DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.8 - - 68.6 - - 66.2 - - 55.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 138 - - 319 - - 164 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1794 - - 3591 - - 2362 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8073 - - 9653 - - 8502 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9002 - - 10799 - - 9570 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1858 - - 4041 - - 2314 - - 797 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 286 - - 457 - - 320 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 18 - - 18 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 210 - - 222 - - 242 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -28 - - -40 - - -52 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3646 - - -3596 - - -3367 - - -2450 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12649 - - 14396 - - 12937 - - 9675 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8913 - - -8212 - - -7455 - - -7896 ODpotential blCL - - - 17915 - - 19011 - - 17025 - - 15120 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 71 - - 68 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.8 - - 68.6 - - 66.2 - - 55.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.5 - - 30.6 - - 34.6 - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.8 - - 66.8 - - 65.1 - - 57.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.3 - - 29.4 - - 33.4 - - 37.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 138 - - 319 - - 164 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1794 - - 3591 - - 2362 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 97922 11 213 4 201 7 215 12 164 97922 90502 12 172 12 201 6 240 6 216 90502 84788 10 159 13 195 2 271 2 189 84788 80057 10 108 9 171 5 237 3 032 80057 76012 3 064 3 093 3 210 2 049 76012 72458 3 139 3 313 5 337 5 011 72458 69244 7 035 1 269 4 341 7 322 69244 66286 2 289 3 315 3 336 5 321 66286 63530 4 258 9 295 8 315 3 336 63530 60855 6 245 13 247 13 275 8 292 60855 58066 9 272 13 236 15 249 11 269 58066 55178 21 260 21 248 22 243 22 249 55178 52434 27 258 28 253 29 247 29 241 52434 49971 35 251 37 250 33 250 33 242 49971 47780 41 243 39 247 39 248 36 245 47780 45823 42 247 44 249 45 246 40 244 45823 44057 46 253 51 248 51 247 48 245 44057 42431 50 251 52 247 52 245 51 243 42431 40909 51 252 50 248 47 246 46 243 40909 39476 52 254 47 249 45 246 43 241 39476 38131 51 256 44 250 44 245 43 238 38131 36845 49 257 41 251 45 245 42 236 36845 35557 47 258 39 251 44 243 41 234 35557 34243 45 258 38 251 42 242 39 233 34243 32906 41 257 38 250 39 243 37 233 32906 31536 34 253 37 250 37 243 35 231 31536 30125 27 247 31 245 34 243 33 229 30125 28676 22 239 26 232 30 243 31 229 28676 27193 20 244 20 215 25 238 28 231 27193 25679 20 249 15 215 19 227 25 231 25679 24139 19 249 12 228 14 212 23 224 24139 22572 17 243 10 230 13 202 22 210 22572 20974 15 242 11 226 15 201 22 196 20974 19371 13 236 14 223 17 197 23 183 19371 17836 12 227 15 219 16 191 24 172 17836 16437 12 220 13 215 17 182 23 168 16437 15184 11 221 12 209 17 179 20 168 15184 14054 13 225 13 201 16 183 17 176 14054 13029 15 226 15 199 15 195 15 190 13029 12098 18 224 17 205 17 212 16 207 12098 11254 21 221 18*213 20 223 19 219 11254 10492 22 218 18*217 21 229 22 226 10492 9802 23 215 19 219 21*233 24 230 9802 9172 21*212 19 221 20*237 26 232 9172 8602 19*210 18 224 19 241 25 235 8602 8118 17 210 18 225 18 243 23 239 8118 7740 16 210 17 226 18 243 18 243 7740 7477 14 210 16 226 16 244 14 245 7477 7316 12 210 14 227 14 244 11*246 7316 7224 8 209 10 227 10 245 5*245 7224 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