DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 Truckee 7205ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 21.6 - - 28.1 - - 27.1 - - 19.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 60 - - -10 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 834 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7222 - - 8039 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1087 - - 766 - - 1430 - - 313 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 17 - - 166 - - 16 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 14 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 088 - - 088 - - 079 - - 057 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 19 - - 1 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1768 - - -1604 - - -1576 - - -3384 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8990 - - 9644 - - 8798 - - 10606 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9005 - - -8544 - - -7316 - - -12152 ODpotential blCL - - - 16227 - - 16583 - - 14538 - - 19374 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 43 - - 48 - - 29 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 21.6 - - 28.1 - - 27.1 - - 19.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.1 - - 11.5 - - 14.3 - - -0.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 22.3 - - 27.7 - - 28.1 - - 25.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.1 - - 10.4 - - 13.3 - - -1.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 60 - - -10 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 834 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 94829 64 291 55 295 59 290 66 274 94829 88164 37 299 43 298 41 301 42 289 88164 82963 25 305 35 296 35 310 33 309 82963 78575 16 304 25 291 33 312 30 319 78575 74739 11 302 25 283 29 302 28 321 74739 71313 12 317 21 289 23 306 24 325 71313 68183 13 317 21 300 27 305 25 320 68183 65280 20 301 28 300 27 302 28 306 65280 62577 23 306 27 305 23 302 31 294 62577 59950 25 312 26 306 26 295 28 285 59950 57193 26 308 30 303 31 296 24 299 57193 54301 33 305 33 306 37 299 32 301 54301 51521 38 304 34 308 38 299 38 299 51521 49023 37 307 36 306 35 307 34 305 49023 46785 39 314 37 315 39 314 37 324 46785 44747 44 321 44 320 47 316 50 323 44747 42881 51 322 53 316 60 320 63 321 42881 41177 56 320 60 316 73 319 76 319 41177 39618 60 326 63 320 78 321 86 328 39618 38182 61 334 63 331 82 333 86 333 38182 36851 68 343 78 344 88 342 80 347 36851 35585 77 347 90 347 90 345 91 354 35585 34320 80 352 91 349 89 347 101 353 34320 33029 92 354 95 352 94 350 101 349 33029 31716 102 350 101 351 99 350 98 346 31716 30372 103 347 100 347 99 349 95 346 30372 28996 93 348 92 346 94 347 86 347 28996 27594 79 349 84 350 89 349 78 349 27594 26167 70 347 80 355 86 354 73 355 26167 24717 67 348 80 359 83 003 63 002 24717 23246 65 353 72 003 72 011 55 006 23246 21751 58 356 57 005 55 012 48 005 21751 20227 47 003 44 004 41 008 42 359 20227 18699 36 022 33 011 32 006 35 355 18699 17240 35 044 29 027 27 012 29 357 17240 15913 38 057 30 042 24 025 25 003 15913 14726 40 063 31 051 24 038 22 012 14726 13657 40 067 31 058 25 047 20 025 13657 12688 40 069 31 063 26 054 19 038 12688 11808 39 072 31 069 26 061 21 049 11808 11011 38 075 31 074 26 067 22 057 11011 10292 37 078 30 079 26 074 22 064 10292 9642 36 082 30 084 26 082 22 070 9642 9048 35 087 28 089 25 090 21 078 9048 8512 33 091 27 091 23 095 21 086 8512 8058 29 093 21*091 20 095 20 092 8058 7704 24 093 18*090 17 092 18 095 7704 7458 19 092 16 088 12 088 13 096 7458 7308 16*090 13 088 10*085 9*088 7308 7222 8*088 8 086 5*079 3*057 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