DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/30 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 - - 0954z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 33.8 - - 38.2 - - 40.8 - - 39.9 - - 33.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -1 - - 111 - - 158 - - 65 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1686 - - 2807 - - 2063 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7810 - - 8787 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 8892 - - 10013 - - 9270 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2214 - - 1996 - - 2028 - - 2051 - - 1296 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 248 - - 330 - - 220 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 22 - - 22 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 241 - - 223 - - 229 - - 230 - - 234 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 17 - - 16 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -45 - - -49 - - -47 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - 1670 - - 2134 - - 1647 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7222 - - 7223 - - 7879 - - 7623 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential -433 - - 310 - - 122 - - 0 - - -1589 ODpotential blCL 7655 - - 8582 - - 9891 - - 9270 - - 8812 blCL maxRH 100 - - 93 - - 85 - - 87 - - 93 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.8 - - 38.2 - - 40.8 - - 39.9 - - 33.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 33.5 - - 33.9 - - 31.3 - - 31.5 - - 32.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 34.1 - - 37.7 - - 39.9 - - 39.4 - - 35.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 33.7 - - 33.3 - - 30.7 - - 31.4 - - 33.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -1 - - 111 - - 158 - - 65 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1686 - - 2807 - - 2063 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 71 - - 38 - - 50 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96605 36 277 39 277 39 286 36 272 35 278 96605 89499 27 272 22 279 22 279 26 283 28 300 89499 84031 17 261 19 274 22 254 27 260 26 285 84031 79479 14 282 14 267 13 276 13 249 15 287 79479 75493 27 261 19 262 21 271 7 280 15 266 75493 71921 26 249 28 251 30 251 21 265 26 250 71921 68685 17 251 23 250 25 237 21 249 21 255 68685 65698 14 271 10 251 17 231 16 235 16 257 65698 62899 25 267 13 255 16 234 22 241 19 252 62899 60162 37 249 28 245 27 244 29 249 25 251 60162 57303 35 239 34 245 34 246 32 250 26 244 57303 54355 27 246 30 240 30 243 30 248 20 244 54355 51547 30 255 24 240 28 244 32 244 24 259 51547 49017 36 252 32 252 34 244 36 242 37 254 49017 46760 38 248 41 246 40 243 41 244 44 249 46760 44731 43 247 46 238 44 242 46 246 50 245 44731 42891 45 244 46 240 49 241 50 245 54 240 42891 41206 47 251 48 246 52 240 52 242 54 237 41206 39655 49 253 50 247 54 238 54 237 56 236 39655 38225 48 257 51 246 55 237 55 235 58 236 38225 36902 47 263 53 245 55 234 58 234 56 234 36902 35641 47 268 52 245 54 232 60 231 54 233 35641 34379 47 268 51 244 54 232 57 229 53 231 34379 33090 45 266 51 243 53 233 55 230 53 228 33090 31782 41 262 51 242 53 234 53 232 53 227 31782 30446 38 256 49 243 53 235 51 234 53 227 30446 29074 35 255 47 245 50 236 48 235 52 227 29074 27669 29 248 42 245 46 235 47 236 51 227 27669 26234 31 242 39 239 43 233 46 235 49 227 26234 24773 35 234 36 235 40 232 43 233 47 226 24773 23294 36 226 34 229 36 231 39 231 44 225 23294 21794 37 224 36 216 34 227 34 230 40 223 21794 20267 34 227 37 212 35 220 32 228 36 222 20267 18735 28 230 36 218 38 218 32 223 32 217 18735 17275 24 234 34 225 38 221 32 220 31 213 17275 15949 22 235 30 225 36 227 32 221 29 213 15949 14764 23 237 26 222 32 232 30 224 28 215 14764 13696 23 240 23 221 28 234 28 228 25 217 13696 12728 23 238 21 225 26 234 26 230 22 220 12728 11849 26 229 21 232 25 232 24 229 20 222 11849 11050 30 222 23 233 25 231 23 228 20 224 11050 10329 30 222 26 230 26*230 23 228 21 226 10329 9675 27 226 27 227 26*229 23*228 22 227 9675 9077 23 231 27*225 25 229 22*229 23 228 9077 8535 21 234 26*224 24 229 22 229 24 227 8535 8074 18 237 25 224 22 229 20 230 23 227 8074 7715 14 240 22 222 20 229 19 230 20 230 7715 7464 10 240 19 222 18 229 17 230 16 232 7464 7311 7*240 16 221 15 229 14 231 11*233 7311 7223 4*241 10 221 10 230 9 231 6*234 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