DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 54.3 - - 58.8 - - 60.0 - - 50.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 142 - - 35 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2396 - - 4443 - - 4867 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8485 - - 10037 - - 9496 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9604 - - 11650 - - 12075 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2237 - - 1820 - - 1721 - - 765 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 311 - - 396 - - 281 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 6 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 054 - - 042 - - 359 - - 297 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - -8 - - 15 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 542 - - 794 - - 943 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9063 - - 10857 - - 11133 - - 7224 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3224 - - -4170 - - -3993 - - -2975 ODpotential blCL - - - 12828 - - 15820 - - 16068 - - 10199 blCL maxRH - - - 61 - - 53 - - 53 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 20 - - 80 - - 710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 54.3 - - 58.8 - - 60.0 - - 50.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.5 - - 36.3 - - 36.2 - - 47.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.2 - - 57.7 - - 59.5 - - 52.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.2 - - 35.0 - - 35.2 - - 47.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 142 - - 35 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2396 - - 4443 - - 4867 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 4 - - 5 - - 9 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] 98037 19 247 20 261 19 278 20 274 98037 90527 17 247 19 268 15 258 19 268 90527 84743 12 265 18 253 15 259 13 282 84743 79970 9 281 14 247 17 267 11 303 79970 75895 7 267 15 260 16 285 9 322 75895 72307 8 317 11 275 15 290 11 301 72307 69054 12 292 14 304 13 304 13 307 69054 66058 14 294 19 299 17 304 19 317 66058 63285 18 309 21 295 19 309 21 321 63285 60606 18 309 20 301 23 311 20 328 60606 57812 17 326 15 321 21 304 22 324 57812 54913 17 348 13 353 13 316 20 315 54913 52159 20 354 18 348 15 347 17 319 52159 49707 19 356 19 338 21 345 17 338 49707 47536 24 358 21 345 22 336 21 331 47536 45584 27 010 24 004 21 338 24 328 45584 43808 34 022 30 007 28 345 29 335 43808 42170 40 023 34 005 33 345 35 335 42170 40643 43 022 35 003 34 345 38 334 40643 39210 42 023 34 005 33 346 39 335 39210 37865 38 023 32 008 32 349 37 337 37865 36581 35 021 29 009 30 354 33 340 36581 35297 32 020 26 004 27 358 30 341 35297 33986 29 019 25 004 28 005 26 344 33986 32654 27 015 26 009 29 010 25 351 32654 31291 25 011 25 011 27 015 23 001 31291 29889 23 009 22 007 25 018 21 011 29889 28451 22 013 19 000 21 017 20 014 28451 26980 23 020 17 003 17 011 19 010 26980 25483 24 028 16 017 15 011 15 005 25483 23964 25 034 18 029 15 020 11 007 23964 22418 25 038 19 039 16 032 10 019 22418 20838 26 042 21 046 17 043 9 035 20838 19247 25 044 22 050 18 052 7 050 19247 17724 23 045 21 051 17 059 6 064 17724 16337 21 044 19 051 16 062 5 069 16337 15096 18 042 16 050 14 063 4 064 15096 13978 15 039 12 048 10 056 4 052 13978 12966 13 034 9 041 8*047 5 053 12966 12048 12 029 7*040 8*041 7 054 12048 11216 11 028 7*040 6 031 7 052 11216 10464 10 034 6 041 5 018 7 044 10464 9783 8*044 6 041 4 360 7 030 9783 9157 8*051 6 042 4 340 7 013 9157 8592 7 054 6 043 4 324 7 346 8592 8111 7 055 5 045 4 318 10 320 8111 7737 7 055 5 044 4 313 11 308 7737 7475 6 055 4 045 4 312 10 303 7475 7316 6 055 4 046 4 311 8*300 7316 7224 5 056 3 047 3 307 4*297 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