DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/04 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 25.4 - - 36.3 - - 41.8 - - 36.8 - - 32.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 19 - - 58 - - -3 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 115 - - 767 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7321 - - 7973 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 362 - - 752 - - 841 - - 802 - - 224 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 60 - - 159 - - 8 - - 11 W* B/S 0 - - 37 - - 8 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 328 - - 069 - - 038 - - 012 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - -5 - - 4 - - -2 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3919 - - -3407 - - -1955 - - -1525 - - -1266 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11141 - - 10728 - - 9928 - - 8748 - - 8489 sfcLCL ODpotential -16513 - - -12875 - - -9333 - - -9547 - - -10242 ODpotential blCL 23735 - - 20196 - - 17306 - - 16769 - - 17464 blCL maxRH 72 - - 83 - - 69 - - 78 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 25.4 - - 36.3 - - 41.8 - - 36.8 - - 32.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 3.1 - - 15.3 - - 23.9 - - 24.1 - - 21.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 30.9 - - 36.1 - - 41.2 - - 38.5 - - 36.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 1.9 - - 14.3 - - 22.8 - - 22.8 - - 19.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 19 - - 58 - - -3 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 115 - - 767 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 33 - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96366 24 096 22 067 26 086 19 087 21 101 96366 89341 34 085 29 076 23 092 22 074 20 092 89341 83915 32 081 27 073 28 076 21 082 18 096 83915 79398 29 079 20 080 22 070 24 070 18 084 79398 75493 27 068 23 071 18 083 19 072 16 069 75493 72042 26 049 23 053 21 072 19 070 17 072 72042 68911 23 051 17 053 18 059 20 044 17 061 68911 66022 26 055 17 062 16 056 19 031 17 037 66022 63338 28 047 21 055 16 059 15 023 15 024 63338 60737 30 043 27 047 21 049 18 019 18 022 60737 58032 33 041 33 040 30 032 26 015 25 017 58032 55227 43 039 39 029 33 023 30 014 26 005 55227 52538 43 031 36 031 34 032 34 020 28 012 52538 50100 47 038 53 026 49 025 44 016 37 008 50100 47903 69 025 60 018 56 017 50 003 41 360 47903 45891 68 016 62 013 53 012 44 356 40 357 45891 44025 57 017 56 010 48 017 45 004 42 003 44025 42289 59 025 53 017 58 022 55 008 55 003 42289 40672 72 027 64 019 71 015 62 005 64 356 40672 39169 86 022 77 012 77 009 70 358 65 357 39169 37774 91 015 79 008 77 004 69 356 72 003 37774 36456 93 015 80 006 73 004 69 002 83 003 36456 35153 89 016 79 005 72 007 78 009 88 005 35153 33835 80 015 73 004 72 009 83 010 95 008 33835 32504 70 010 67 002 71 008 83 009 99 010 32504 31146 63 008 62 359 68 006 77 007 98 010 31146 29749 60 011 56 358 66 006 67 006 91 010 29749 28318 61 014 54 357 62 007 59 007 81 010 28318 26853 65 016 53 357 57 007 57 008 71 009 26853 25359 69 014 52 000 58 005 60 007 63 007 25359 23838 70 014 53 004 57 006 62 006 58 004 23838 22287 67 016 53 007 52 008 58 006 53 359 22287 20701 59 019 49 008 47 008 52 006 52 356 20701 19108 51 019 45 007 43 009 49 006 49 359 19108 17589 44 018 43 006 40 009 47 006 46 005 17589 16208 40 019 40 008 38 008 44 008 44 009 16208 14974 37 020 36 012 37 009 42 011 43 010 14974 13862 33 021 32 015 37 012 40 013 42 011 13862 12856 29 023 28 016 35 015 39 015 41 012 12856 11944 26 024 25 016 30 017 37 017 41 014 11944 11119 22 026 21 016 25 018 33 019 40 016 11119 10377 19 028 17 018 20 018 28 021 38 018 10377 9708 16 031 14 022 16 019 23 022 36 019 9708 9097 14 040 11 032 12 021 18 024 32 020 9097 8547 12 053 9 049 9 026 14 025 27 021 8547 8080 12 068 7 070 5*034 11 026 22 021 8080 7718 11 078 6 086 4*038 9 026 18 019 7718 7465 9 076 3*094 4 038 7 024 14 013 7465 7311 6*067 0*092 4 039 5 019 11*006 7311 7222 2*328 0 046 3 039 3*012 5*355 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