DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 41.0 - - 46.8 - - 43.4 - - 36.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -28 - - 5 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7207 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 315 - - 3176 - - 3154 - - 75 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 19 - - 26 - - 10 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 242 - - 181 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -13 - - -4 - - -3 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4813 - - -4089 - - -1972 - - -2963 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12037 - - 11312 - - 9195 - - 10186 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12552 - - -9291 - - -6229 - - -9781 ODpotential blCL - - - 19775 - - 16514 - - 13452 - - 17004 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 73 - - 41 - - 38 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 41.0 - - 46.8 - - 43.4 - - 36.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 14.4 - - 22.8 - - 28.5 - - 17.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.5 - - 46.7 - - 45.8 - - 42.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 13.5 - - 21.6 - - 27.4 - - 17.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -28 - - 5 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96151 17 331 13 328 17 356 6 260 96151 89179 10 072 13 017 14 031 17 058 89179 83758 20 084 6 043 5 032 18 050 83758 79229 20 037 8 061 2 255 7 043 79229 75297 8 358 13 061 4 108 3 074 75297 71799 8 246 9 024 11 088 10 087 71799 68654 9 129 9 298 9 047 12 068 68654 65793 15 075 8 235 2 122 3 012 65793 63129 9 037 8 140 10 118 7 200 63129 60520 7 145 12 089 12 119 12 171 60520 57787 14 125 13 097 14 134 13 156 57787 54939 19 114 15 124 15 138 25 154 54939 52190 27 111 26 120 27 132 30 134 52190 49690 28 113 31 124 29 136 30 135 49690 47434 26 123 28 136 29 146 29 153 47434 45385 29 140 31 145 31 152 30 159 45385 43514 38 153 39 149 30 158 26 156 43514 41807 51 153 51 148 39 165 33 159 41807 40241 53 152 57 144 59 154 45 164 40241 38795 61 160 58 148 64 149 68 154 38795 37453 63 159 59 152 65 149 71 150 37453 36181 60 157 59 153 66 151 71 151 36181 34912 56 155 57 156 65 154 66 152 34912 33618 50 152 54 154 58 155 61 154 33618 32301 42 146 52 150 54 156 58 155 32301 30953 48 152 52 148 53 156 54 155 30953 29567 48 155 51 149 50 154 50 157 29567 28146 44 157 48 153 47 153 46 159 28146 26693 42 158 43 158 44 153 44 159 26693 25209 41 160 40 160 41 155 41 159 25209 23701 39 163 38 162 37 157 37 157 23701 22163 34 164 36 162 33 157 34 149 22163 20591 29 162 34 160 32 154 33 146 20591 19015 25 156 33 157 32 154 30 150 19015 17512 25 151 32 156 29 156 24 155 17512 16149 24 149 31 160 25 161 18 160 16149 14932 23 151 28 165 19 167 13 167 14932 13837 20 157 22 170 15 171 10 178 13837 12847 17 164 15 179 12 179 10 192 12847 11947 14 172 11 202 12 196 11 201 11947 11130 10 186 12 221 13 208 11 207 11130 10393 8 202 14 224 12 217 10 209 10393 9725 8 215 13 220 11 225 8 207 9725 9114 9 219 10 218 10 227 7 200 9114 8561 10 212 7 224 7 227 5 194 8561 8091 11 203 5 242 5 225 4 190 8091 7724 12 189 5 244 3 214 4 193 7724 7469 10 190 4 244 2 199 4 199 7469 7313 8*199 3 244 1*177 4*198 7313 7223 4*225 2*242 1*181 3*230 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