DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1852z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 38.3 - - 40.8 - - 38.0 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 62 - - -8 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 590 - - 945 - - 118 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7796 - - 8151 - - 7324 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 661 - - 654 - - 951 - - 271 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 141 - - 173 - - 25 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 12 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 241 - - 247 - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -25 - - -29 - - -18 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 574 - - 929 - - 102 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7223 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5927 - - -3819 - - -4328 - - -6263 ODpotential blCL - - - 13723 - - 11970 - - 11652 - - 13485 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 83 - - 92 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.3 - - 40.8 - - 38.0 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.0 - - 35.6 - - 36.0 - - 31.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.8 - - 40.4 - - 38.4 - - 36.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.9 - - 34.7 - - 35.8 - - 30.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 62 - - -8 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 590 - - 945 - - 118 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 1 - - 34 - - 67 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 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] 96727 12 059 5 054 5 358 12 016 96727 89545 12 034 10 012 8 005 10 359 89545 84030 13 356 10 008 8 333 13 318 84030 79451 14 325 14 349 10 351 6 335 79451 75470 5 329 15 301 16 315 13 316 75470 71956 8 323 13 302 11 345 10 329 71956 68785 20 294 22 302 19 323 17 315 68785 65866 21 284 22 296 20 302 20 297 65866 63156 15 288 18 295 25 293 26 290 63156 60538 25 297 27 294 28 289 30 300 60538 57817 33 293 32 294 33 297 32 299 57817 54991 41 294 44 296 41 297 42 302 54991 52282 52 292 54 292 52 293 50 300 52282 49839 62 290 64 293 66 295 66 296 49839 47654 73 291 76 291 77 293 74 292 47654 45673 83 289 83 289 82 291 80 293 45673 43858 89 287 86 288 79 290 80 292 43858 42188 89 286 84 285 72 293 75 293 42188 40646 84 291 79 300 76 299 72 297 40646 39215 84 296 83 305 77 297 72 297 39215 37877 87 297 78 304 71 294 71 295 37877 36599 89 298 79 307 67 298 70 297 36599 35318 90 299 80 309 71 301 70 298 35318 34008 91 300 80 310 75 302 72 298 34008 32673 88 298 77 308 74 298 72 297 32673 31304 82 295 76 304 72 296 72 297 31304 29892 79 299 76 303 71 298 71 297 29892 28442 79 304 75 304 71 302 68 297 28442 26958 75 304 71 305 69 302 65 295 26958 25447 68 299 64 302 65 302 62 293 25447 23911 65 293 59 298 62 299 60 294 23911 22346 62 292 55 296 59 293 56 295 22346 20746 57 294 53 295 54 292 52 296 20746 19139 51 292 51 293 48 297 50 295 19139 17607 45 290 47 291 44 301 50 296 17607 16218 38 288 41 290 39 303 48 298 16218 14980 33 288 35 291 35 302 45 301 14980 13869 28 289 30 293 31 302 40 302 13869 12866 23 291 25 294 27 301 35 303 12866 11957 19 293 22 295 24 299 31 303 11957 11133 15 295 18 292 22 297 28 302 11133 10391 14 292 16 286 21 293 26 299 10391 9719 13 284 14 274 20 285 25 295 9719 9105 14 271 14 254 19 273 24 287 9105 8552 14 255 14*243 18 257 24 277 8552 8083 14*242 14*241 17 250 22 265 8083 7718 12*239 13 241 16 248 20 251 7718 7465 11 238 12 241 13*248 17 244 7465 7311 10 237 10 241 11*247 13*243 7311 7222 7 237 7 241 7 248 6*244 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