DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 Truckee 7206ft 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 29.1 - - 36.1 - - 35.9 - - 32.8 - - 30.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -43 - - -1 - - 39 - - -21 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1032 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7223 - - 8238 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 427 - - 1365 - - 871 - - 1751 - - 1398 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 17 - - 154 - - 11 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 6 - - 21 - - 10 - - 12 BL Wind Direction 213 - - 199 - - 216 - - 213 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -11 - - -9 - - -38 - - -13 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - -331 - - 1016 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7222 - - 7555 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential -6537 - - -6479 - - -5220 - - -5911 - - -5528 ODpotential blCL 13759 - - 13702 - - 13458 - - 13133 - - 12750 blCL maxRH 78 - - 77 - - 85 - - 91 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.1 - - 36.1 - - 35.9 - - 32.8 - - 30.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.1 - - 28.3 - - 30.9 - - 30.2 - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 32.2 - - 36.4 - - 35.7 - - 34.1 - - 32.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 26.5 - - 27.4 - - 30.1 - - 30.0 - - 30.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -43 - - -1 - - 39 - - -21 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1032 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 12 - - 7 - - 39 - - 64 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95919 20 003 19 013 12 358 27 340 17 357 95919 88948 14 026 16 021 11 021 17 353 18 001 88948 83515 12 041 16 039 11 021 9 042 8 330 83515 78979 7 034 7 029 7 010 9 046 3 243 78979 75055 9 005 1 036 7 336 5 343 2 007 75055 71567 6 345 5 263 8 290 8 318 5 282 71567 68395 3 318 5 264 10 284 12 312 7 346 68395 65455 9 254 13 248 17 251 13 269 17 268 65455 62726 7 218 5 250 11 253 17 258 19 239 62726 60083 15 245 16 275 17 268 15 265 10 241 60083 57297 27 254 26 248 26 247 23 244 21 252 57297 54389 26 248 25 244 29 239 34 237 43 244 54389 51632 24 242 25 253 31 239 49 238 54 239 51632 49170 29 252 36 257 43 244 55 237 54 239 49170 46959 40 255 44 252 48 241 55 235 55 236 46959 44945 46 257 49 251 50 240 55 237 53 234 44945 43102 56 260 57 253 56 247 61 241 53 234 43102 41413 64 259 65 250 71 248 71 240 61 237 41413 39855 63 255 63 247 73 240 79 235 78 239 39855 38410 61 260 62 253 64 233 79 231 89 235 38410 37067 70 267 70 255 61 235 80 232 87 231 37067 35793 77 268 68 250 64 241 82 234 87 230 35793 34526 70 265 67 246 65 242 80 234 88 232 34526 33234 67 265 62 243 66 241 75 232 85 233 33234 31924 64 266 58 244 59 236 71 228 75 229 31924 30585 62 264 58 249 55 234 67 225 68 223 30585 29209 59 263 55 251 56 234 63 223 67 222 29209 27802 52 261 53 251 57 234 62 227 67 222 27802 26363 47 255 50 250 57 235 62 229 67 220 26363 24899 45 252 48 249 57 237 60 225 66 218 24899 23415 42 252 46 248 58 239 57 220 65 218 23415 21905 40 254 45 247 57 238 55 218 63 219 21905 20365 36 256 43 245 53 235 55 220 61 220 20365 18818 30 255 40 244 47 229 54 221 59 219 18818 17339 23 247 37 241 43 222 52 220 56 217 17339 15997 19 238 33 237 39 218 50 217 53 214 15997 14794 18 235 29 233 37 215 48 216 52 211 14794 13713 19 234 27 227 36 213 48 214 52 210 13713 12733 20 230 26 215 37 211 48 213 52 210 12733 11846 21 220 27 204 38 209 49 212 53 211 11846 11042 22 208 28 197 41 206 51 208 54 211 11042 10318 23 198 30 195 43 203 53 204 57 208 10318 9664 23 196 30 193 41 203 51 203 58 205 9664 9066 24 200 28 191 37 205 45 204 54 204 9066 8527 25 204 24 187 31*210 38 208 48 205 8527 8070 25 205 21 183 26*214 32 211 40 207 8070 7712 23 206 18 185 23 216 27 213 32 209 7712 7463 18 209 13 191 20 216 22 213 25 210 7463 7310 13*211 10*195 17 216 18*213 20*211 7310 7222 6*213 6*199 10 216 10*213 12*211 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