DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1554z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.1 - - 40.9 - - 37.7 - - 36.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 190 - - 64 - - 98 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1893 - - 646 - - 618 - - 338 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8226 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9100 - - 7852 - - 7825 - - 7544 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2798 - - 1689 - - 1079 - - 710 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 314 - - 152 - - 171 - - 83 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 18 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 2 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 338 - - 356 - - 280 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 8 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 12 - - -32 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1700 - - 630 - - 603 - - 322 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7400 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -506 - - 207 - - 326 - - -4 ODpotential blCL - - - 9606 - - 7645 - - 7499 - - 7548 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 520 - - 90 - - 110 - - 230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.1 - - 40.9 - - 37.7 - - 36.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.4 - - 39.6 - - 37.1 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.7 - - 40.1 - - 37.3 - - 36.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.2 - - 38.7 - - 36.7 - - 34.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 190 - - 64 - - 98 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1893 - - 646 - - 618 - - 338 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 40 - - 104 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 97748 17 250 24 254 31 259 25 288 97748 90272 19 253 22 267 25 278 19 276 90272 84537 16 258 19 272 19 282 20 262 84537 79786 12 278 13 271 13 273 16 271 79786 75718 15 297 11 278 15 276 16 290 75718 72140 15 299 15 288 18 280 17 300 72140 68901 13 298 18 272 20 292 17 307 68901 65915 12 288 19 274 21 296 17 305 65915 63132 14 303 19 269 21 294 18 299 63132 60427 18 286 18 271 21 288 17 290 60427 57597 18 280 20 271 17 283 16 301 57597 54653 22 284 18 258 18 274 16 291 54653 51846 20 266 14 269 16 248 16 280 51846 49326 17 259 16 265 15 256 14 258 49326 47069 16 261 16 250 14 262 12 239 47069 45022 18 267 16 242 13 251 8 229 45022 43149 22 260 14 249 9 239 2 126 43149 41422 21 238 16 249 7 230 6 070 41422 39825 14 216 14 235 4 207 11 074 39825 38343 11 206 10 220 5 132 20 071 38343 36966 8 179 6 169 14 085 24 062 36966 35665 10 119 11 105 26 069 30 077 35665 34383 21 089 27 084 33 069 47 080 34383 33094 36 083 48 079 39 076 54 079 33094 31794 46 079 54 079 45 082 53 080 31794 30469 54 080 49 079 47 082 46 083 30469 29112 55 081 40 076 43 086 30 085 29112 27725 48 080 34 072 40 088 26 086 27725 26306 42 080 34 072 36 082 24 089 26306 24859 36 084 35 074 32 082 25 089 24859 23390 33 089 33 073 31 083 29 085 23390 21896 28 084 32 073 28 083 35 079 21896 20369 28 082 34 076 27 079 37 073 20369 18834 27 087 33 074 31 068 37 068 18834 17364 25 094 31 072 35 066 36 065 17364 16026 23 099 28 071 35 068 34 063 16026 14828 20 098 24 069 32 068 32 063 14828 13749 16 093 20 066 29 064 31 061 13749 12770 15 088 17 064 26 060 30 058 12770 11881 15 086 14 061 20 050 27 055 11881 11074 14 081 11 060 14 028 23 048 11074 10346 12 071 10 059 11 001 19 036 10346 9686 10 058 8 057 11 331 16 017 9686 9082 8*029 6 050 14 307 15 349 9082 8537 8*351 3 031 17 288 16 321 8537 8074 9 340 3*020 17*283 15 300 8074 7714 9 335 2*005 17*281 14*290 7714 7464 8 332 2 357 15 280 12*285 7464 7311 8 331 1 348 13 280 10 283 7311 7223 6 330 1 342 9 279 7 281 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