DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/24 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 31.6 - - 38.9 - - 42.4 - - 39.3 - - 35.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -16 - - 16 - - 36 - - -1 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 136 - - 1293 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 7343 - - 8499 - - 7223 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 82 - - 1227 - - 1127 - - 1738 - - 535 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 60 - - 168 - - 5 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 3 - - 7 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 274 - - 294 - - 310 - - 290 - - 231 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -12 - - -7 - - -10 - - -4 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -818 - - 57 - - 152 - - -402 - - -2882 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8041 - - 7286 - - 8347 - - 7625 - - 10104 sfcLCL ODpotential -8146 - - -5594 - - -5135 - - -5494 - - -10033 ODpotential blCL 15369 - - 12937 - - 13634 - - 12717 - - 17255 blCL maxRH 53 - - 71 - - 71 - - 59 - - 48 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 31.6 - - 38.9 - - 42.4 - - 39.3 - - 35.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.1 - - 32.3 - - 31.2 - - 31.3 - - 17.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.1 - - 38.8 - - 42.1 - - 41.1 - - 40.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.3 - - 31.1 - - 30.0 - - 30.0 - - 16.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -16 - - 16 - - 36 - - -1 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 136 - - 1293 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 96427 15 090 17 065 15 067 14 076 14 070 96427 89369 14 077 12 101 10 071 13 096 14 070 89369 83860 10 098 7 107 5 096 4 105 12 067 83860 79252 5 121 1 218 1 103 1 321 7 045 79252 75268 2 140 4 218 4 236 5 298 7 086 75268 71726 3 256 7 248 11 271 13 301 7 003 71726 68503 7 300 10 253 15 268 14 293 13 328 68503 65544 23 293 15 290 19 280 18 293 15 314 65544 62792 27 275 19 288 24 278 21 293 17 301 62792 60116 22 288 23 281 30 281 28 294 23 293 60116 57319 32 288 28 279 32 283 33 292 26 294 57319 54418 39 274 36 279 39 282 36 292 35 290 54418 51660 43 271 44 276 40 279 39 286 38 293 51660 49193 48 279 45 281 40 284 43 290 37 299 49193 47004 56 282 52 285 49 285 45 291 43 310 47004 45043 66 280 57 285 48 291 47 299 43 300 45043 43250 66 274 56 289 52 291 43 294 31 310 43250 41600 60 284 55 297 43 307 47 318 49 330 41600 40084 62 290 49 296 51 320 56 316 60 319 40084 38683 64 291 49 313 48 317 55 306 44 331 38683 37378 67 287 56 318 38 331 39 323 43 338 37378 36129 65 283 53 309 45 346 52 339 46 341 36129 34876 60 283 46 303 46 345 51 338 47 342 34876 33592 59 288 39 311 35 332 41 325 43 340 33592 32284 54 297 40 322 39 319 46 316 39 334 32284 30941 49 308 45 325 46 319 50 318 37 332 30941 29557 46 315 47 325 52 324 51 322 37 335 29557 28136 46 321 47 324 52 326 51 324 36 334 28136 26681 46 324 46 324 49 326 49 324 37 325 26681 25198 42 324 43 324 44 326 44 323 40 321 25198 23694 37 322 38 320 36 323 40 320 39 314 23694 22165 35 318 35 316 30 317 37 314 38 306 22165 20600 33 316 34 314 29 312 35 309 40 305 20600 19027 29 321 31 316 29 311 32 307 40 309 19027 17523 27 328 28 319 28 311 29 307 38 314 17523 16155 27 331 26 319 27 309 26 308 35 316 16155 14930 27 331 25 318 25 309 25 309 32 316 14930 13828 27 327 24 316 23 310 23 312 28 312 13828 12832 26 324 23 315 22 313 21 316 23 307 12832 11929 25 321 21 314 20 317 19 323 20 303 11929 11112 24 320 19 311 19 321 17 330 17 303 11112 10376 22 319 16 307 17 323 15 337 14 307 10376 9710 20 319 14 303 15 322 12 342 10 314 9710 9101 18 320 11 300 12 320 10 346 7 323 9101 8551 16 319 9 300 9*315 6 341 3 328 8551 8085 14 316 7 303 8*313 3 326 1 196 8085 7721 13 308 6 303 7 310 2 313 3 181 7721 7467 10 296 5*302 6 308 2 310 4 188 7467 7312 8*284 3*298 6 308 1*304 5 208 7312 7222 5*274 2 291 4 306 1*290 3*231 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