DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - - 35.6 - - 36.6 - - 30.9 - - 29.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 37 - - 7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 218 - - 769 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7424 - - 7974 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1272 - - 2339 - - 2003 - - 1577 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 76 - - 136 - - 21 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 26 - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 200 - - 214 - - 217 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -13 - - -45 - - -11 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 202 - - 752 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -188 - - -253 - - -271 - - -720 ODpotential blCL - - - 7612 - - 8227 - - 7493 - - 7942 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 93 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.6 - - 36.6 - - 30.9 - - 29.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.5 - - 33.5 - - 30.4 - - 29.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.7 - - 36.4 - - 31.1 - - 31.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.4 - - 33.0 - - 30.6 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 37 - - 7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 218 - - 769 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 95 - - 71 - - 102 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 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] 95859 36 007 30 008 34 015 16 004 95859 88985 25 013 28 016 24 017 16 024 88985 83606 16 019 22 012 16 017 12 029 83606 79071 10 018 13 351 13 350 15 012 79071 75129 8 004 8 340 11 321 13 337 75129 71637 8 354 9 329 10 318 7 320 71637 68468 4 341 8 306 8 326 5 262 68468 65545 3 230 6 278 6 289 9 240 65545 62824 2 216 8 259 11 265 11 255 62824 60177 8 258 15 252 14 260 15 261 60177 57408 10 293 14 272 19 276 23 274 57408 54524 21 272 24 258 29 261 31 268 54524 51767 26 261 25 256 32 258 33 265 51767 49279 31 265 27 263 32 260 35 265 49279 47042 32 257 31 255 31 260 37 260 47042 45003 34 241 34 242 33 256 36 252 45003 43133 31 229 31 238 35 253 33 253 43133 41407 29 225 30 241 37 251 30 258 41407 39805 30 216 33 237 38 251 30 263 39805 38317 32 205 34 226 36 250 32 266 38317 36941 36 195 28 213 29 253 34 270 36941 35646 37 186 22 212 22 254 38 269 35646 34362 36 178 24 203 15 261 32 271 34362 33060 36 172 29 184 11 268 26 273 33060 31746 37 164 33 169 3 171 19 277 31746 30413 36 159 37 155 7 096 19 286 30413 29051 34 162 35 136 7 111 18 291 29051 27658 33 172 32 130 12 125 16 296 27658 26236 34 177 31 136 19 119 14 301 26236 24786 33 180 28 142 21 116 13 303 24786 23313 32 187 25 156 20 117 14 301 23313 21811 33 195 21 171 17 115 17 300 21811 20275 33 199 20 179 14 114 19 305 20275 18731 32 201 22 183 8 122 17 323 18731 17257 27 202 25 186 4 129 12 342 17257 15923 23 205 32 188 5 312 9 331 15923 14733 20 212 40 193 16 279 12 318 14733 13660 20 216 47 199 29 259 17 298 13660 12687 23 217 51 206 37 248 23 278 12687 11808 27 220 51 212 39 242 29 259 11808 11013 30 222 49 216 37 235 34 247 11013 10298 31 219 48 216 36 228 37 240 10298 9650 33 214 46 215 35 223 38 235 9650 9057 35 207 45 214 34 221 37 231 9057 8521 34 205 43 214 33 220 36 229 8521 8065 31 203 39*214 30 219 33 229 8065 7709 26 201 34*214 25 218 27 230 7709 7462 21*201 29 214 21 218 22 231 7462 7310 17*200 24 214 17*218 18*231 7310 7222 10 200 14 214 9*217 10*233 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