DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/30 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 50.1 - - 54.6 - - 53.6 - - 47.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 389 - - 254 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4374 - - 5978 - - 4469 - - 972 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10185 - - 11591 - - 10229 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11581 - - 13186 - - 11677 - - 8179 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1492 - - 1570 - - 2308 - - 1906 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 457 - - 571 - - 449 - - 45 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 18 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 251 - - 287 - - 287 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -12 - - -10 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1919 - - 2374 - - 1625 - - 103 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9663 - - 10813 - - 10053 - - 8076 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1807 - - -507 - - -682 - - -2814 ODpotential blCL - - - 13388 - - 13693 - - 12359 - - 10993 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 65 - - 70 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 40 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.1 - - 54.6 - - 53.6 - - 47.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.9 - - 32.3 - - 34.6 - - 37.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.4 - - 52.4 - - 52.0 - - 47.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.6 - - 31.1 - - 33.8 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 389 - - 254 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4374 - - 5978 - - 4469 - - 972 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98371 10 151 12 084 20 108 18 126 98371 90925 14 129 11 103 17 094 17 098 90925 85229 13 123 14 116 8 126 19 080 85229 80514 14 115 15 125 7 126 17 078 80514 76452 14 111 12 128 11 108 14 081 76452 72873 8 096 9 134 10 106 13 106 72873 69631 7 164 8 152 9 115 11 100 69631 66618 11 181 10 194 3 189 6 075 66618 63797 14 163 21 189 15 217 9 251 63797 61058 15 232 11 214 12 204 16 209 61058 58195 20 233 15 233 15 243 15 237 58195 55221 22 241 22 244 25 251 23 253 55221 52384 26 247 29 248 30 253 30 255 52384 49830 31 252 29 250 33 255 34 255 49830 47546 33 259 35 262 36 262 36 260 47546 45483 35 273 40 268 41 271 38 267 45483 43606 43 279 44 273 45 275 44 275 43606 41889 51 280 48 279 49 280 49 280 41889 40312 55 283 53 285 54 284 53 284 40312 38853 59 286 58 286 55 285 57 286 38853 37500 62 287 60 284 54 287 60 287 37500 36216 64 290 60 284 54 289 60 290 36216 34936 68 293 59 289 54 289 57 290 34936 33633 71 294 61 293 52 291 53 288 33633 32314 67 295 60 295 50 291 49 287 32314 30965 59 295 56 295 46 290 44 288 30965 29581 51 294 49 297 41 290 40 288 29581 28163 47 296 43 303 37 295 35 286 28163 26713 44 297 40 307 37 300 30 285 26713 25233 41 298 38 304 36 300 28 286 25233 23727 38 300 35 299 34 297 28 288 23727 22193 34 299 32 298 32 295 28 293 22193 20625 29 294 28 303 28 296 25 299 20625 19052 24 290 24 306 23 298 22 302 19052 17548 20 288 19 302 18 299 17 299 17548 16182 18 288 15 295 15 302 13 296 16182 14959 15 289 10 292 11 307 10 294 14959 13861 12 287 6*297 5 323 5 275 13861 12867 8 279 5*299 2 352 4 196 12867 11964 6*265 5 298 2*340 5 164 11964 11146 5*258 5 295 2*321 4 144 11146 10406 5 255 5 292 3 302 2 117 10406 9736 5 254 6 288 5 291 1 015 9736 9122 5 251 7 284 7 286 4 316 9122 8568 5 249 7 281 8 284 7*303 8568 8096 5 248 7 280 8 282 8*299 8096 7728 4 246 7 278 8 282 8 296 7728 7471 4 243 7 278 8 281 8 295 7471 7314 4 245 6 278 7 281 7 294 7314 7223 3 242 5 277 6 280 5 293 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