DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - - 27.9 - - 32.6 - - 31.9 - - 28.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 63 - - 101 - - -7 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 802 - - 1305 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8008 - - 8511 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 728 - - 873 - - 1355 - - 592 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 162 - - 224 - - 17 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 16 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 093 - - 100 - - 086 - - 347 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 25 - - 20 - - 2 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -8 - - -560 - - -1705 - - -1863 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8016 - - 9072 - - 8928 - - 9086 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10023 - - -8523 - - -8697 - - -9611 ODpotential blCL - - - 18031 - - 17034 - - 15919 - - 16833 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 85 - - 86 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 27.9 - - 32.6 - - 31.9 - - 28.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.5 - - 18.5 - - 18.4 - - 14.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.5 - - 32.0 - - 32.2 - - 30.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.5 - - 17.3 - - 17.3 - - 13.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 63 - - 101 - - -7 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 802 - - 1305 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 18 - - 42 - - 46 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96697 46 052 57 078 50 083 40 078 96697 89585 41 070 37 081 35 091 34 073 89585 84076 31 062 30 076 21 079 32 081 84076 79472 25 075 26 063 30 069 34 075 79472 75494 24 080 19 056 29 054 32 058 75494 71973 24 081 12 085 15 060 26 058 71973 68758 26 054 21 049 26 059 27 062 68758 65783 20 055 28 030 34 036 30 051 65783 63030 21 078 19 052 29 030 28 042 63030 60383 32 051 23 050 29 031 32 039 60383 57633 41 031 31 031 35 029 39 031 57633 54790 47 020 44 025 44 024 44 025 54790 52090 55 020 56 024 53 029 47 026 52090 49663 67 020 68 024 61 029 47 028 49663 47471 76 015 72 018 64 024 51 029 47471 45465 75 013 69 015 65 016 60 026 45465 43616 70 014 69 012 67 009 66 023 43616 41905 70 015 67 011 69 006 69 019 41905 40318 73 014 72 013 66 005 81 015 40318 38847 83 014 82 014 68 014 89 013 38847 37483 105 015 108 016 95 026 96 013 37483 36193 122 012 135 016 116 029 97 014 36193 34911 125 012 133 017 113 026 99 016 34911 33606 114 011 118 020 110 021 102 018 33606 32280 93 003 92 017 108 016 101 018 32280 30919 83 359 82 006 106 014 98 018 30919 29516 73 357 81 003 104 014 97 021 29516 28075 67 356 62 359 98 013 96 023 28075 26598 62 357 50 001 89 012 94 023 26598 25093 60 006 48 001 75 011 88 022 25093 23567 58 009 48 360 59 009 77 020 23567 22020 55 007 45 358 46 012 64 017 22020 20450 52 005 39 001 39 009 45 010 20450 18880 48 006 35 005 34 360 33 003 18880 17386 46 008 36 007 30 355 29 358 17386 16032 44 012 37 008 29 357 27 354 16032 14823 42 018 37 013 29 002 25 354 14823 13736 39 026 35 021 27 009 23 359 13736 12752 37 036 32 031 24 018 21 007 12752 11859 35 047 29 044 22 031 19 016 11859 11051 34 057 26 058 20 046 17 028 11051 10323 32 066 25 072 19 061 16 043 10323 9665 32 076 25 084 18 075 16 057 9665 9064 31 085 22 095 17 089 16 070 9064 8524 28 091 20*100 17 098 17 083 8524 8065 25*094 18*100 15 100 17 090 8065 7708 22*094 17 100 13 097 15 095 7708 7461 20 093 16 100 11 093 11 092 7461 7309 17 093 13 099 9*090 8*083 7309 7222 10 092 9 098 4*086 2*347 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