DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1331z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.0 - - 41.0 - - 37.3 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 56 - - -2 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1546 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7223 - - 8752 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4752 - - 3716 - - 3010 - - 2547 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 22 - - 199 - - 10 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 21 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 221 - - 226 - - 248 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -31 - - -12 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1 - - 1530 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -678 - - -321 - - -492 - - -757 ODpotential blCL - - - 7901 - - 9073 - - 7715 - - 7980 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 89 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.0 - - 41.0 - - 37.3 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.6 - - 36.1 - - 35.8 - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 40.1 - - 40.6 - - 37.4 - - 35.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.3 - - 35.1 - - 35.7 - - 33.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 56 - - -2 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1546 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 55 - - 101 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 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] 96364 5 039 1 168 4 323 2 035 96364 89271 5 039 2 354 6 312 3 015 89271 83807 10 032 7 343 4 301 7 330 83807 79264 14 348 15 320 18 329 18 344 79264 75378 14 323 15 312 16 325 18 335 75378 71948 17 318 19 312 23 323 24 316 71948 68824 27 315 30 298 33 304 30 304 68824 65930 32 299 32 289 34 292 35 290 65930 63234 31 293 33 294 42 298 35 297 63234 60601 32 291 42 296 50 293 43 303 60601 57826 38 291 50 284 54 285 51 295 57826 54927 51 289 55 276 57 279 57 287 54927 52150 65 283 65 274 63 274 63 277 52150 49654 66 274 68 268 67 269 64 267 49654 47411 63 270 62 259 65 261 63 262 47411 45366 60 270 57 255 60 257 62 262 45366 43487 60 266 62 258 59 258 63 264 43487 41751 62 262 64 256 60 261 65 260 41751 40140 66 258 64 254 64 258 60 251 40140 38637 73 251 70 248 64 251 51 247 38637 37235 73 242 75 241 62 247 52 253 37235 35907 70 238 76 240 66 247 64 256 35907 34594 73 241 76 241 75 247 74 252 34594 33268 75 242 75 243 85 245 78 249 33268 31934 75 243 78 244 88 241 78 246 31934 30580 73 242 83 243 83 238 77 245 30580 29198 70 241 85 243 78 239 75 243 29198 27788 69 242 77 243 74 240 70 239 27788 26351 69 244 67 244 69 240 65 240 26351 24889 71 243 60 245 62 242 62 244 24889 23406 70 242 55 246 56 243 60 247 23406 21897 64 245 50 245 51 241 57 246 21897 20356 60 249 50 238 48 237 51 244 20356 18808 55 247 53 237 44 238 43 240 18808 17328 48 241 54 241 41 241 37 239 17328 15984 42 235 51 245 37 242 33 239 15984 14783 37 232 45 245 34 240 31 239 14783 13704 34 232 40 239 34 236 31 237 13704 12728 30 231 36 234 35 231 32 234 12728 11844 28 229 34 229 35 229 34 230 11844 11043 26 228 33 227 34 230 36 227 11043 10322 25 226 31 226 32 232 37 225 10322 9670 25 226 31 225 31 235 36 225 9670 9073 24 225 29*225 29 237 34 226 9073 8533 22 224 27*225 27 240 32 228 8533 8074 20 224 24 226 24 243 29 231 8074 7715 17 223 21 227 21 245 24 233 7715 7464 14 223 19 227 17 246 20 234 7464 7311 12*222 15 227 14*247 15*235 7311 7223 7*221 10 228 8*248 7*233 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