DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 67.4 - - 69.0 - - - - - 56.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 356 - - 478 - - - - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3460 - - 4805 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9567 - - 10722 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10667 - - 12014 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2177 - - 1504 - - - - - 1310 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 459 - - 565 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 23 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 247 - - 248 - - - - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 12 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -48 - - -55 - - - - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4440 - - -2887 - - - - - -5474 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15107 - - 14901 - - - - - 12699 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9966 - - -8219 - - - - - -13618 ODpotential blCL - - - 20633 - - 20233 - - - - - 20842 blCL maxRH - - - 52 - - 48 - - - - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.4 - - 69.0 - - - - - 56.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.2 - - 28.6 - - - - - 26.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.5 - - 66.7 - - - - - 57.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.8 - - 28.1 - - - - - 26.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 356 - - 478 - - - - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3460 - - 4805 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4 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] 98744 9 242 8 225 9 267 98744 91317 3 279 4 194 6 187 91317 85570 6 259 5 295 2 267 85570 80778 7 231 9 273 5 316 80778 76652 4 142 7 257 7 332 76652 73022 5 036 5 201 4 309 73022 69744 7 327 8 298 8 359 69744 66738 8 205 9 261 13 304 66738 63984 14 318 12 321 14 327 63984 61331 21 262 21 273 12 304 61331 58548 19 256 25 258 23 284 58548 55658 29 283 33 276 39 281 55658 52929 42 278 44 273 56 279 52929 50504 50 277 51 273 64 282 50504 48348 57 274 57 272 73 281 48348 46398 62 275 67 277 73 282 46398 44607 72 279 71 280 76 286 44607 42940 76 282 70 282 80 291 42940 41375 75 285 71 285 77 290 41375 39902 74 286 69 285 71 288 39902 38519 73 287 66 281 66 284 38519 37198 73 289 65 279 63 277 37198 35877 70 290 64 280 60 273 35877 34531 65 288 62 282 55 271 34531 33161 62 284 60 284 51 270 33161 31760 59 281 59 285 48 269 31760 30318 53 278 59 286 46 269 30318 28841 48 276 55 287 44 273 28841 27332 45 274 49 285 44 277 27332 25795 42 273 43 282 44 282 25795 24236 40 273 40 280 44 287 24236 22652 38 274 39 277 41 290 22652 21032 37 275 36 277 37 289 21032 19402 34 277 32 278 33 286 19402 17842 30 278 28 280 30 284 17842 16426 27 278 25 279 27 282 16426 15161 25 277 24 277 26 280 15161 14026 24 275 25 272 26 276 14026 13002 24 272 25 265 26 273 13002 12074 24 269 24*256 26 269 12074 11233 22*263 24*251 25 266 11233 10475 21*257 24 249 24 263 10475 9789 21 250 24 248 23 257 9789 9161 20 247 24 248 23 248 9161 8594 20 245 24 248 22 240 8594 8113 20 245 24 248 20 239 8113 7738 19 244 22 248 18 241 7738 7476 17 244 21 248 15 243 7476 7316 15 244 18 248 12*243 7316 7224 11 244 12 248 6*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