DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.2 - - 77.5 - - - - - 66.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 275 - - 393 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5382 - - 8229 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10962 - - 13399 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12590 - - 15437 - - - - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2286 - - 1371 - - - - - 2267 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 487 - - 632 - - - - - 6 W* B/S - - - 23 - - 23 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 209 - - 267 - - - - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - 20 - - - - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2752 - - -1311 - - - - - -4448 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15343 - - 16749 - - - - - 11674 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7747 - - -5867 - - - - - -8691 ODpotential blCL - - - 20337 - - 21304 - - - - - 15916 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 83 - - - - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.2 - - 77.5 - - - - - 66.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.1 - - 29.0 - - - - - 40.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.2 - - 75.0 - - - - - 68.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.5 - - 28.2 - - - - - 40.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 275 - - 393 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5382 - - 8229 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 32 - - - - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 7 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] 99037 12 126 16 132 3 112 99037 91596 8 140 9 163 6 082 91596 85816 10 171 4 252 5 083 85816 81015 11 158 1 121 3 071 81015 76901 11 117 5 129 7 071 76901 73283 10 076 8 115 5 054 73283 70041 10 084 8 112 2 071 70041 67076 10 078 7 101 5 087 67076 64317 3 037 5 039 4 039 64317 61652 7 156 4 250 7 310 61652 58897 3 316 6 236 14 269 58897 56070 21 278 21 278 24 286 56070 53395 33 266 32 272 28 290 53395 50989 41 265 40 264 41 275 50989 48839 53 268 51 266 44 275 48839 46884 58 267 56 268 47 277 46884 45081 61 261 57 267 48 282 45081 43400 59 257 55 266 52 279 43400 41823 49 261 50 267 53 273 41823 40339 48 277 44 269 51 272 40339 38946 50 278 44 274 47 269 38946 37615 47 272 41 274 47 266 37615 36281 45 272 41 271 45 262 36281 34916 41 279 38 270 39 264 34916 33527 38 272 32 270 36 269 33527 32103 39 266 29 267 33 275 32103 30643 34 268 29 271 27 278 30643 29148 28 266 29 277 18 274 29148 27619 22 262 28 279 17 268 27619 26064 17 260 23 282 18 258 26064 24485 14 267 17 276 24 256 24485 22878 11 274 13 266 21 247 22878 21240 7 275 11 262 13 241 21240 19598 9 291 11 271 10 251 19598 18028 13 293 12 276 11 259 18028 16601 15 285 10*272 10 253 16601 15325 15 268 6*258 9 230 15325 14175 14 252 5 254 8 210 14175 13133 11*243 5 255 6 200 13133 12187 8*242 5 259 5 205 12187 11328 6 242 5 263 4 222 11328 10552 4 232 5 269 3 254 10552 9851 3 206 5 275 3 295 9851 9208 4 183 5 280 5 319 9208 8628 4 180 5 282 8 323 8628 8136 4 176 5 284 9 319 8136 7751 4 171 4 286 9 317 7751 7483 4 170 4 288 8 315 7483 7319 4 170 4 288 6*313 7319 7225 3 168 3 288 3*307 7225 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