DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 33.7 - - 37.7 - - 34.7 - - 28.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 23 - - 22 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 586 - - 1614 - - 546 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7792 - - 8820 - - 7752 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1331 - - 3250 - - 3005 - - 795 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 127 - - 154 - - 102 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 14 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 164 - - 196 - - 169 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -8 - - 2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 570 - - 1598 - - 530 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2424 - - -447 - - -320 - - -1743 ODpotential blCL - - - 10216 - - 9267 - - 8072 - - 8965 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 101 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.7 - - 37.7 - - 34.7 - - 28.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.6 - - 31.1 - - 32.4 - - 27.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.4 - - 37.5 - - 34.5 - - 30.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.7 - - 30.2 - - 31.9 - - 29.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 23 - - 22 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 586 - - 1614 - - 546 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 30 - - 103 - - 93 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 96888 35 102 25 086 40 101 35 094 96888 89747 32 104 22 094 36 099 36 098 89747 84179 25 106 22 106 25 104 28 090 84179 79518 25 104 18 113 17 111 18 078 79518 75475 17 101 17 119 10 099 14 073 75475 71897 12 097 11 126 4 119 6 062 71897 68662 7 083 7 139 4 149 6 156 68662 65678 4 346 7 164 1 209 5 174 65678 62893 9 277 7 236 9 255 5 006 62893 60177 16 251 17 260 19 234 17 267 60177 57339 17 240 19 250 20 219 27 236 57339 54385 19 260 17 247 19 226 24 231 54385 51539 32 274 27 256 26 248 24 233 51539 48962 45 250 38 246 35 255 28 256 48962 46647 48 232 41 244 46 245 37 251 46647 44556 41 235 46 245 53 242 42 244 44556 42652 45 246 54 243 58 240 46 239 42652 40901 49 242 60 237 58 233 47 232 40901 39282 47 238 56 235 57 228 49 229 39282 37782 47 238 61 237 58 229 53 227 37782 36401 52 238 72 233 59 231 58 226 36401 35109 56 239 77 227 62 229 64 225 35109 33840 61 241 70 220 65 225 72 224 33840 32564 68 239 66 219 65 222 76 225 32564 31284 66 234 69 223 55 217 67 224 31284 29984 60 233 70 222 51 215 48 219 29984 28654 60 235 65 218 54 214 30 217 28654 27293 61 235 61 218 59 214 25 214 27293 25902 60 233 60 219 59 213 25 215 25902 24483 58 230 60 218 56 208 31 218 24483 23043 55 230 60 218 54 207 39 214 23043 21577 52 230 57 220 53 207 43 207 21577 20080 47 228 49 222 51 207 44 204 20080 18578 39 226 39 222 48 206 43 202 18578 17145 34 223 33 217 42 202 42 201 17145 15841 34 218 32 211 37 196 44 200 15841 14673 35 213 34 206 35 190 46 199 14673 13620 37 211 37 205 34 189 48 198 13620 12665 40 209 37 204 35 190 49 195 12665 11798 42 205 35 203 35 190 49 191 11798 11011 43 200 33 203 33 190 46 186 11011 10299 41 196 29 202 31 189 42 183 10299 9653 35 191 25 200 27 187 37 178 9653 9060 26 185 21*199 24 184 31 171 9060 8524 22 174 18*197 21 179 27 164 8524 8067 18*167 16 197 17*174 23 156 8067 7710 16*164 15 196 14*171 19 152 7710 7462 14 164 13 195 12 169 14 150 7462 7310 12 165 11 195 10 168 9*149 7310 7222 7 164 7 194 6 165 3*147 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