DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/20 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 - - - 30.1 - - 31.4 - - 28.6 - - 27.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 44 - - 9 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 907 - - 1047 - - 483 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8113 - - 8253 - - 7688 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1455 - - 2307 - - 2053 - - 1837 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 155 - - 157 - - 73 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 5 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 254 - - 039 - - 066 - - 046 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -13 - - 6 - - 14 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 891 - - 1031 - - 467 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 272 - - 444 - - 18 - - -281 ODpotential blCL - - - 7841 - - 7809 - - 7670 - - 7503 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.1 - - 31.4 - - 28.6 - - 27.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.9 - - 29.5 - - 27.0 - - 26.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 29.4 - - 31.0 - - 28.5 - - 27.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.2 - - 28.8 - - 26.7 - - 27.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 44 - - 9 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 907 - - 1047 - - 483 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 94 - - 98 - - 99 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96611 14 064 8 074 20 071 25 072 96611 89551 18 098 18 106 20 087 21 097 89551 84054 13 103 14 086 18 108 16 111 84054 79489 12 108 6 060 14 086 14 104 79489 75538 13 100 5 142 8 096 13 074 75538 72000 10 117 9 112 7 152 5 063 72000 68768 9 092 10 130 8 161 5 163 68768 65800 1 340 6 178 3 134 7 143 65800 63042 2 234 10 188 4 243 10 135 63042 60351 8 249 9 179 7 252 9 141 60351 57537 14 231 9 177 6 229 6 167 57537 54617 18 214 13 211 10 217 2 253 54617 51815 17 199 14 201 13 185 7 206 51815 49271 18 223 12 205 12 159 16 155 49271 46980 23 229 12 221 10 145 21 129 46980 44900 27 223 16 210 9 153 20 113 44900 42993 25 213 19 195 12 170 17 106 42993 41232 22 204 18 188 12 169 17 093 41232 39593 17 210 13 180 8 166 19 074 39593 38065 20 217 12 180 7 159 15 064 38065 36640 26 202 11 194 7 150 11 074 36640 35291 26 191 13 182 9 131 15 108 35291 33960 25 194 11 170 12 117 21 107 33960 32625 36 194 12 188 9 149 20 100 32625 31294 48 182 24 184 18 184 16 116 31294 29956 54 172 33 174 28 171 20 138 29956 28603 49 171 30 170 28 161 29 137 28603 27236 40 183 24 179 30 160 30 136 27236 25846 39 199 25 182 31 163 29 138 25846 24433 35 203 29 179 28 166 29 137 24433 22995 27 197 29 174 24 166 26 138 22995 21530 24 184 23 169 20 160 26 135 21530 20033 20 172 14 166 16 158 23 128 20033 18531 12 154 9 167 11 164 20 127 18531 17095 7 166 8 164 8 184 21 123 17095 15791 7 208 7 157 6 206 19 111 15791 14625 8 231 5 156 4 194 17 099 14625 13574 7 244 4 148 4 141 18 092 13574 12623 5 258 5 124 6 099 21 086 12623 11759 3 299 7 102 8 073 24 082 11759 10976 4 337 7 086 11 059 25 079 10976 10269 5 340 6 062 14 056 26 076 10269 9628 6 320 6 044 16 057 26 071 9628 9041 7 278 7 038 17 060 25 067 9041 8510 8*255 6*037 17 064 24 062 8510 8058 8*254 6*038 16 065 22 059 8058 7705 6 255 5 038 14*066 19 055 7705 7459 6 253 5 039 12*066 15 051 7459 7308 5 254 4 041 10 066 12*048 7308 7222 4 253 3 041 6 067 7*046 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