DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1554z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.9 - - 67.9 - - 64.2 - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 232 - - 362 - - 102 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7463 - - 7965 - - 6510 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12511 - - 13149 - - 11227 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14671 - - 15173 - - 13718 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2180 - - 1465 - - 2500 - - 1119 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 514 - - 610 - - 375 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 19 - - 21 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 237 - - 246 - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 8 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -29 - - -44 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -299 - - 512 - - 529 - - -2955 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14971 - - 14661 - - 13189 - - 10179 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2008 - - -3692 - - -2017 - - -6834 ODpotential blCL - - - 16679 - - 18865 - - 15735 - - 14058 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 50 - - 58 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.9 - - 67.9 - - 64.2 - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.2 - - 28.3 - - 31.3 - - 33.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.4 - - 66.0 - - 63.5 - - 55.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.9 - - 28.0 - - 31.1 - - 32.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 232 - - 362 - - 102 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7463 - - 7965 - - 6510 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 97807 7 098 6 351 7 358 6 024 97807 90562 11 093 5 112 5 044 8 044 90562 84931 11 065 10 121 2 140 8 016 84931 80246 9 055 9 084 2 138 8 010 80246 76221 10 040 11 030 7 022 9 014 76221 72676 13 008 16 005 14 009 13 357 72676 69469 14 351 16 342 16 343 17 347 69469 66521 17 332 20 324 20 335 18 342 66521 63790 22 329 25 316 25 322 19 321 63790 61151 25 319 23 312 25 321 21 333 61151 58411 29 319 30 319 32 325 25 322 58411 55570 35 307 32 318 36 320 28 325 55570 52849 33 304 35 320 37 319 44 332 52849 50397 34 304 38 318 39 321 48 327 50397 48188 38 298 40 314 42 331 43 328 48188 46170 44 287 42 307 49 340 45 336 46170 44306 50 282 42 299 47 336 53 337 44306 42571 50 279 40 293 39 324 56 335 42571 40948 43 278 40 287 40 312 46 326 40948 39428 41 281 41 280 38 299 42 310 39428 38012 40 279 38 281 38 280 45 303 38012 36677 40 275 39 275 40 273 39 295 36677 35355 40 271 40 270 42 272 38 279 35355 34014 39 269 40 268 42 269 37 272 34014 32659 37 270 38 269 41 268 34 271 32659 31279 33 269 35 270 38 268 31 273 31279 29862 31 268 31 270 35 267 27 276 29862 28412 29 268 28 270 30 266 24 275 28412 26932 28 268 25 270 25 266 22 272 26932 25427 24 271 23 266 22 266 22 269 25427 23901 21 270 20 263 20 267 20 267 23901 22348 20 265 19 262 19 266 18 270 22348 20761 20 264 20 261 19 260 18 267 20761 19168 19 248 20 251 19 247 19 254 19168 17647 20 222 20 237 22 232 20 244 17647 16270 20 209 20*228 25 224 24 243 16270 15044 16*206 18*230 25 226 28 242 15044 13943 12*207 19 232 24*230 31 240 13943 12945 11 217 19 234 23*234 31 239 12945 12036 11 225 19 235 22 238 30 241 12036 11209 11 227 20 237 22 243 28 245 11209 10460 11 228 20 239 21 247 26 251 10460 9780 10 231 20 240 21 250 24 258 9780 9156 9 231 20 240 21 251 21 264 9156 8592 9 232 19 241 20 251 19 264 8592 8112 9 232 19 242 20 252 17 261 8112 7737 8 231 18 242 19 253 16 258 7737 7476 7 231 17 242 18 253 13 256 7476 7316 7 231 15 242 15 253 10*254 7316 7224 5 230 11 242 10 253 5*253 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