DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 38.1 - - 41.3 - - 48.4 - - 43.4 - - 39.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -27 - - -40 - - -8 - - -10 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 69 - - 83 - - 500 - - 297 - - 87 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 16 - - 17 - - 8 - - 2 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 5 - - 2 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 210 - - 206 - - 195 - - 188 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -19 - - -18 - - -7 - - -11 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7253 - - -6106 - - -4127 - - -4646 - - -6981 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 14477 - - 13330 - - 11351 - - 11870 - - 14205 sfcLCL ODpotential -17327 - - -15308 - - -10849 - - -12959 - - -16858 ODpotential blCL 24550 - - 22531 - - 18072 - - 20182 - - 24081 blCL maxRH 39 - - 49 - - 38 - - 36 - - 41 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 38.1 - - 41.3 - - 48.4 - - 43.4 - - 39.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.0 - - 9.8 - - 24.7 - - 17.8 - - 4.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 48.6 - - 46.5 - - 50.5 - - 48.5 - - 47.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 1.1 - - 8.9 - - 23.5 - - 16.6 - - 3.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -27 - - -40 - - -8 - - -10 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 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] 96420 22 087 16 075 16 067 31 074 30 108 96420 89505 25 093 20 088 19 080 24 082 34 092 89505 84086 37 076 22 088 18 091 18 096 29 071 84086 79560 33 066 24 086 19 093 12 101 18 059 79560 75628 17 071 21 085 21 081 19 078 15 084 75628 72115 12 097 14 088 13 087 19 058 23 074 72115 68931 19 070 14 090 9 079 10 043 19 062 68931 66019 20 055 16 077 16 064 6 041 13 032 66019 63323 14 037 14 061 21 076 12 068 4 020 63323 60722 8 352 19 039 26 069 23 072 12 111 60722 58043 11 047 21 008 21 032 26 054 18 084 58043 55284 21 066 11 031 22 349 18 021 10 041 55284 52649 31 064 23 088 9 343 18 340 7 335 52649 50261 35 058 28 088 13 102 16 314 14 333 50261 48093 34 050 30 091 25 115 7 225 17 329 48093 46099 30 042 31 077 30 109 18 154 11 258 46099 44259 18 046 26 066 26 093 27 139 23 183 44259 42556 8 119 15 072 15 082 19 123 31 164 42556 40975 15 158 8 121 6 118 8 077 19 149 40975 39512 24 150 14 158 10 206 3 318 10 078 39512 38159 34 141 22 164 20 194 12 264 9 263 38159 36875 37 136 26 158 25 184 22 232 23 240 36875 35593 33 129 23 148 24 178 22 217 27 225 35593 34284 26 121 19 138 21 172 23 213 26 223 34284 32951 22 128 14 137 19 168 24 216 23 225 32951 31584 19 135 9 129 15 161 22 221 21 229 31584 30175 14 142 6 122 11 147 19 221 20 231 30175 28728 10 146 4 140 9 134 15 210 21 230 28728 27247 4 142 3 176 6 137 9 197 7 214 27247 25736 3 129 3 177 3 153 7 170 6 163 25736 24197 6 108 5 135 6 150 8 158 10 161 24197 22629 10 114 13 125 11 143 9 151 6 161 22629 21024 14 121 17 129 12 142 6 138 4 058 21024 19409 16 123 16 135 10 145 4 109 9 041 19409 17861 14 119 14 135 8 146 4 063 11 044 17861 16450 12 111 12 134 6 143 4 051 10 049 16450 15185 10 104 11 137 6 144 4 057 8 056 15185 14046 9 100 10 145 6 147 3 070 6 063 14046 13014 8 099 10 153 7 154 3 094 4 076 13014 12079 7 104 11 159 7 158 3 112 4 098 12079 11232 7 111 13 161 7 165 4 123 4 109 11232 10468 9 118 14 162 8 175 5 132 6 116 10468 9779 11 125 16 160 9 183 7 139 7 123 9779 9150 13 131 18 157 10 181 11 139 11 127 9150 8583 15 136 19 154 12 170 14 139 15 131 8583 8103 17 139 20 150 12 158 17 136 18 133 8103 7730 16 141 19 147 13 151 18 135 19 135 7730 7472 13 146 15 150 10 155 15 138 15 142 7472 7313 10*158 11*163 7*165 11*145 11*155 7313 7223 5*210 5*206 2*195 4*188 5*205 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