DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/26 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.7 - - 57.7 - - 56.7 - - 49.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 217 - - 203 - - 141 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2550 - - 3014 - - 2264 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8714 - - 9030 - - 8334 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9757 - - 10221 - - 9471 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1178 - - 1314 - - 1453 - - 1337 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 351 - - 363 - - 293 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 25 - - 20 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 224 - - 226 - - 227 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 16 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -51 - - -47 - - -46 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1418 - - -1396 - - -1804 - - -2448 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11175 - - 11617 - - 11276 - - 9672 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6511 - - -6423 - - -6480 - - -8700 ODpotential blCL - - - 16268 - - 16644 - - 15951 - - 15923 blCL maxRH - - - 97 - - 100 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.7 - - 57.7 - - 56.7 - - 49.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.7 - - 31.9 - - 32.3 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.4 - - 56.6 - - 55.7 - - 50.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.6 - - 31.7 - - 32.2 - - 31.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 217 - - 203 - - 141 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2550 - - 3014 - - 2264 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 88 - - 99 - - 98 - - 75 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98482 4 136 9 131 9 132 6 137 98482 91112 9 104 11 149 6 135 6 124 91112 85431 6 133 5 118 3 100 5 086 85431 80697 4 174 4 080 3 021 3 025 80697 76621 1 199 4 096 1 344 4 344 76621 73041 4 297 1 222 1 038 2 335 73041 69801 4 235 1 293 3 278 6 002 69801 66808 10 259 8 272 9 268 7 282 66808 64017 11 234 8 279 3 286 5 304 64017 61286 12 208 14 254 18 256 19 261 61286 58457 23 255 29 256 26 253 24 259 58457 55552 23 264 26 247 22 255 22 265 55552 52776 13 277 16 237 22 256 26 265 52776 50268 20 283 19 254 30 255 36 261 50268 48017 33 270 33 260 40 256 44 259 48017 45974 42 261 46 258 50 255 53 258 45974 44102 49 259 55 256 57 252 60 255 44102 42372 56 256 61 251 63 249 65 251 42372 40766 59 254 62 249 64 246 68 249 40766 39274 62 250 62 247 62 245 68 246 39274 37891 62 245 63 243 62 244 65 244 37891 36587 60 243 60 243 62 244 63 242 36587 35295 58 244 59 242 61 246 61 242 35295 33979 54 245 56 241 55 248 57 243 33979 32641 50 245 50 243 48 248 52 242 32641 31272 47 245 44 243 44 246 44 241 31272 29865 44 245 44 246 40 248 39 242 29865 28423 43 245 42 248 38 252 38 243 28423 26948 42 246 41 249 37 250 39 242 26948 25444 40 246 38 246 38 243 40 237 25444 23918 35 248 33 243 36 237 38 235 23918 22365 30 251 28 241 33 234 34 234 22365 20780 26 251 26 240 30 234 29 233 20780 19188 25 247 25 240 27 234 25 231 19188 17667 25 244 24 240 26 234 22 230 17667 16284 25 242 24 238 24 233 20 230 16284 15046 26 242 25 235 24 231 20 229 15046 13931 27 241 25 231 24 228 21 226 13931 12921 28 240 28 226 26 225 24 224 12921 12005 30 237 31 221 30 221 28 221 12005 11175 31 230 30 220 33 217 31 219 11175 10428 30 224 28*222 32 215 34 217 10428 9752 29*223 27*223 27*219 36 215 9752 9134 29*223 27 225 23*224 36 214 9134 8576 28 223 26 226 22 226 33 215 8576 8101 27 224 25 227 21 227 27 218 8101 7730 25 224 24 228 20 228 20 224 7730 7473 22 224 22 228 18 228 15 227 7473 7314 19 224 19 229 15 229 12*227 7314 7223 12 225 11 229 10 229 6*227 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