DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/11 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 28.7 - - 42.6 - - 45.6 - - 44.1 - - 36.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -29 - - 18 - - 39 - - -4 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 348 - - 1161 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7555 - - 8368 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 53 - - 1251 - - 1306 - - 1857 - - 78 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 90 - - 168 - - 19 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 5 - - 10 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 276 - - 265 - - 264 - - 260 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - -14 - - -22 - - -8 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2412 - - -2640 - - -975 - - -672 - - -1139 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9634 - - 10195 - - 9343 - - 7895 - - 8362 sfcLCL ODpotential -11371 - - -8662 - - -5768 - - -4523 - - -7428 ODpotential blCL 18593 - - 16217 - - 14136 - - 11746 - - 14651 blCL maxRH 43 - - 46 - - 69 - - 75 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.7 - - 42.6 - - 45.6 - - 44.1 - - 36.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.8 - - 23.7 - - 30.1 - - 35.0 - - 25.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.1 - - 42.5 - - 45.3 - - 45.0 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.6 - - 22.4 - - 29.0 - - 33.8 - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -29 - - 18 - - 39 - - -4 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 348 - - 1161 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96489 3 057 14 293 11 274 22 302 9 296 96489 89324 5 048 6 148 6 213 9 289 2 308 89324 83823 4 215 1 262 4 212 4 355 5 042 83823 79249 8 244 4 204 13 272 14 330 13 359 79249 75311 12 299 5 336 15 293 13 294 18 316 75311 71834 17 312 13 335 12 320 14 301 24 310 71834 68674 18 313 21 306 27 302 26 304 29 315 68674 65755 29 306 26 296 31 296 31 301 29 308 65755 63046 31 304 29 303 29 294 30 301 28 298 63046 60423 29 311 30 310 28 301 30 297 30 296 60423 57678 36 312 35 313 30 306 32 297 37 301 57678 54820 45 304 42 300 36 305 38 304 43 311 54820 52086 45 292 46 292 45 298 48 309 48 311 52086 49621 45 294 49 293 49 294 50 306 49 312 49621 47418 54 302 52 298 52 300 51 310 51 312 47418 45436 58 297 59 300 57 304 57 305 55 308 45436 43642 63 297 63 300 59 303 59 301 58 305 43642 42006 67 297 65 297 64 302 63 302 57 303 42006 40495 69 295 67 295 63 303 63 301 54 303 40495 39082 72 292 65 295 61 302 63 303 52 304 39082 37757 75 290 65 295 60 302 63 306 52 309 37757 36489 76 289 64 295 58 301 63 306 56 311 36489 35219 75 289 63 296 55 299 61 304 58 310 35219 33920 72 290 61 298 54 298 57 302 57 309 33920 32595 68 294 60 299 54 298 55 299 56 308 32595 31236 66 298 59 300 55 300 55 299 56 308 31236 29837 65 301 60 301 55 301 55 302 57 309 29837 28400 65 303 59 303 55 302 56 306 59 310 28400 26931 64 304 58 302 54 302 56 309 62 311 26931 25431 62 304 56 302 52 300 54 310 61 311 25431 23906 59 304 55 303 51 298 50 308 58 310 23906 22349 56 305 53 305 50 299 48 305 53 308 22349 20754 53 307 51 308 48 301 46 302 49 306 20754 19153 49 309 46 310 43 304 42 303 43 304 19153 17624 45 310 41 312 37 308 36 304 35 303 17624 16239 41 311 37 312 32 311 30 305 29 303 16239 15002 37 311 32 312 28 312 25 306 24 303 15002 13891 32 312 28 310 25 312 22 307 21 303 13891 12887 28 315 24 308 23 309 20 307 19 304 12887 11976 24 317 21 306 21 307 18 307 17 305 11976 11150 21 320 18 305 20 303 17 307 16 306 11150 10406 19 321 16 303 18 298 16 307 15 308 10406 9734 17 319 13 300 17 291 16 304 14 310 9734 9118 15 317 12 295 15 282 15 297 13 312 9118 8564 14 310 11 287 13*271 13 283 13 310 8564 8092 14 302 10 279 12*266 11 268 13 306 8092 7724 13 293 9*273 11 264 10 264 12 295 7724 7469 11 284 7*267 10 263 9 263 10 280 7469 7313 10*279 6 266 8 263 7*262 8*269 7313 7223 6*276 3 260 6 262 4*260 5*267 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