DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/29 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 33.1 - - 45.8 - - 47.8 - - 42.9 - - 34.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -58 - - 134 - - 259 - - 49 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1397 - - 2834 - - 1765 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7700 - - 8988 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 8603 - - 10040 - - 8971 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 85 - - 1510 - - 1460 - - 1637 - - 1095 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 247 - - 387 - - 190 - - 3 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 15 - - 16 - - 15 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 237 - - 223 - - 222 - - 227 - - 229 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 11 - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -19 - - -32 - - -30 - - -30 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3225 - - -5482 - - -2558 - - -232 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10448 - - 14085 - - 12599 - - 9203 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential -10869 - - -10584 - - -6378 - - -3868 - - -3341 ODpotential blCL 18092 - - 19187 - - 16418 - - 12839 - - 10563 blCL maxRH 87 - - 88 - - 84 - - 89 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.1 - - 45.8 - - 47.8 - - 42.9 - - 34.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 13.2 - - 9.6 - - 17.8 - - 27.7 - - 31.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.3 - - 44.9 - - 46.2 - - 42.6 - - 35.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 12.4 - - 8.7 - - 17.5 - - 27.6 - - 31.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -58 - - 134 - - 259 - - 49 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1397 - - 2834 - - 1765 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 49 - - 52 - - 35 - - 56 - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 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] 96579 34 258 39 272 43 276 45 276 41 283 96579 89424 25 273 30 278 29 271 30 277 31 277 89424 83940 19 277 26 270 23 284 20 269 24 267 83940 79371 17 262 24 261 24 295 16 274 16 257 79371 75404 13 266 24 251 29 270 16 285 16 256 75404 71866 18 276 20 248 30 242 25 256 23 256 71866 68626 24 269 19 265 30 239 27 249 27 253 68626 65616 24 258 22 254 28 241 27 250 26 249 65616 62811 24 258 23 244 28 235 30 250 25 253 62811 60093 26 260 21 242 27 228 31 248 26 259 60093 57265 29 254 25 250 26 239 30 247 25 252 57265 54337 31 249 30 255 25 253 25 250 28 248 54337 51547 31 251 30 254 28 252 28 255 28 252 51547 49039 28 255 29 246 34 250 34 251 32 258 49039 46794 27 257 30 247 37 247 35 247 37 253 46794 44767 28 262 32 249 38 239 38 245 39 251 44767 42926 30 253 31 250 40 237 40 246 37 250 42926 41239 29 246 34 248 40 236 42 243 35 251 41239 39684 36 242 37 244 40 238 41 238 38 248 39684 38247 42 231 40 238 42 241 42 235 44 233 38247 36917 44 232 42 233 45 244 45 234 45 227 36917 35656 43 230 42 232 46 239 46 234 44 228 35656 34402 38 229 41 229 45 234 47 233 45 230 34402 33125 35 234 41 226 44 228 47 232 46 229 33125 31829 35 234 39 223 45 226 44 229 46 227 31829 30500 35 224 37 223 45 227 41 227 45 228 30500 29132 35 219 33 225 41 228 42 227 43 231 29132 27731 34 221 34 225 39 229 42 224 39 234 27731 26301 30 232 36 220 37 231 38 225 36 233 26301 24844 28 245 40 220 36 236 35 230 38 232 24844 23364 23 229 31 221 39 237 37 237 42 230 23364 21854 23 215 20 211 39 230 43 239 45 227 21854 20314 21 218 18 213 28 218 35 234 39 227 20314 18771 18 221 16 214 16 210 21 231 25 228 18771 17304 15 216 13 213 15 213 14 231 12 234 17304 15975 13 207 12 207 17 210 13 219 6 234 15975 14788 11 199 11 199 18 205 16 209 6 215 14788 13717 8 187 11 192 17 202 20 207 9 210 13717 12745 8 180 12 188 17 203 23 210 13 210 12745 11861 7 177 12 185 21 205 26 210 18 211 11861 11059 8 177 13 186 22 207 28 209 22 211 11059 10334 8 183 13 194 20*211 27 209 26 211 10334 9679 9 196 16 205 18*217 24 213 29 209 9679 9079 13 210 19*212 18 220 19*221 30 208 9079 8536 17 215 18*218 17 223 17*225 27 212 8536 8074 19 217 16 222 17 224 16 227 21 219 8074 7715 18 221 15 224 16 225 15 227 15 227 7715 7464 14 226 14 225 15 225 14 228 11 232 7464 7311 11*230 12 225 13 226 12 228 8 232 7311 7222 5*237 8 225 9 226 8 229 4*229 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