DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 39.8 - - 40.1 - - 38.0 - - 35.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -23 - - 9 - - -15 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 299 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7223 - - 7506 - - 7223 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 956 - - 711 - - 1487 - - 1247 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 14 - - 67 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 222 - - 228 - - 201 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -21 - - -6 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - 284 - - 1 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7223 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5697 - - -5613 - - -1724 - - -1195 ODpotential blCL - - - 12920 - - 13119 - - 8947 - - 8417 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 91 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.8 - - 40.1 - - 38.0 - - 35.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.6 - - 33.8 - - 36.5 - - 35.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.2 - - 40.2 - - 40.2 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.9 - - 33.1 - - 37.1 - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -23 - - 9 - - -15 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 299 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 84 - - 66 - - 95 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96073 37 022 41 043 45 038 37 015 96073 89090 34 030 33 042 29 049 23 055 89090 83640 26 032 24 027 17 031 22 056 83640 79121 19 039 18 025 10 037 15 045 79121 75213 13 050 14 026 11 050 11 070 75213 71742 12 049 14 028 14 038 10 055 71742 68585 14 045 10 045 11 032 9 026 68585 65664 11 031 9 049 5 032 8 357 65664 62940 8 016 5 010 2 194 6 297 62940 60297 4 281 7 315 4 263 5 250 60297 57532 6 180 7 227 9 269 8 264 57532 54657 3 232 9 207 11 241 12 252 54657 51900 11 218 14 208 17 209 21 235 51900 49431 15 230 15 210 21 222 21 222 49431 47243 37 234 35 228 25 241 23 234 47243 45280 55 228 54 220 48 222 42 217 45280 43504 91 224 78 213 66 214 56 209 43504 41875 89 223 86 214 74 209 55 201 41875 40360 75 225 86 214 65 203 60 195 40360 38937 73 225 80 211 56 200 61 189 38937 37597 63 225 66 209 55 196 59 183 37597 36314 47 225 49 206 55 193 57 182 36314 35030 49 222 41 204 56 196 53 187 35030 33719 52 216 38 206 58 202 46 190 33719 32387 49 212 38 209 53 205 38 191 32387 31022 43 213 39 211 40 208 32 191 31022 29618 36 213 36 207 26 208 29 197 29618 28179 31 207 32 199 24 202 27 200 28179 26706 28 210 29 195 22 197 25 199 26706 25206 27 213 23 199 23 190 25 201 25206 23684 24 218 17 197 24 182 24 204 23684 22136 18 221 16 191 22 175 22 205 22136 20558 16 223 17 189 22 176 21 200 20558 18976 16 224 16 189 23 178 20 191 18976 17470 16 226 13 189 23 178 18 186 17470 16104 16 222 11 191 23 179 17 190 16104 14886 16 213 12 191 23 183 16 198 14886 13791 15 202 14 188 23 185 17 202 13791 12801 14 194 15 184 23 185 20 201 12801 11904 13 191 17 180 22 186 24 198 11904 11092 12 193 17 176 22 190 27 195 11092 10360 12 196 17 175 22 194 28 193 10360 9699 13 199 17 177 23 196 26 192 9699 9094 15 205 18 188 24 196 23 191 9094 8547 17 213 18 204 24 195 19 188 8547 8082 18 215 18 216 22 194 16 181 8082 7719 16 210 15*225 19 194 13 175 7719 7467 13 209 12*228 14 196 9 173 7467 7312 10*213 10 228 9*197 6 178 7312 7222 5*222 6 229 4*201 3*190 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