DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.0 - - 56.6 - - 52.1 - - 41.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 452 - - 574 - - 318 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2213 - - 2847 - - 2584 - - 926 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8672 - - 9217 - - 8864 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9420 - - 10054 - - 9791 - - 8133 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 900 - - 1057 - - 960 - - 1260 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 428 - - 504 - - 401 - - 92 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 29 - - 27 - - 27 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 226 - - 227 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 19 - - 20 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -70 - - -60 - - -57 - - -46 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3750 - - -2039 - - -392 - - 911 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13171 - - 12093 - - 10184 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9046 - - -7677 - - -7015 - - -768 ODpotential blCL - - - 18466 - - 17731 - - 16806 - - 8901 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 97 - - 89 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.0 - - 56.6 - - 52.1 - - 41.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.5 - - 28.6 - - 32.5 - - 35.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.0 - - 53.9 - - 50.5 - - 41.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.3 - - 28.4 - - 32.3 - - 35.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 452 - - 574 - - 318 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2213 - - 2847 - - 2584 - - 926 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 28 - - 89 - - 57 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 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] 99040 10 075 11 086 8 111 7 032 99040 91658 8 097 7 103 7 055 12 087 91658 85924 9 107 11 076 11 099 9 104 85924 81136 3 090 7 072 6 108 10 091 81136 77017 4 156 4 128 7 108 5 103 77017 73382 8 188 6 243 1 177 4 042 73382 70079 7 187 5 283 4 297 3 343 70079 67027 13 227 17 236 5 266 3 068 67027 64192 7 217 13 208 16 229 12 230 64192 61462 4 238 21 239 18 232 15 207 61462 58593 27 234 28 226 18 229 9 185 58593 55564 30 238 28 229 29 236 27 242 55564 52667 36 238 38 234 48 243 52 249 52667 50088 39 240 51 238 61 241 65 247 50088 47798 46 242 61 240 65 241 70 245 47798 45735 48 244 66 241 68 244 66 245 45735 43856 55 250 67 243 73 246 64 251 43856 42127 59 252 70 244 77 243 75 249 42127 40530 64 253 74 245 78 239 76 239 40530 39054 67 252 78 244 70 238 65 237 39054 37691 66 250 80 243 71 244 63 245 37691 36406 65 247 78 242 77 241 69 245 36406 35125 63 247 75 240 70 232 71 244 35125 33817 61 249 70 239 62 231 70 243 33817 32486 57 250 65 237 58 238 66 239 32486 31121 53 249 60 235 55 237 64 237 31121 29716 49 249 57 233 52 234 66 241 29716 28274 46 248 52 231 50 232 61 244 28274 26802 45 250 46 230 49 232 52 236 26802 25303 42 251 42 230 46 232 50 226 25303 23781 36 248 39 229 44 231 52 224 23781 22231 32 240 37 225 42 232 51 224 22231 20647 28 231 35 220 38 233 47 224 20647 19057 25 220 32 214 36 230 43 222 19057 17538 24 208 31 209 35 225 41 222 17538 16158 23 199 30 206 36 221 42 223 16158 14926 24 196 30 204 36 220 44 224 14926 13819 25 199 31 204 36 220 45 225 13819 12820 26 205 31 207 37 221 45 228 12820 11916 29 212 33 210 39 220 46 229 11916 11099 32 218 35 211 41 217 47 228 11099 10364 37 218 34*214 38*218 46 227 10364 9700 37*219 32*218 32*222 42 228 9700 9095 36*220 30 224 29 226 36 233 9095 8548 33 224 29 227 28 228 32*237 8548 8084 30 225 28 228 27 229 29*239 8084 7721 28 226 26 229 25 229 26 240 7721 7468 26 227 24 230 23 230 23 240 7468 7312 22 227 21 230 20 230 19 240 7312 7223 14 228 13 230 12 230 10 241 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