DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/25 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0959z - - 1337z - - 1602z - - 1900z - - 2201z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.3 - - 62.6 - - 68.2 - - 67.1 - - 55.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -22 - - 99 - - 225 - - 121 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1722 - - 5523 - - 4080 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7207 - - 7915 - - 11034 - - 9634 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top 7224 - - 8930 - - 12731 - - 11288 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 465 - - 3605 - - 2121 - - 2942 - - 1392 Hgt.Variab. W* 23 - - 261 - - 478 - - 354 - - 16 W* B/S 1 - - 6 - - 9 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 8 - - 10 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 183 - - 171 - - 244 - - 246 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -9 - - -7 - - -17 - - -33 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3590 - - -2919 - - 229 - - -1667 - - -948 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10814 - - 11849 - - 12502 - - 12955 - - 8173 sfcLCL ODpotential -10211 - - -8432 - - -3878 - - -6575 - - -6434 ODpotential blCL 17435 - - 17362 - - 16609 - - 17863 - - 13658 blCL maxRH 53 - - 65 - - 73 - - 73 - - 82 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 180 - - 10 - - 210 CAPE Temp@2m 52.3 - - 62.6 - - 68.2 - - 67.1 - - 55.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.4 - - 35.7 - - 38.3 - - 35.2 - - 44.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.9 - - 61.7 - - 66.7 - - 66.3 - - 58.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.3 - - 34.5 - - 37.0 - - 34.0 - - 43.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -22 - - 99 - - 225 - - 121 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1722 - - 5523 - - 4080 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 8 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] 98354 18 113 11 143 9 070 13 099 12 125 98354 90904 11 118 12 139 6 178 3 351 12 102 90904 85143 9 156 13 167 10 185 2 266 6 129 85143 80366 9 172 9 182 9 204 5 141 7 187 80366 76254 5 147 8 183 5 194 6 171 4 145 76254 72630 3 065 5 144 3 176 5 205 3 162 72630 69358 7 067 5 135 5 194 6 213 2 267 69358 66356 4 049 5 162 6 207 4 247 3 272 66356 63579 3 011 6 204 5 239 4 272 4 275 63579 60902 8 326 3 231 6 235 9 262 6 284 60902 58118 15 317 7 306 7 231 13 245 13 272 58118 55245 24 303 19 301 14 273 16 256 22 258 55245 52518 27 287 27 288 24 270 22 265 24 256 52518 50060 25 280 30 275 30 270 28 268 26 260 50060 47851 27 279 29 271 31 270 31 269 31 265 47851 45845 31 275 30 273 29 274 32 266 36 269 45845 44017 34 270 35 263 30 273 33 266 39 270 44017 42342 39 265 42 256 38 256 36 263 36 265 42342 40798 41 262 45 258 40 259 40 254 37 261 40798 39363 40 263 46 261 47 260 44 254 43 254 39363 38024 38 267 42 263 42 262 41 252 43 250 38024 36741 35 270 38 264 38 263 40 254 40 252 36741 35457 32 275 36 266 38 263 40 257 37 253 35457 34144 32 277 35 267 38 262 38 257 34 252 34144 32810 33 278 34 266 36 262 34 256 33 249 32810 31442 33 278 33 264 33 263 32 256 32 249 31442 30035 33 280 31 259 31 259 32 252 33 248 30035 28592 29 280 28 252 30 254 31 250 33 249 28592 27116 26 280 25 251 27 246 28 251 30 251 27116 25610 24 282 21 255 23 240 25 254 25 251 25610 24080 21 285 16 258 19 239 21 258 22 252 24080 22523 17 290 12 262 15 236 18 259 20 253 22523 20933 14 291 11 267 13 232 17 261 20 251 20933 19335 12 286 14 269 12 239 18 261 20 246 19335 17804 12 277 16 266 13 251 17 256 18 238 17804 16411 12 268 16 260 15 258 16 248 16 230 16411 15162 10 262 14 254 15 255 15 241 15 225 15162 14036 9 262 12 251 14 247 16 234 15 226 14036 13016 7 268 9 252 11*241 16 231 17 230 13016 12090 5 277 8 251 10*240 15*232 20 233 12090 11249 4 290 6 239 10 240 13*239 22 234 11249 10489 2 295 4 219 10 242 13 243 22 234 10489 9802 1 198 4 194 10 244 13 245 21 237 9802 9171 5 156 6*175 10 245 13 247 19 244 9171 8603 9 151 8*170 10 246 13 248 18 251 8603 8119 13 151 9 171 10 247 13 248 17 254 8119 7742 15 153 8 171 9 248 13 249 16 254 7742 7478 13 161 8 172 9 248 12 250 13 254 7478 7317 11*168 7 172 8 248 11 250 10*254 7317 7224 4*183 5 171 6 249 8 250 5*254 7224 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