DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/23 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 - - - 35.2 - - 38.0 - - 34.0 - - 31.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 28 - - -45 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 740 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7223 - - 7946 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1461 - - 1326 - - 2060 - - 1283 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 18 - - 128 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 30 - - 12 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 226 - - 224 - - 215 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 23 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -21 - - -54 - - -14 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1 - - 724 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7223 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4392 - - -3874 - - -3190 - - -3284 ODpotential blCL - - - 11615 - - 11820 - - 10412 - - 10506 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 77 - - 82 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.2 - - 38.0 - - 34.0 - - 31.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 31.6 - - 30.4 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.5 - - 38.0 - - 36.1 - - 33.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.5 - - 31.0 - - 30.1 - - 30.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 28 - - -45 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 740 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 17 - - 7 - - 27 - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96058 27 303 30 313 26 324 25 291 96058 88977 11 342 11 316 14 319 14 308 88977 83466 15 292 16 295 19 315 16 339 83466 78896 10 273 13 269 18 275 17 305 78896 74968 16 302 7 312 14 333 6 352 74968 71468 29 266 27 255 28 283 21 275 71468 68296 21 252 27 240 32 248 26 252 68296 65394 2 189 9 271 15 250 12 223 65394 62650 15 278 20 012 12 262 23 261 62650 59946 53 244 42 270 42 250 52 236 59946 57153 67 235 72 243 59 241 62 238 57153 54272 67 232 81 233 76 241 82 238 54272 51508 66 235 83 231 88 232 95 222 51508 49006 68 236 81 230 80 221 83 220 49006 46758 74 232 80 228 75 225 78 232 46758 44722 85 227 84 225 88 229 96 233 44722 42861 96 222 86 223 104 225 105 227 42861 41149 100 217 89 225 111 220 105 219 41149 39563 102 220 102 226 112 218 101 216 39563 38090 111 222 116 223 109 215 91 216 38090 36726 111 219 121 219 104 214 81 213 36726 35442 110 216 115 218 100 213 76 210 35442 34173 109 215 101 218 97 213 75 207 34173 32889 99 214 89 220 90 212 71 206 32889 31595 87 214 78 223 81 214 64 204 31595 30279 78 215 72 224 66 219 55 201 30279 28927 72 216 68 225 50 215 51 195 28927 27542 68 217 62 225 45 204 52 194 27542 26127 62 218 55 222 47 199 56 198 26127 24684 56 218 50 216 51 199 63 205 24684 23219 52 217 49 211 55 202 69 211 23219 21725 50 217 52 210 57 204 74 215 21725 20199 49 218 55 212 57 208 72 218 20199 18671 48 221 56 215 55 214 67 218 18671 17218 48 224 55 217 54 218 64 217 17218 15901 50 225 55 219 54 221 63 215 15901 14725 55 226 56 219 56 222 63 214 14725 13663 59 225 59 219 59 220 63 212 13663 12701 63 223 62 218 63 218 62 209 12701 11826 65 220 65 218 65 217 63 207 11826 11031 66 217 66 217 67 216 65 205 11031 10313 67 213 66 215 69 213 67 203 10313 9661 66 212 64 214 67 211 66 201 9661 9064 62 213 60 214 62 210 61 200 9064 8526 55 217 52 217 52 212 53 200 8526 8069 46 222 44*220 42 215 42 200 8069 7712 39 225 38*222 34 217 32 201 7712 7463 33 226 33 224 27 217 24 202 7463 7310 27*226 27 225 22*216 19*203 7310 7222 15*226 15 226 12*215 11*205 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