DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/12 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 - - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1333z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 64.1 - - 65.5 - - 59.9 - - 49.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 307 - - 496 - - 262 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3682 - - 4399 - - 2731 - - 222 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9690 - - 10408 - - 8915 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10890 - - 11607 - - 9939 - - 7429 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1253 - - 1036 - - 1109 - - 1259 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 446 - - 555 - - 383 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 26 - - 32 - - 34 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 228 - - 232 - - 237 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 20 - - 26 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -54 - - -57 - - -77 - - -36 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4662 - - -2343 - - -2122 - - -2353 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15553 - - 13950 - - 12062 - - 9782 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11883 - - -9284 - - -10476 - - -12357 ODpotential blCL - - - 22773 - - 20891 - - 20415 - - 19786 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 57 - - 47 - - 51 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.1 - - 65.5 - - 59.9 - - 49.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.2 - - 29.3 - - 32.1 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.6 - - 63.3 - - 58.6 - - 50.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.8 - - 28.9 - - 31.9 - - 31.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 307 - - 496 - - 262 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3682 - - 4399 - - 2731 - - 222 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 37 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 98755 9 244 10 236 15 244 13 269 98755 91346 13 224 8 255 10 228 11 250 91346 85603 10 232 11 263 6 274 13 247 85603 80828 5 217 6 242 6 301 3 282 80828 76710 2 285 7 257 9 279 5 345 76710 73073 4 016 5 161 5 167 1 144 73073 69809 11 299 10 280 4 354 5 042 69809 66827 4 169 7 223 7 298 7 334 66827 64068 8 267 12 280 11 297 9 282 64068 61385 14 269 15 268 11 342 7 035 61385 58569 2 176 6 238 33 280 34 268 58569 55698 30 273 41 260 52 258 52 262 55698 53033 53 274 51 266 57 257 53 260 53033 50648 67 276 62 273 61 263 59 262 50648 48498 76 275 69 272 70 270 64 269 48498 46530 79 274 77 267 79 269 74 271 46530 44710 77 270 76 263 82 263 80 268 44710 43013 75 266 75 262 84 260 83 263 43013 41423 72 264 76 262 85 259 85 261 41423 39931 70 264 75 262 84 260 86 262 39931 38531 69 265 74 261 81 260 84 263 38531 37195 69 266 73 260 78 260 82 264 37195 35861 70 265 73 259 75 259 79 263 35861 34502 68 263 72 259 73 258 78 261 34502 33123 65 260 70 258 71 257 76 260 33123 31713 60 258 69 256 68 255 74 258 31713 30264 59 258 68 254 66 253 71 255 30264 28781 56 254 67 252 66 252 70 253 28781 27266 54 251 65 251 66 252 69 252 27266 25725 52 250 63 251 65 251 69 251 25725 24160 51 251 61 249 63 250 70 250 24160 22568 52 251 59 246 61 250 70 249 22568 20941 51 250 58 244 59 249 69 249 20941 19312 48 250 55 244 56 247 66 251 19312 17759 44 249 51 246 53 247 63 253 17759 16351 41 249 47 247 51 249 61 254 16351 15094 39 247 44 247 49 251 59 254 15094 13964 37 244 42 245 47 250 57 252 13964 12942 36 239 40 239 46 246 55 248 12942 12017 36 235 36*234 45 242 53 243 12017 11182 34*231 34*231 45 236 53 239 11182 10430 31*230 34 231 44*234 52 236 10430 9752 30 228 34 231 40*235 51 236 9752 9131 28 228 33 232 38 236 49 236 9131 8573 27 228 32 232 36 237 45 236 8573 8099 26 228 31 232 34 238 39 236 8099 7729 24 228 29 233 32 238 33 236 7729 7472 22 228 27 233 29 238 28*237 7472 7314 18 229 23 233 25 239 24*237 7314 7223 12 229 14 233 14 238 13 237 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