 35 257 41 260 44 268 39950 38515 45 250 35 255 35 257 44 257 46 263 38515 37187 43 245 32 258 35 255 45 254 45 261 37187 35927 43 244 33 255 35 254 44 254 46 260 35927 34669 40 248 34 252 35 253 44 254 45 259 34669 33386 37 251 34 251 36 251 44 254 45 258 33386 32082 34 252 34 252 37 248 44 255 43 258 32082 30746 32 252 34 254 38 246 43 255 42 257 30746 29371 31 252 34 257 39 246 40 255 41 256 29371 27961 31 255 31 258 37 248 38 251 37 253 27961 26521 32 258 31 256 34 248 37 246 34 246 26521 25056 32 260 32 252 31 248 33 241 32 240 25056 23571 30 262 32 251 29 246 29 238 30 235 23571 22060 28 262 29 249 29 241 27 234 26 231 22060 20516 25 261 27 246 28 239 26 232 24 229 20516 18962 22 258 25 242 25 240 23 232 22 228 18962 17475 20 252 22 240 22 240 20 232 18 221 17475 16124 19 243 20 238 20 237 17 230 15 211 16124 14913 18 235 18 236 17 234 14 228 13 206 14913 13823 15 233 15 235 15 232 12 228 13 206 13823 12834 12 235 12 235 13 231 11 228 12 212 12834 11937 9 241 9 236 11 232 11 230 13 223 11937 11122 7 245 7 239 10*237 11 235 13 236 11122 10386 6 249 6 247 9*241 12 245 14 250 10386 9721 5 246 6*255 10 246 12*255 16 263 9721 9111 5 239 6*258 10 249 13*259 17 272 9111 8560 3 229 6 257 10 251 13 261 17 275 8560 8090 2 218 6 256 10 252 13 261 16 275 8090 7725 1 239 6 254 10 252 13 261 15 274 7725 7469 1 269 5 253 10 252 12 261 12 271 7469 7313 2*275 5 253 9 253 11 261 10*270 7313 7223 3*282 4 253 7 252 7 260 5*267 7223 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