DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - - 33.3 - - 39.4 - - 41.3 - - 34.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 72 - - -15 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 832 - - 1159 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8038 - - 8365 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 750 - - 1006 - - 2147 - - 302 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 165 - - 197 - - 21 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 19 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 083 - - 088 - - 070 - - 044 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 25 - - 23 - - 4 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 614 - - 285 - - -762 - - -488 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7424 - - 8080 - - 7985 - - 7711 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9161 - - -8181 - - -7174 - - -9164 ODpotential blCL - - - 17199 - - 16546 - - 14397 - - 16387 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 67 - - 61 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.3 - - 39.4 - - 41.3 - - 34.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.3 - - 29.4 - - 31.7 - - 25.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.9 - - 38.9 - - 42.3 - - 39.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.2 - - 28.2 - - 30.6 - - 26.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 72 - - -15 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 832 - - 1159 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 96090 19 328 19 339 15 042 8 104 96090 89082 15 340 10 316 16 332 13 014 89082 83662 7 328 7 307 16 299 16 353 83662 79133 7 327 9 312 14 292 17 334 79133 75219 8 288 10 315 13 294 17 318 75219 71761 2 351 13 286 11 304 11 304 71761 68612 7 326 8 303 14 322 13 323 68612 65699 12 020 12 269 11 325 13 323 65699 62991 21 012 0 106 11 286 13 314 62991 60361 20 359 7 027 4 063 8 349 60361 57625 16 003 10 019 13 358 13 014 57625 54794 25 041 24 036 19 042 10 035 54794 52089 38 058 33 063 36 069 32 074 52089 49652 57 058 55 058 52 048 47 050 49652 47478 65 035 48 047 46 037 43 041 47478 45521 47 030 45 051 37 050 36 046 45521 43744 43 051 57 046 46 050 44 046 43744 42117 55 047 64 034 56 039 52 039 42117 40609 72 040 63 032 57 034 54 036 40609 39191 73 037 58 035 54 033 52 036 39191 37856 67 036 48 030 49 036 50 034 37856 36577 64 037 44 031 46 040 49 031 36577 35295 61 037 45 035 44 040 48 028 35295 33984 56 039 47 038 45 039 47 025 33984 32649 52 042 48 040 46 038 47 022 32649 31281 51 044 48 040 47 036 47 020 31281 29872 51 044 47 039 48 035 49 020 29872 28428 49 041 46 037 50 033 52 024 28428 26951 45 033 46 037 52 033 57 026 26951 25445 44 028 46 036 55 033 58 028 25445 23913 44 030 48 035 54 035 57 030 23913 22351 45 038 50 035 51 038 53 035 22351 20753 50 048 52 042 49 043 50 039 20753 19148 56 053 54 049 51 050 47 043 19148 17618 59 056 56 054 54 057 47 051 17618 16230 60 058 58 056 57 061 47 060 16230 14990 59 060 57 058 58 063 48 066 14990 13875 58 064 55 061 58 064 48 068 13875 12869 55 065 53 066 57 066 46 069 12869 11958 51 066 50 071 54 069 44 069 11958 11133 46 068 48 076 50 072 43 071 11133 10391 42 071 44 080 43 074 40 072 10391 9721 40 077 37 083 36 073 37 073 9721 9108 37 083 31 087 30 074 33 073 9108 8556 33 086 26*089 27 075 29 072 8556 8086 27*086 23*090 25 076 25 072 8086 7721 23*085 21 089 21 075 22 073 7721 7467 20 083 18 088 17 073 17 070 7467 7312 17 082 16 087 14*072 13*064 7312 7223 10 080 10 086 8*070 5*044 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