DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 Truckee 7205ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 24.7 - - 24.1 - - 23.3 - - 22.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 54 - - 111 - - 7 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 896 - - 1350 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7539 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8101 - - 8556 - - 7221 - - 7221 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2499 - - 899 - - 2181 - - 1904 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 159 - - 231 - - 22 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 29 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 236 - - 224 - - 226 - - 225 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 23 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -39 - - -80 - - -15 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 880 - - 1335 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7221 - - 7222 - - 7221 - - 7221 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 15 - - -1484 - - -662 - - -877 ODpotential blCL - - - 8086 - - 10040 - - 7883 - - 8098 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 90 - - 98 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 24.7 - - 24.1 - - 23.3 - - 22.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.9 - - 20.2 - - 20.9 - - 21.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 24.4 - - 23.6 - - 23.5 - - 23.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.4 - - 19.3 - - 20.7 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 54 - - 111 - - 7 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 896 - - 1350 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 98 - - 60 - - 93 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95997 27 343 26 348 24 358 16 008 95997 89035 22 334 27 342 18 021 17 022 89035 83621 14 341 23 330 17 014 16 342 83621 79101 13 302 13 317 10 331 14 332 79101 75164 7 355 7 300 9 253 12 332 75164 71619 17 270 15 303 13 304 18 288 71619 68380 23 215 30 227 18 266 15 275 68380 65385 9 235 14 212 16 211 22 243 65385 62609 17 006 13 288 20 195 24 207 62609 59899 29 264 22 270 28 238 15 242 59899 57047 58 238 46 245 37 262 30 257 57047 54084 56 235 53 242 42 261 34 256 54084 51251 50 240 52 241 45 257 36 266 51251 48705 44 241 48 239 45 255 42 266 48705 46434 40 247 47 243 49 250 46 261 46434 44376 43 252 52 244 53 246 45 258 44376 42491 53 252 55 243 53 243 44 260 42491 40748 60 248 56 244 52 241 44 260 40748 39131 64 247 58 245 52 242 44 256 39131 37628 72 246 61 247 56 244 43 250 37628 36236 83 243 67 248 61 242 42 247 36236 34923 91 243 78 248 65 239 44 246 34923 33623 105 243 89 244 64 237 44 243 33623 32311 120 240 95 241 58 238 39 239 32311 30997 125 236 97 239 54 240 29 243 30997 29671 124 235 95 238 50 240 23 254 29671 28328 118 237 88 239 38 241 17 263 28328 26972 104 238 77 241 27 247 11 283 26972 25603 87 238 65 242 16 257 8 304 25603 24215 78 238 56 243 9 278 6 321 24215 22805 72 237 47 247 8 295 4 323 22805 21369 70 239 38 255 9 295 1 040 21369 19901 66 240 35 263 11 286 5 060 19901 18425 64 238 36 264 16 277 7 033 18425 17010 61 233 37 261 22 273 7 353 17010 15720 57 226 37 254 28 270 12 297 15720 14563 54 222 38 237 34 265 21 277 14563 13520 53 222 42 221 39 256 29 267 13520 12574 49 225 46 215 44 248 34 261 12574 11716 43 229 48 217 48 244 37 254 11716 10939 37 231 48 221 48 242 40 246 10939 10238 34 233 46 225 46 236 43 240 10238 9604 33 234 44 227 44 229 43 236 9604 9023 31 235 40*226 42 226 42 231 9023 8497 30*235 36*225 40 225 40 228 8497 8050 27*236 33 224 36 226 37 227 8050 7701 23 236 30 224 31 226 31 227 7701 7457 20 236 26 224 27 226 25 227 7457 7307 17 236 22 224 22*226 20 226 7307 7221 9 236 13 224 12*226 10*225 7221 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