DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 Truckee 7204ft 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 - - - 15.6 - - 18.6 - - 18.2 - - 10.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 71 - - 109 - - 9 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1579 - - 1742 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7204 - - 7836 - - 7204 - - 7204 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8783 - - 8946 - - 7221 - - 7221 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 818 - - 805 - - 1849 - - 456 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 209 - - 249 - - 23 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 19 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 041 - - 047 - - 056 - - 052 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 21 - - 9 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1563 - - 1725 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7221 - - 7221 - - 7221 - - 7221 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 696 - - 330 - - -7169 - - -8845 ODpotential blCL - - - 8087 - - 8616 - - 14390 - - 16066 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 95 - - 86 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 15.6 - - 18.6 - - 18.2 - - 10.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 12.7 - - 13.8 - - 13.1 - - 6.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 15.2 - - 17.9 - - 18.0 - - 13.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 12.1 - - 12.8 - - 12.7 - - 10.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 71 - - 109 - - 9 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1579 - - 1742 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 78 - - 45 - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96092 34 279 43 273 52 270 43 270 96092 88995 29 278 35 276 34 283 28 276 88995 83549 22 285 23 268 22 275 20 271 83549 79005 20 289 16 282 17 282 16 279 79005 75043 28 274 25 281 23 292 15 286 75043 71497 25 267 21 269 17 291 13 298 71497 68249 20 278 18 288 26 292 24 309 68249 65264 19 289 25 275 28 281 30 295 65264 62507 14 281 16 258 17 274 24 288 62507 59817 14 313 10 319 14 318 16 309 59817 56976 37 311 34 313 29 314 22 318 56976 54010 47 297 42 298 38 313 30 327 54010 51188 42 292 36 295 42 319 41 327 51188 48668 35 307 37 307 45 325 47 325 48668 46424 40 319 43 316 49 326 47 322 46424 44397 48 323 49 321 45 328 40 332 44397 42552 52 325 47 327 43 338 47 349 42552 40873 54 335 50 339 51 345 61 346 40873 39341 61 342 61 346 61 344 68 346 39341 37927 70 341 69 344 66 345 69 349 37927 36618 75 340 69 343 72 352 79 359 36618 35382 79 347 66 348 78 356 91 001 35382 34150 88 356 68 355 79 356 91 358 34150 32890 97 358 74 356 77 356 89 359 32890 31605 101 356 77 353 76 357 87 002 31605 30290 102 353 75 349 75 358 84 002 30290 28935 102 353 72 346 73 357 83 359 28935 27543 102 355 71 348 72 354 82 359 27543 26117 102 357 70 351 71 352 78 001 26117 24663 100 357 70 353 70 351 69 002 24663 23187 99 357 71 356 68 352 63 360 23187 21688 96 358 72 000 66 356 60 357 21688 20159 91 357 70 005 64 000 59 357 20159 18627 83 355 67 009 63 006 58 360 18627 17164 77 354 65 009 62 011 56 006 17164 15834 72 355 65 009 59 014 54 014 15834 14644 67 358 65 010 57 017 53 022 14644 13574 60 003 63 012 55 019 51 029 13574 12606 50 007 58 016 53 022 50 033 12606 11729 38 010 49 021 50 025 48 036 11729 10937 29 018 38 028 45 029 45 039 10937 10225 25 031 29 035 38 035 41 043 10225 9586 23 039 24 042 32 042 36 048 9586 9003 22*041 22*046 28 048 32 055 9003 8479 22*041 21*046 25 052 29 061 8479 8037 20 041 21 047 23 053 26 065 8037 7692 19 041 20 046 21 054 24 066 7692 7452 17 042 18 047 19 054 19 064 7452 7305 14 042 15 048 15*054 14*061 7305 7221 9 044 10 050 9*056 5*052 7221 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