DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/08 Truckee 7205ft 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 8.9 - - 21.0 - - 26.0 - - 25.9 - - 16.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -9 - - 23 - - 101 - - 26 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 196 - - 2468 - - 2465 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7204 - - 7204 - - 8333 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7221 - - 7401 - - 9673 - - 9670 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 55 - - 1744 - - 1677 - - 998 - - 982 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 73 - - 276 - - 179 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 2 - - 7 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 217 - - 269 - - 304 - - 017 - - 031 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - -7 - - -10 - - -6 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -128 - - -1483 - - 307 - - 1058 - - -449 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7349 - - 8885 - - 9366 - - 8612 - - 7671 sfcLCL ODpotential -6205 - - -5701 - - -9309 - - -7337 - - -9392 ODpotential blCL 13426 - - 13102 - - 18982 - - 17007 - - 16614 blCL maxRH 77 - - 51 - - 55 - - 73 - - 69 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 8.9 - - 21.0 - - 26.0 - - 25.9 - - 16.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.9 - - 8.0 - - 10.7 - - 13.9 - - 8.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 14.4 - - 20.8 - - 25.2 - - 25.7 - - 21.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 13.2 - - 6.8 - - 9.5 - - 12.9 - - 14.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -9 - - 23 - - 101 - - 26 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 196 - - 2468 - - 2465 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 7 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 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] 97253 10 073 26 028 29 040 39 050 31 064 97253 90229 27 069 29 064 35 066 39 059 35 076 90229 84650 20 057 32 077 27 070 34 069 32 082 84650 79944 13 043 25 066 25 075 27 070 25 078 79944 75868 12 072 17 073 21 059 20 070 23 083 75868 72271 11 033 13 050 7 059 15 055 16 046 72271 69017 7 030 6 043 6 352 12 031 12 015 69017 66027 22 272 11 338 5 283 12 323 14 322 66027 63250 20 259 20 278 19 290 20 318 19 307 63250 60555 23 279 26 269 28 267 28 285 27 287 60555 57743 35 278 32 274 31 266 33 272 32 279 57743 54817 47 273 43 276 42 272 40 274 38 280 54817 52012 56 266 55 273 54 272 49 276 46 280 52012 49479 62 265 63 269 64 268 60 276 54 280 49479 47202 72 267 69 268 72 267 68 272 60 279 47202 45131 82 265 73 267 73 265 71 267 68 275 45131 43234 88 264 75 267 73 264 68 266 71 270 43234 41484 88 265 76 269 72 266 65 271 70 267 41484 39862 88 266 79 271 71 269 64 273 68 267 39862 38359 91 268 84 271 72 272 62 275 65 267 38359 36970 93 269 86 270 72 273 60 278 60 271 36970 35667 90 270 85 271 70 275 57 278 55 276 35667 34386 91 270 81 272 65 274 52 283 45 285 34386 33092 91 271 75 274 60 279 52 287 42 297 33092 31785 89 273 73 278 61 282 52 288 42 307 31785 30452 87 274 74 279 61 282 51 289 43 314 30452 29084 86 272 75 279 56 285 51 287 44 318 29084 27682 86 271 75 279 53 292 48 285 44 319 27682 26250 85 272 74 280 52 297 44 287 43 316 26250 24790 84 274 74 282 52 301 43 296 42 310 24790 23307 81 275 72 287 52 303 41 305 41 305 23307 21797 75 276 69 291 52 306 37 312 40 306 21797 20257 71 278 65 292 51 309 34 320 39 309 20257 18711 63 282 60 292 49 310 34 328 39 311 18711 17232 54 285 53 291 46 309 35 332 37 313 17232 15888 46 286 45 291 43 307 35 333 34 317 15888 14686 39 286 38 290 39 306 33 333 30 322 14686 13608 35 286 32 289 33 307 28 334 26 328 13608 12635 31 286 28 288 27 311 23 337 21 337 12635 11758 28 286 23 288 21 315 18 342 16 349 11758 10966 25 286 20 287 15 320 11 351 12 009 10966 10254 21 288 17 287 11*319 6*003 8 037 10254 9613 18 291 15 289 8*311 4*014 7 073 9613 9026 15 294 12 290 7 307 4 016 8 098 9026 8498 12 296 9 291 7 304 4 018 10 097 8498 8049 10 294 6 286 7 302 4 017 11 085 8049 7700 8 287 5 276 6 301 4 018 11 076 7700 7456 6 267 4*273 6 300 3 019 9 071 7456 7307 4*236 3*270 5 299 3 018 6*060 7307 7222 4*217 2 268 4 299 3 020 2*031 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