DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - 36.7 - - 41.3 - - 38.1 - - 33.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -21 - - 7 - - -9 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 890 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7222 - - 8096 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 957 - - 1631 - - 1956 - - 207 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 21 - - 106 - - 12 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 12 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 223 - - 235 - - 231 - - 247 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -27 - - -6 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3135 - - -1555 - - -875 - - -2815 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10357 - - 9651 - - 8098 - - 10039 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9991 - - -7956 - - -6089 - - -9606 ODpotential blCL - - - 17213 - - 16052 - - 13312 - - 16829 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 67 - - 85 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.7 - - 41.3 - - 38.1 - - 33.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.2 - - 24.5 - - 28.1 - - 15.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.4 - - 41.4 - - 40.2 - - 38.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.1 - - 23.3 - - 26.9 - - 14.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -21 - - 7 - - -9 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 890 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 5 - - 0 - - 41 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 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] 95463 52 287 57 294 47 297 54 287 95463 88593 29 285 41 285 36 303 38 296 88593 83252 16 297 24 274 30 310 28 310 83252 78799 12 321 18 292 23 302 27 307 78799 74938 12 304 16 283 20 290 23 289 74938 71502 8 312 4 286 11 290 15 308 71502 68352 18 286 18 297 15 278 17 292 68352 65434 30 258 24 269 22 276 23 282 65434 62735 28 236 21 256 26 283 28 280 62735 60120 23 230 24 257 28 274 28 271 60120 57375 27 258 32 257 35 270 35 267 57375 54506 58 256 49 262 44 269 40 266 54506 51762 63 249 61 259 58 271 51 272 51762 49302 57 251 62 257 68 269 56 272 49302 47099 58 256 62 257 67 266 53 269 47099 45083 63 254 63 256 65 262 53 268 45083 43223 63 249 64 253 63 256 56 267 43223 41504 61 243 62 248 56 249 57 257 41504 39923 59 239 60 242 50 249 51 250 39923 38474 59 233 60 239 58 252 43 252 38474 37139 58 229 63 241 69 248 44 257 37139 35877 56 225 63 238 65 240 50 256 35877 34621 55 223 61 234 61 236 57 250 34621 33340 58 220 59 229 60 236 60 245 33340 32039 62 219 60 222 60 235 61 249 32039 30708 63 222 64 220 59 231 59 247 30708 29342 63 228 65 224 59 237 48 246 29342 27946 63 233 62 231 56 240 45 247 27946 26516 61 235 57 238 51 240 44 243 26516 25058 56 237 47 243 44 239 42 242 25058 23574 51 242 39 253 39 242 41 249 23574 22063 48 246 38 259 37 252 37 257 22063 20516 46 249 39 259 35 263 33 264 20516 18959 47 250 38 258 34 267 30 268 18959 17469 46 251 36 258 33 267 28 270 17469 16113 42 253 34 260 32 267 25 272 16113 14899 38 254 31 263 29 268 22 274 14899 13806 33 257 29 266 27 271 19 276 13806 12816 30 259 27 266 24 273 15 279 12816 11917 27 262 25 264 22 272 13 280 11917 11103 24 263 23 262 20 268 12 277 11103 10368 21 260 22 260 19 264 12 269 10368 9704 18 253 20 255 17 258 13 260 9704 9097 17 243 18 246 16 251 13 251 9097 8548 17 234 17*237 14 245 14 246 8548 8082 18 227 15*235 12 241 13 243 8082 7719 17 220 13 235 10 240 12 240 7719 7466 15 218 11 235 8 238 11 238 7466 7311 12*219 9 235 6*234 9*238 7311 7223 6*223 6 236 3*231 5*247 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