DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/26 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 23.2 - - 30.9 - - 34.3 - - 31.1 - - 23.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -60 - - -21 - - 29 - - -14 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 989 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7222 - - 8195 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 59 - - 803 - - 1125 - - 1499 - - 139 Hgt.Variab. W* 13 - - 21 - - 145 - - 16 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 8 - - 19 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 229 - - 224 - - 234 - - 218 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -20 - - -16 - - -47 - - -7 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -6008 - - -4527 - - -1564 - - -1205 - - -282 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13230 - - 11750 - - 9760 - - 8427 - - 7505 sfcLCL ODpotential -15807 - - -10545 - - -7133 - - -6902 - - -8669 ODpotential blCL 23029 - - 17767 - - 15328 - - 14124 - - 15891 blCL maxRH 89 - - 74 - - 84 - - 78 - - 85 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 23.2 - - 30.9 - - 34.3 - - 31.1 - - 23.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m -7.9 - - 5.6 - - 17.3 - - 19.9 - - 16.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.9 - - 32.6 - - 34.2 - - 32.4 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot -9.0 - - 4.6 - - 16.3 - - 18.9 - - 17.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -60 - - -21 - - 29 - - -14 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 989 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 56 - - 0 - - 38 - - 13 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95374 58 298 71 295 67 312 52 305 65 311 95374 88522 51 312 46 311 54 311 43 321 60 317 88522 83117 46 321 36 313 43 307 45 322 51 320 83117 78602 41 323 33 317 37 317 44 319 46 318 78602 74691 36 311 33 317 39 320 40 317 43 314 74691 71225 35 304 31 314 35 310 37 314 41 309 71225 68084 36 303 29 315 25 311 38 309 39 307 68084 65191 38 302 32 313 25 323 38 308 37 308 65191 62503 38 303 35 301 32 315 39 309 38 312 62503 59886 37 308 34 299 32 310 41 311 42 317 59886 57137 36 306 34 305 31 310 43 313 47 319 57137 54277 36 306 34 310 37 308 47 312 52 319 54277 51548 39 307 35 313 40 306 50 314 54 320 51548 49087 41 309 38 313 38 312 52 315 57 326 49087 46875 41 313 39 313 39 323 51 318 58 328 46875 44873 42 313 39 319 43 326 50 323 55 328 44873 43055 43 309 41 322 46 326 50 328 53 326 43055 41397 41 308 42 326 49 331 55 328 49 329 41397 39879 39 314 44 337 54 337 55 330 52 332 39879 38481 37 318 53 344 63 342 55 338 56 336 38481 37174 32 315 60 347 67 344 60 342 61 327 37174 35919 27 310 62 347 67 344 63 342 63 330 35919 34659 25 308 59 346 64 342 64 342 59 339 34659 33370 25 304 53 344 61 340 62 343 58 345 33370 32057 25 306 46 343 58 339 61 347 56 351 32057 30714 26 310 40 341 53 340 54 347 52 352 30714 29335 25 313 36 335 42 341 44 343 38 337 29335 27927 27 315 33 329 33 335 37 335 42 319 27927 26486 25 300 31 324 28 328 33 324 48 319 26486 25015 19 284 26 324 26 319 30 313 46 320 25015 23521 15 266 23 328 24 317 31 309 38 316 23521 22001 12 253 23 317 18 318 27 307 32 309 22001 20447 11 253 19 297 16 319 20 297 28 302 20447 18883 13 256 19 262 9 291 15 288 23 299 18883 17389 13 250 15 243 11 251 14 283 18 300 17389 16032 11 233 10 236 15 244 15 274 15 303 16032 14820 10 217 8 230 17 242 17 265 15 298 14820 13731 9 219 10 224 19 241 17 257 15 283 13731 12745 9 226 14 225 21 240 18 248 16 265 12745 11853 8 232 17 227 24 239 20 239 19 249 11853 11046 9 236 20 229 27 239 22 232 21 237 11046 10319 9 236 22 230 29 238 23 227 25 229 10319 9663 10 235 23 229 30 235 24 223 27 225 9663 9064 12 233 26 226 30 232 25 219 29 222 9064 8524 14 231 28 222 28*232 24 218 29 221 8524 8066 15 230 28 220 24*234 19 218 28 219 8066 7709 16 229 25 221 22 234 15 220 24 220 7709 7461 14 227 19 222 19 234 13 219 18 222 7461 7309 12*227 15*223 16 235 10*219 13*223 7309 7222 6*229 8*224 9 235 5*218 6*222 7222 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