DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/09 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 - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 27.1 - - 32.4 - - 36.4 - - 34.9 - - 27.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -12 - - 36 - - 55 - - -9 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 542 - - 1545 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7748 - - 8751 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1126 - - 962 - - 1626 - - 2721 - - 930 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 121 - - 201 - - 19 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 9 - - 15 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 062 - - 089 - - 108 - - 103 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 3 - - 11 - - 18 - - 6 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - -415 - - -570 - - -1177 - - -1503 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7222 - - 8164 - - 9322 - - 8399 - - 8726 sfcLCL ODpotential -751 - - -5619 - - -6273 - - -5464 - - -7510 ODpotential blCL 7973 - - 13367 - - 15024 - - 12686 - - 14732 blCL maxRH 99 - - 83 - - 74 - - 79 - - 94 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 27.1 - - 32.4 - - 36.4 - - 34.9 - - 27.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.3 - - 22.4 - - 21.1 - - 23.6 - - 15.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.8 - - 32.2 - - 36.1 - - 35.7 - - 32.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.5 - - 21.2 - - 20.0 - - 22.4 - - 14.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -12 - - 36 - - 55 - - -9 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 542 - - 1545 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 96 - - 34 - - 0 - - 15 - - 75 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96863 24 092 26 081 23 097 30 107 25 105 96863 89749 29 098 24 100 20 094 22 112 25 087 89749 84175 26 102 20 123 13 102 22 109 24 093 84175 79514 18 099 15 125 9 094 20 094 20 096 79514 75489 11 088 8 118 8 086 12 097 15 096 75489 71930 3 114 1 201 9 073 10 098 7 099 71930 68703 2 353 6 242 5 305 5 057 3 051 68703 65735 8 314 7 293 7 261 5 217 8 270 65735 62986 20 269 20 283 17 273 9 257 11 269 62986 60316 19 246 22 259 20 263 18 271 16 275 60316 57517 17 263 17 265 20 259 25 265 22 268 57517 54592 30 283 24 277 26 255 30 249 29 258 54592 51785 37 275 30 271 30 249 34 241 31 250 51785 49252 36 267 34 268 32 251 36 259 41 262 49252 46975 40 271 40 274 47 262 50 256 45 258 46975 44906 58 270 56 276 50 266 49 263 41 259 44906 43010 68 267 77 269 63 270 60 269 46 268 43010 41276 66 271 79 253 78 257 73 264 70 258 41276 39707 116 291 75 257 78 253 77 266 72 261 39707 38280 133 291 89 266 84 259 96 266 89 264 38280 36960 121 290 89 266 91 262 105 261 109 260 36960 35702 116 289 86 267 89 261 99 258 98 258 35702 34445 106 286 86 270 84 261 93 255 82 255 34445 33166 96 281 85 273 77 261 86 251 77 245 33166 31862 87 273 83 275 73 261 77 254 75 243 31862 30527 87 270 80 273 71 261 60 262 66 246 30527 29157 85 266 77 271 69 264 58 267 56 258 29157 27755 84 264 77 270 69 265 54 266 46 261 27755 26321 86 266 73 270 72 269 46 271 45 255 26321 24857 80 268 71 268 71 272 39 272 44 261 24857 23366 74 276 69 270 66 271 39 271 45 265 23366 21848 68 285 68 276 61 273 45 265 41 270 21848 20301 62 291 64 279 55 275 47 268 35 270 20301 18753 56 291 51 281 45 275 40 276 22 257 18753 17280 49 290 38 285 33 273 29 277 16 226 17280 15945 40 290 28 294 21 274 20 268 18 210 15945 14753 32 294 21 309 11 277 16 246 19 203 14753 13681 26 302 16 328 1 259 15 223 16 193 13681 12710 22 314 14 354 5 102 12 200 16 175 12710 11830 21 327 14 017 12 094 11 172 18 153 11830 11032 21 336 16 034 16 090 13 141 22 136 11032 10310 21 343 17 044 19 091 17 123 26 126 10310 9659 20 350 18 051 20 097 19 114 28 122 9659 9062 17 001 17 059 19*104 20 110 29 121 9062 8524 13 028 16 071 18*107 19 108 28 121 8524 8067 12 054 14*082 17 108 17 106 25 122 8067 7710 12 063 12*088 15 108 15 105 21 122 7710 7462 11 064 10 089 14 108 13 104 16 122 7462 7310 8*063 8 090 12 108 11*103 11*121 7310 7222 4*062 6 091 8 107 6*103 4*119 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