DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/12 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.1 - - 66.6 - - - - - 55.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 156 - - 347 - - - - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3470 - - 4282 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9325 - - 10216 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10678 - - 11490 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3325 - - 4818 - - - - - 1006 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 368 - - 497 - - - - - 14 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 22 - - 28 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 212 - - 220 - - - - - 228 Direction Wind Shear - - - 23 - - 24 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -49 - - -57 - - - - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3413 - - -1300 - - - - - -1777 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14091 - - 12791 - - - - - 9002 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8926 - - -5763 - - - - - -6304 ODpotential blCL - - - 19604 - - 17253 - - - - - 13528 blCL maxRH - - - 57 - - 75 - - - - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - - - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.1 - - 66.6 - - - - - 55.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.5 - - 35.5 - - - - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.3 - - 64.8 - - - - - 56.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.3 - - 34.3 - - - - - 40.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 156 - - 347 - - - - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3470 - - 4282 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 1 - - - - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 98066 10 235 4 257 3 197 98066 90646 8 192 6 217 5 319 90646 84940 13 185 7 220 3 058 84940 80210 7 160 6 225 2 004 80210 76149 6 123 3 178 6 352 76149 72564 8 081 5 144 8 347 72564 69326 8 016 4 042 5 013 69326 66362 5 295 8 293 6 053 66362 63619 4 327 6 305 5 352 63619 60948 11 266 12 276 8 319 60948 58149 10 246 11 236 17 288 58149 55244 16 263 17 250 19 256 55244 52466 32 243 30 248 22 236 52466 49961 38 233 33 228 27 242 49961 47722 34 230 33 224 34 245 47722 45712 37 220 38 227 42 240 45712 43899 42 209 45 221 46 233 43899 42242 43 205 49 216 50 224 42242 40712 43 207 49 214 51 218 40712 39283 44 210 47 216 52 219 39283 37942 46 214 49 218 54 216 37942 36659 50 216 53 214 55 208 36659 35376 53 217 52 212 53 203 35376 34067 52 218 49 213 50 203 34067 32737 50 220 46 216 46 203 32737 31376 47 221 44 217 45 205 31376 29974 45 219 42 216 45 209 29974 28535 42 216 40 212 45 212 28535 27061 41 212 37 208 44 216 27061 25556 41 208 35 204 42 217 25556 24026 39 204 35 198 41 210 24026 22467 35 204 36 195 40 199 22467 20877 33 201 36 196 42 197 20877 19282 34 197 37 204 46 205 19282 17759 36 198 40 215 50 210 17759 16373 37 202 45 221 52 212 16373 15130 38 207 47 222 50 210 15130 14010 40 213 47 222 46 209 14010 12994 42 218 45 222 41 211 12994 12072 41 220 40*223 36 216 12072 11235 37*221 36*222 34 223 11235 10478 32*219 33 220 33 225 10478 9793 28 216 30 219 32 225 9793 9165 24 212 28 219 32 223 9165 8597 22 210 26 220 30 222 8597 8115 20 209 24 220 28 220 8115 7739 18 208 23 221 22 222 7739 7477 16 208 21 221 16 224 7477 7316 14 208 18 221 12*225 7316 7224 9 207 12 221 7*228 7224 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