DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 63.2 - - 59.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 232 - - 230 - - 118 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6398 - - 6808 - - 2548 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11718 - - 12020 - - 8514 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13606 - - 14016 - - 9756 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2654 - - 4283 - - 4918 - - 1738 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 502 - - 506 - - 300 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 41 - - 33 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 3 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 124 - - 271 - - 280 - - 273 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 30 - - -28 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2125 - - 2311 - - 649 - - -1018 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11482 - - 11706 - - 9108 - - 8243 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -339 - - 345 - - -1983 - - -4658 ODpotential blCL - - - 13945 - - 13671 - - 11739 - - 11882 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 87 - - 95 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 240 - - 500 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 63.2 - - 59.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.1 - - 36.7 - - 44.3 - - 41.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.9 - - 61.4 - - 58.7 - - 54.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.8 - - 35.6 - - 43.0 - - 41.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 232 - - 230 - - 118 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6398 - - 6808 - - 2548 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 46 - - 81 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 - - 7 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] 98247 8 119 12 126 7 112 9 080 98247 90793 12 118 6 118 5 107 6 073 90793 85061 12 140 3 141 2 120 3 092 85061 80312 10 183 1 294 2 119 3 223 80312 76219 12 197 2 207 1 131 1 042 76219 72595 5 149 3 132 3 138 2 068 72595 69304 1 142 3 254 2 110 2 104 69304 66274 1 273 4 278 4 341 5 067 66274 63465 2 016 4 243 6 307 3 353 63465 60741 10 327 3 348 8 322 5 335 60741 57909 9 341 5 319 11 296 12 319 57909 55001 13 344 9 338 9 299 14 313 55001 52250 18 329 16 324 13 327 14 319 52250 49787 23 340 21 324 19 333 18 332 49787 47596 31 339 28 324 27 326 25 332 47596 45627 29 343 31 332 30 327 27 336 45627 43837 37 352 36 340 31 326 31 333 43837 42189 41 351 39 342 30 329 31 328 42189 40654 41 352 41 347 30 341 26 334 40654 39214 41 357 40 355 30 349 26 346 39214 37862 42 000 39 002 30 349 25 348 37862 36570 40 002 37 006 27 347 25 344 36570 35277 37 359 32 003 24 342 24 337 35277 33958 35 004 29 356 24 338 24 336 33958 32617 31 008 28 353 24 340 23 339 32617 31245 27 004 29 353 23 341 22 338 31245 29833 26 357 28 351 22 341 20 334 29833 28384 28 358 27 351 21 351 18 336 28384 26902 28 357 26 359 18 005 16 343 26902 25394 23 352 23 002 15 006 12 344 25394 23867 19 350 18 354 14 353 10 338 23867 22317 16 353 15 344 13 339 11 334 22317 20736 13 356 12 350 8 322 11 328 20736 19153 9 345 7 343 6 301 7 316 19153 17645 5 334 3 335 1 189 3 241 17645 16278 2 350 2 335 4 121 6 175 16278 15054 2 002 2*322 5 112 6 158 15054 13949 2*012 1*298 5 104 6 141 13949 12946 1*045 2 285 3 089 5 126 12946 12034 1 113 2 279 1 040 4 108 12034 11205 1 120 2 271 2 316 2 083 11205 10455 2 126 3 269 4 298 1 011 10455 9775 3 126 4 267 7*288 3 318 9775 9151 3 126 4 267 11*282 6 292 9151 8588 3 127 4 267 12 280 11 283 8588 8109 3 127 4 266 12 279 12 280 8109 7736 3 127 4 266 12 279 12 277 7736 7475 3 124 4 267 11 279 10 275 7475 7316 3 123 4 266 10 279 8*274 7316 7224 3 124 3 265 7 278 5*273 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