DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/22 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 - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.0 - - 67.0 - - 63.0 - - 52.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 422 - - 181 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7237 - - 8062 - - 3816 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12456 - - 13296 - - 9574 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14445 - - 15269 - - 11023 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2506 - - 2138 - - 3995 - - 599 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 549 - - 643 - - 378 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 15 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 8 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 288 - - 280 - - 278 - - 271 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - -15 - - -32 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 38 - - 893 - - -1501 - - -2151 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14407 - - 14377 - - 12524 - - 9376 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1963 - - -1449 - - -3985 - - -6645 ODpotential blCL - - - 16408 - - 16718 - - 15008 - - 13869 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 65 - - 68 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.0 - - 67.0 - - 63.0 - - 52.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.8 - - 28.8 - - 33.1 - - 36.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.1 - - 64.7 - - 61.8 - - 54.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 28.4 - - 32.9 - - 36.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 422 - - 181 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7237 - - 8062 - - 3816 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 98263 11 302 10 243 15 245 15 258 98263 90874 5 278 5 274 8 288 6 236 90874 85209 4 016 8 002 6 048 7 054 85209 80546 9 105 6 336 9 032 18 038 80546 76534 10 084 3 187 9 024 14 048 76534 72968 13 045 10 100 4 046 7 049 72968 69721 4 325 5 033 5 108 4 203 69721 66717 11 217 11 256 10 307 1 248 66717 63915 8 218 15 215 13 253 9 277 63915 61194 14 236 18 233 17 250 16 251 61194 58350 17 231 23 238 24 239 18 257 58350 55401 18 229 21 238 26 246 28 260 55401 52594 23 256 27 248 29 242 29 256 52594 50074 30 250 27 242 27 252 32 263 50074 47833 29 245 26 254 32 264 33 260 47833 45816 26 256 25 264 28 261 27 259 45816 43985 26 271 21 275 25 280 28 276 43985 42306 21 289 26 296 28 292 25 293 42306 40757 22 311 26 299 22 306 42 314 40757 39320 27 334 24 319 39 319 51 321 39320 37978 41 343 37 334 51 326 52 329 37978 36696 47 343 49 328 61 336 50 335 36696 35412 46 341 47 328 73 340 51 340 35412 34099 45 339 47 336 64 342 47 337 34099 32763 44 337 50 339 54 336 43 323 32763 31390 40 332 50 337 50 327 45 320 31390 29975 37 334 45 333 51 321 50 322 29975 28522 34 339 40 328 41 326 48 327 28522 27040 32 340 35 326 31 322 38 324 27040 25530 27 341 27 325 27 314 34 315 25530 23996 24 341 22 323 25 310 31 306 23996 22434 20 341 20 318 22 307 28 298 22434 20841 16 335 17 314 20 303 24 292 20841 19243 9 339 12 295 15 298 17 285 19243 17719 6 345 6 271 9 285 11 272 17719 16336 6 325 3*257 6 252 8 243 16336 15099 7*311 3*261 6 238 7 217 15099 13984 7*302 3 270 6 247 7 212 13984 12974 7 297 5 275 6 261 7 217 12974 12055 6 290 6 280 8 272 7 234 12055 11221 5 282 8 281 10*275 8 253 11221 10468 5 280 9 282 11*277 9 264 10468 9785 5 280 10 282 12 278 11 271 9785 9159 5 281 11 282 13 278 12 275 9159 8593 5 283 11 282 13 278 13 277 8593 8111 5 284 11 282 13 279 13 278 8111 7737 4 286 11 282 13 278 13 277 7737 7475 4 285 11 282 12 278 11 275 7475 7315 4 285 10 281 11 278 9*273 7315 7224 3 286 8 281 8 278 5*271 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