DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/03 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 73.8 - - - - - 59.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 151 - - 289 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2259 - - 6179 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8361 - - 11612 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9467 - - 13387 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3071 - - 2114 - - - - - 1190 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 299 - - 519 - - - - - 2 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 17 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 191 - - 235 - - - - - 322 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -9 - - - - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6830 - - -3987 - - - - - -6252 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16298 - - 17375 - - - - - 13477 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10879 - - -7438 - - - - - -12696 ODpotential blCL - - - 20346 - - 20825 - - - - - 19920 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 73 - - - - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 73.8 - - - - - 59.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.3 - - 22.6 - - - - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.2 - - 71.8 - - - - - 64.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 22.0 - - - - - 26.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 151 - - 289 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2259 - - 6179 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 51 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 4 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] 97833 10 306 10 297 18 268 97833 90599 5 047 7 016 10 333 90599 85008 9 047 10 029 9 036 85008 80372 12 059 10 024 15 048 80372 76382 15 048 10 047 14 032 76382 72869 12 018 12 047 10 042 72869 69693 6 340 11 005 8 041 69693 66770 5 018 6 297 10 022 66770 64056 5 011 6 256 9 335 64056 61428 3 331 5 262 10 286 61428 58695 7 288 12 262 8 260 58695 55850 16 272 14 259 14 262 55850 53129 26 263 24 254 25 237 53129 50686 27 268 25 263 27 241 50686 48499 41 271 44 262 30 248 48499 46511 46 258 49 250 39 254 46511 44685 48 256 50 254 45 253 44685 42989 57 258 51 256 45 251 42989 41403 57 259 47 259 43 251 41403 39913 46 262 41 262 39 251 39913 38520 37 262 35 260 34 249 38520 37195 29 264 30 255 31 247 37195 35876 28 262 26 255 29 246 35876 34534 26 262 23 257 27 246 34534 33173 19 272 16 266 25 247 33173 31780 17 273 12 255 25 247 31780 30347 16 262 11 242 26 246 30347 28880 15 249 13 220 27 246 28880 27384 16 233 18 226 26 246 27384 25861 20 233 19 241 23 247 25861 24311 15 239 16 242 17 244 24311 22729 11 236 12 222 9 231 22729 21111 10 227 12 203 7 216 21111 19484 9 223 11 189 8 202 19484 17926 8 210 11 175 8 195 17926 16510 8 194 11 171 9 200 16510 15242 8 187 9 171 9 187 15242 14100 7 185 6*172 9 158 14100 13069 6 188 4*187 10 126 13069 12134 6 193 4 200 11 102 12134 11287 7 197 5 219 12 086 11287 10521 8 196 6 236 12 074 10521 9828 9*193 6 242 11 064 9828 9192 9*191 7 245 10 053 9192 8617 9 191 7 248 8 034 8617 8128 9 191 7 250 7 008 8128 7746 9 191 7 251 7 350 7746 7480 8 190 7 251 7 340 7480 7318 7 190 6 250 5*331 7318 7224 6 189 5 250 4*322 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