DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.7 - - 41.3 - - 37.5 - - 34.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -29 - - -23 - - -23 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 217 - - 1002 - - 421 - - 75 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 13 - - 23 - - 14 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 8 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 240 - - 241 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -20 - - -14 - - -10 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3977 - - -2713 - - -1996 - - -5472 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11200 - - 9937 - - 9219 - - 12696 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12481 - - -9032 - - -9251 - - -13789 ODpotential blCL - - - 19704 - - 16255 - - 16474 - - 21012 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 80 - - 78 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.7 - - 41.3 - - 37.5 - - 34.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 11.9 - - 23.4 - - 22.9 - - 5.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.9 - - 42.9 - - 41.4 - - 41.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 10.8 - - 22.3 - - 21.8 - - 4.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -29 - - -23 - - -23 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 21 - - 12 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96147 26 040 23 046 18 082 12 090 96147 89073 22 059 17 076 21 054 28 049 89073 83625 21 059 16 068 25 042 34 044 83625 79113 22 059 19 057 23 046 23 047 79113 75225 23 047 23 053 22 050 16 057 75225 71780 26 031 26 037 25 038 20 056 71780 68654 21 025 22 015 26 028 23 043 68654 65776 18 016 20 359 26 018 25 028 65776 63099 19 008 21 351 26 004 24 012 63099 60501 23 004 25 349 26 350 26 355 60501 57789 33 356 29 343 30 345 29 343 57789 54957 40 347 32 337 36 333 33 337 54957 52232 38 334 33 341 34 329 37 328 52232 49759 36 324 36 330 36 331 34 323 49759 47531 36 320 40 318 45 319 42 322 47531 45506 39 320 48 317 52 314 49 319 45506 43641 47 319 51 315 51 308 48 312 43641 41908 49 321 47 314 48 308 46 308 41908 40296 49 316 46 309 44 304 43 304 40296 38815 45 312 44 305 43 298 44 295 38815 37467 44 307 42 305 44 293 49 285 37467 36203 48 297 44 300 47 295 51 284 36203 34940 49 294 44 293 53 292 49 290 34940 33650 48 295 43 292 51 291 48 292 33650 32337 44 299 44 294 44 298 46 288 32337 30990 36 300 42 297 42 299 44 288 30990 29605 30 300 39 302 39 297 38 294 29605 28184 28 297 34 298 35 300 34 302 28184 26732 27 296 32 295 33 300 29 301 26732 25253 17 297 26 297 30 300 28 302 25253 23751 12 296 18 295 26 306 28 305 23751 22220 12 296 12 290 22 307 25 312 22220 20656 12 297 14 295 20 304 22 317 20656 19084 11 297 17 298 19 302 19 314 19084 17578 11 297 17 298 18 304 15 312 17578 16207 10 295 15 300 17 307 13 311 16207 14980 10 293 14 302 15 310 12 306 14980 13875 9 291 12 303 13 311 12 301 13875 12874 9 291 12 304 11 313 12 300 12874 11966 9 295 11 304 10 315 11 301 11966 11143 9 301 10 307 8 317 10 302 11143 10401 8 303 9 304 7 320 8 302 10401 9730 7 300 10 287 6 320 8 302 9730 9116 8 282 14 260 7 292 7 293 9116 8561 11 249 20 241 11 257 9 271 8561 8089 16 230 22 236 15 239 11 251 8089 7723 17 224 20 236 15 235 13 237 7723 7468 14 224 16 239 12 237 12 230 7468 7312 11*229 13*239 8*240 10*231 7312 7223 6*238 8*240 4*241 6*242 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