DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/07 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 - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 40.0 - - 50.2 - - 52.6 - - 49.7 - - 41.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 68 - - 134 - - 72 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1177 - - 2772 - - 1436 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 8768 - - 7207 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 8383 - - 9979 - - 8643 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 375 - - 3112 - - 2240 - - 1438 - - 505 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 204 - - 330 - - 215 - - 11 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 5 - - 8 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 248 - - 232 - - 245 - - 257 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - -10 - - -21 - - -33 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -6304 - - -3682 - - -440 - - 268 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13528 - - 12065 - - 10420 - - 8376 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential -14248 - - -9957 - - -6363 - - -5024 - - -4584 ODpotential blCL 21471 - - 18340 - - 16342 - - 13667 - - 11807 blCL maxRH 63 - - 68 - - 73 - - 73 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 40.0 - - 50.2 - - 52.6 - - 49.7 - - 41.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 6.9 - - 22.8 - - 32.1 - - 38.0 - - 37.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 44.1 - - 49.7 - - 51.6 - - 49.1 - - 43.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 5.8 - - 21.7 - - 30.9 - - 36.8 - - 37.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 68 - - 134 - - 72 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1177 - - 2772 - - 1436 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96346 27 304 27 293 34 290 27 300 30 299 96346 89237 24 307 28 300 31 296 33 309 25 319 89237 83815 26 313 22 307 26 306 27 313 25 326 83815 79314 31 320 23 318 22 304 21 313 27 323 79314 75425 31 321 22 317 24 304 23 309 29 320 75425 71977 30 315 23 321 26 310 28 305 28 314 71977 68830 28 310 28 318 27 316 27 301 29 306 68830 65897 27 301 29 306 26 309 26 301 29 296 65897 63146 28 298 29 293 28 293 28 303 29 292 63146 60470 30 301 29 290 28 286 30 300 30 299 60470 57673 34 294 32 292 29 292 30 295 30 301 57673 54770 39 288 35 292 32 295 33 292 33 298 54770 52006 41 285 37 289 35 294 36 288 37 289 52006 49523 39 290 38 291 38 294 40 290 41 288 49523 47299 44 298 41 293 42 293 46 291 44 289 47299 45282 48 295 45 293 46 290 48 285 45 284 45282 43449 53 297 51 293 48 290 49 280 47 276 43449 41789 54 299 54 290 51 289 50 282 46 278 41789 40267 55 303 53 290 52 288 54 285 50 283 40267 38849 57 305 52 291 49 287 51 283 54 282 38849 37519 55 305 49 293 44 287 47 282 51 279 37519 36247 52 305 47 294 41 287 44 282 47 277 36247 34975 48 303 45 293 39 284 42 284 46 276 34975 33678 45 302 43 292 38 282 41 285 46 278 33678 32362 40 302 40 291 37 282 40 285 43 280 32362 31014 34 302 37 290 36 283 37 283 39 280 31014 29626 31 297 34 289 34 281 34 285 34 280 29626 28203 30 290 31 287 33 278 32 288 30 280 28203 26749 30 288 29 286 32 278 30 286 27 276 26749 25268 29 295 29 288 29 280 28 283 26 269 25268 23764 27 299 28 294 27 286 24 281 24 266 23764 22231 24 300 26 296 24 292 21 282 20 269 22231 20663 21 301 23 294 21 294 19 286 17 276 20663 19086 18 306 19 291 18 294 17 288 16 279 19086 17579 15 308 15 290 17 293 15 290 15 281 17579 16208 14 295 13 287 16 290 14 295 14 286 16208 14981 15 270 13 282 14 287 13 300 13 292 14981 13877 16 253 12 277 11 282 10 301 11 298 13877 12877 16 246 11 273 9 275 9 298 9 304 12877 11970 15 247 10 267 7 265 8 290 8 308 11970 11148 13 251 8 261 7 252 8 274 7 311 11148 10406 11 252 7 255 7*246 10 259 8 304 10406 9734 8 250 7 249 8*244 12 255 11 293 9734 9119 6 238 7 243 8 245 12*256 14 284 9119 8564 5 223 7*237 8 245 13*256 17 278 8564 8092 4 213 6*234 9 245 12 257 17 271 8092 7725 4 217 6 233 8 245 12 257 15 268 7725 7470 4 220 5 231 8 245 11 257 13 267 7470 7313 4*226 5 232 7 245 10 256 10*266 7313 7223 3*248 4 233 6 245 7 256 5*266 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