DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 29.9 - - 32.1 - - 30.2 - - 25.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 63 - - 10 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 504 - - 1126 - - 676 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7710 - - 8332 - - 7881 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 687 - - 692 - - 824 - - 346 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 120 - - 182 - - 85 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 15 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 232 - - 240 - - 251 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -33 - - -36 - - -30 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 488 - - 1110 - - 660 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4426 - - -3275 - - -13 - - -5900 ODpotential blCL - - - 12136 - - 11607 - - 7894 - - 13122 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 90 - - 98 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 29.9 - - 32.1 - - 30.2 - - 25.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.7 - - 27.8 - - 28.1 - - 21.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 29.7 - - 31.7 - - 30.3 - - 28.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.1 - - 26.9 - - 27.8 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 63 - - 10 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 504 - - 1126 - - 676 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 38 - - 60 - - 93 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96399 21 290 30 291 32 305 34 283 96399 89271 17 296 20 309 22 317 18 290 89271 83767 13 290 19 305 21 314 19 302 83767 79187 11 268 19 288 20 299 23 293 79187 75233 12 269 17 284 19 283 25 281 75233 71721 17 273 19 278 19 283 22 274 71721 68515 21 270 21 265 21 281 20 264 68515 65545 21 264 24 262 23 273 20 265 65545 62777 21 265 25 258 24 285 22 272 62777 60089 22 262 25 265 27 286 22 272 60089 57284 20 265 23 263 28 280 27 278 57284 54381 22 266 21 273 25 265 27 270 54381 51612 19 282 25 297 17 273 15 276 51612 49115 18 277 21 297 20 304 23 309 49115 46881 10 299 11 299 18 298 25 300 46881 44870 13 327 6 298 13 294 20 310 44870 43055 15 000 10 006 20 332 21 322 43055 41398 26 002 21 356 23 342 23 349 41398 39859 25 026 18 022 13 339 39 351 39859 38428 33 047 35 038 26 020 41 354 38428 37097 38 045 51 027 38 016 29 002 37097 35835 59 035 58 023 37 021 21 004 35835 34576 66 030 53 026 29 025 25 358 34576 33292 61 030 43 031 24 023 30 357 33292 31989 54 034 39 029 24 019 31 359 31989 30654 51 037 39 024 27 017 33 002 30654 29279 45 043 36 021 28 015 35 004 29279 27868 40 051 31 023 27 010 39 004 27868 26424 35 057 25 024 27 006 42 003 26424 24951 32 055 23 016 25 001 42 004 24951 23455 29 049 23 016 24 358 39 006 23455 21929 21 050 20 022 22 355 35 007 21929 20368 10 059 12 025 21 352 29 007 20368 18804 3 326 2 350 17 354 21 353 18804 17319 10 261 7 242 7 324 13 321 17319 15977 14 262 10 267 7 257 11 299 15977 14780 15 265 12 277 7 269 15 294 14780 13702 16 263 13 275 8 280 17 292 13702 12726 15 255 14 266 9 282 17 289 12726 11842 15 239 14 254 11 278 17 280 11842 11039 17 220 16 242 14 269 18 269 11039 10316 19 209 19 235 17 260 19 258 10316 9662 22 210 22 233 20 253 22 252 9662 9064 24 217 23 234 21 249 23 249 9064 8524 25 224 20*237 21 250 24 249 8524 8065 23*227 18*239 19*251 24 250 8065 7709 20*230 17 239 17*251 21 249 7709 7460 16 232 15 240 14 251 17 245 7460 7309 13 232 13 240 12 251 13*244 7309 7222 7 234 8 241 7 251 6*243 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