DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1852z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 35.7 - - 43.4 - - 40.6 - - 34.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -3 - - 15 - - -1 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 576 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7222 - - 7783 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 376 - - 1802 - - 1644 - - 80 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 10 - - 99 - - 7 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 20 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 1 - - 2 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 253 - - 224 - - 192 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -13 - - -5 - - -4 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3135 - - -2342 - - -817 - - -2939 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10357 - - 10126 - - 8040 - - 10162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9743 - - -7358 - - -5650 - - -10491 ODpotential blCL - - - 16965 - - 15141 - - 12873 - - 17714 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 67 - - 69 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.7 - - 43.4 - - 40.6 - - 34.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.4 - - 24.7 - - 30.9 - - 16.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.8 - - 43.1 - - 42.7 - - 40.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 15.4 - - 23.5 - - 29.7 - - 15.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -3 - - 15 - - -1 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 576 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 5 - - 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] 95593 56 300 54 304 67 300 50 284 95593 88672 40 302 45 306 49 308 33 308 88672 83296 35 307 37 303 45 311 34 324 83296 78802 32 309 33 311 40 309 37 322 78802 74921 23 301 29 309 30 309 34 318 74921 71487 17 300 25 299 26 308 28 310 71487 68372 19 317 27 308 23 306 22 300 68372 65500 27 317 31 304 24 299 21 290 65500 62833 28 308 33 301 26 294 23 290 62833 60250 28 305 33 300 29 299 26 293 60250 57539 32 305 33 296 35 301 29 301 57539 54709 33 299 37 297 41 301 36 301 54709 51991 38 305 40 300 36 308 32 288 51991 49536 44 309 40 310 44 336 37 334 49536 47345 41 311 55 321 69 322 58 322 47345 45369 43 313 70 314 70 305 57 306 45369 43568 52 316 65 305 52 305 37 322 43568 41912 56 332 45 323 42 331 46 351 41912 40383 71 355 61 354 54 354 65 339 40383 38965 98 360 78 356 63 354 67 337 38965 37638 103 353 81 351 69 353 59 337 37638 36368 100 350 78 348 68 351 56 344 36368 35093 96 351 69 348 63 347 48 347 35093 33792 87 356 63 345 53 339 41 340 33792 32470 77 356 64 341 41 338 32 332 32470 31116 72 348 62 342 39 338 27 324 31116 29720 63 339 61 338 44 327 22 322 29720 28285 58 342 55 333 50 326 29 309 28285 26818 48 346 41 329 48 324 52 300 26818 25324 40 332 34 324 34 316 58 296 25324 23807 39 322 41 319 34 300 54 296 23807 22263 31 319 44 318 39 299 45 296 22263 20687 24 312 37 315 37 304 38 291 20687 19105 24 308 30 308 33 305 35 287 19105 17592 26 310 27 302 31 303 33 288 17592 16216 26 312 25 300 29 302 30 292 16216 14985 24 314 22 300 26 301 26 297 14985 13877 21 316 18 303 23 299 22 300 13877 12875 18 320 14 303 18 296 18 301 12875 11965 15 324 10 301 15 290 15 299 11965 11142 12 327 7 298 12 280 12 293 11142 10399 9 328 5 297 9 268 10 285 10399 9728 7 325 3 290 8 254 8 274 9728 9114 5 319 2 267 6 237 6 260 9114 8560 5 309 1 243 5 222 6 240 8560 8090 4 296 1*236 4 205 6 224 8090 7723 3 273 1*232 4 192 6 205 7723 7468 3 244 1 222 3 185 8 197 7468 7312 4*229 1 224 2*183 7*196 7312 7223 3*253 1 214 2*192 5*222 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