DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/25 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.1 - - 40.7 - - 45.8 - - 40.6 - - 36.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -21 - - -6 - - 13 - - -4 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 613 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 7223 - - 7820 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 66 - - 573 - - 1321 - - 669 - - 83 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 20 - - 110 - - 9 - - 9 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 282 - - 213 - - 255 - - 229 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -9 - - -10 - - -9 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -6840 - - -3267 - - -3654 - - -1513 - - -4050 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 14064 - - 10491 - - 11474 - - 8736 - - 11274 sfcLCL ODpotential -17237 - - -11107 - - -11751 - - -7857 - - -14163 ODpotential blCL 24460 - - 18330 - - 19571 - - 15080 - - 21386 blCL maxRH 59 - - 63 - - 61 - - 86 - - 80 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.1 - - 40.7 - - 45.8 - - 40.6 - - 36.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m -0.8 - - 20.5 - - 21.2 - - 27.9 - - 13.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.6 - - 41.2 - - 45.7 - - 42.9 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot -1.7 - - 19.5 - - 20.1 - - 26.6 - - 12.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -21 - - -6 - - 13 - - -4 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 613 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 46 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 4 - - 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] 96378 21 093 18 072 21 080 18 125 11 092 96378 89325 16 083 13 089 12 077 16 085 12 091 89325 83839 11 096 11 110 5 084 9 082 12 064 83839 79243 10 060 11 111 4 205 3 355 10 024 79243 75254 8 034 5 083 3 183 5 279 11 351 75254 71725 4 028 5 342 6 311 4 300 11 336 71725 68528 10 336 10 314 13 321 12 334 11 339 68528 65576 12 311 15 303 20 302 20 311 12 321 65576 62824 13 304 12 297 18 291 21 304 16 316 62824 60154 23 314 17 313 21 307 28 301 20 322 60154 57382 29 301 26 301 28 304 33 303 27 321 57382 54525 32 295 31 296 31 300 34 302 31 314 54525 51811 34 312 31 303 30 302 33 309 39 320 51811 49377 42 312 36 311 34 303 39 310 43 308 49377 47207 37 319 35 317 33 305 35 302 33 301 47207 45261 50 324 38 322 34 318 34 312 40 321 45261 43518 42 313 48 309 42 313 43 310 42 302 43518 41931 20 291 44 295 40 300 44 293 39 294 41931 40449 22 034 28 329 26 298 38 284 39 306 40449 39050 27 017 31 352 24 320 35 292 41 311 39050 37732 41 358 32 350 25 325 34 294 43 313 37732 36469 48 349 31 344 26 322 34 300 42 311 36469 35203 42 339 32 336 27 321 36 303 42 309 35203 33908 41 337 34 329 33 316 37 299 41 307 33908 32587 40 337 36 320 36 310 40 297 39 297 32587 31234 34 334 37 312 34 298 42 297 43 289 31234 29838 27 330 36 303 36 291 42 297 45 288 29838 28403 24 326 35 300 37 290 41 300 44 289 28403 26930 25 317 34 305 37 294 37 306 41 291 26930 25426 30 311 36 315 34 301 33 310 37 291 25426 23894 35 311 38 319 31 307 29 304 36 288 23894 22331 36 312 36 316 30 302 30 292 38 281 22331 20734 37 312 34 309 30 296 32 288 38 283 20734 19132 39 314 33 308 32 301 32 296 37 294 19132 17606 41 318 33 312 34 309 33 307 36 306 17606 16222 42 320 34 317 36 315 34 314 35 312 16222 14986 41 322 34 321 37 319 35 318 35 314 14986 13875 38 323 32 323 35 321 33 320 33 315 13875 12871 33 323 29 324 31 323 30 320 30 316 12871 11961 28 323 25 324 27 324 27 320 26 316 11961 11137 25 323 21 324 22 325 23 319 23 316 11137 10395 22 322 18 324 18 326 20 318 19 316 10395 9725 19 321 14 324 15 326 18 317 17 314 9725 9111 17 321 11 325 11 326 15 315 15 311 9111 8559 14 318 7 326 8 316 14 311 13 309 8559 8089 13 314 4 328 6*296 12 299 12 306 8089 7723 11 309 1 197 4*262 10 278 11 301 7723 7468 9 301 4 192 4 253 8 264 9 292 7468 7312 8*296 5*198 4 252 7*259 8*286 7312 7223 5*282 2*213 3 249 3*229 4*272 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