DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/21 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.9 - - 32.3 - - 36.9 - - - - - 28.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 2 - - 43 - - 42 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 892 - - 1422 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7205 - - 7206 - - - - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 8098 - - 8628 - - - - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1678 - - 1081 - - 1342 - - - - - 542 Hgt.Variab. W* 14 - - 148 - - 175 - - - - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind 10 - - 19 - - 15 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction 059 - - 097 - - 111 - - - - - 060 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 15 - - 12 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 9 - - 22 - - 17 - - - - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - 876 - - 1325 - - - - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7222 - - 7222 - - 7303 - - - - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential -274 - - 71 - - -2605 - - - - - -5173 ODpotential blCL 7496 - - 8027 - - 11233 - - - - - 12395 blCL maxRH 101 - - 96 - - 79 - - - - - 79 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.9 - - 32.3 - - 36.9 - - - - - 28.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.5 - - 29.7 - - 30.1 - - - - - 25.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.9 - - 32.0 - - 36.5 - - - - - 32.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.9 - - 29.2 - - 29.1 - - - - - 27.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 2 - - 43 - - 42 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 892 - - 1422 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 102 - - 83 - - 17 - - - - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 96500 18 083 24 096 10 078 9 119 96500 89488 29 093 18 060 26 106 20 085 89488 84014 24 080 14 107 13 119 11 089 84014 79426 7 106 21 118 11 112 8 026 79426 75454 12 135 14 121 10 113 7 062 75454 71934 18 112 5 118 9 134 5 099 71934 68733 21 090 5 180 8 204 4 136 68733 65777 5 096 8 171 8 229 6 117 65777 63031 8 271 14 127 5 165 5 216 63031 60362 13 251 10 129 2 261 12 171 60362 57582 13 192 6 082 5 201 1 094 57582 54707 19 147 5 030 10 113 8 044 54707 51968 23 106 7 354 5 024 20 038 51968 49513 26 091 12 068 7 042 19 034 49513 47313 34 086 24 072 24 072 17 041 47313 45315 45 070 38 070 39 066 22 048 45315 43481 52 056 49 066 49 058 29 048 43481 41801 51 057 54 063 55 051 53 035 41801 40264 56 058 62 052 65 046 61 042 40264 38831 67 052 75 045 84 052 67 051 38831 37485 75 049 84 048 104 053 74 053 37485 36200 81 045 94 050 103 047 74 052 36200 34919 85 045 102 051 107 046 71 051 34919 33617 88 048 107 051 104 049 68 052 33617 32294 90 051 108 046 100 053 65 058 32294 30939 93 053 109 049 94 053 65 062 30939 29542 89 056 107 057 90 058 64 056 29542 28110 65 053 101 059 87 057 64 046 28110 26645 35 047 93 064 84 052 64 042 26645 25150 13 043 64 065 79 053 64 044 25150 23630 11 065 31 052 63 056 63 045 23630 22082 11 054 16 027 47 051 61 045 22082 20501 15 044 12 018 33 045 60 047 20501 18914 21 056 13 035 18 044 54 051 18914 17404 28 068 18 048 13 053 42 058 17404 16041 32 075 22 052 16 065 29 066 16041 14828 34 081 22 058 19 072 21 078 14828 13739 35 086 22 066 20 084 19 092 13739 12756 36 088 24 077 22 098 19 103 12756 11865 36 089 26 088 24 108 20 111 11865 11059 36 087 29 095 26 114 21 117 11059 10331 35 084 32 100 27 115 22 121 10331 9675 35 080 32 102 25 116 23 124 9675 9074 34 076 31 102 23*115 23 125 9074 8531 32 071 29*101 19*113 23 124 8531 8071 29 066 24*098 17 112 21 119 8071 7712 26 064 21 097 16 111 18 113 7712 7463 21 061 19 096 14 110 13 106 7463 7310 18*060 16 095 12 109 9*098 7310 7222 10*059 9 093 7 107 3*060 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