DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/23 Truckee 7205ft 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1852z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 26.9 - - 31.6 - - 35.9 - - 32.7 - - 23.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -25 - - -1 - - 34 - - -3 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1000 - - 272 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7205 - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top 7222 - - 7222 - - 8206 - - 7478 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 59 - - 556 - - 1324 - - 1282 - - 625 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 10 - - 147 - - 36 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 6 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 288 - - 313 - - 042 - - 046 - - 021 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - -10 - - 4 - - 5 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2402 - - -2245 - - -1198 - - -783 - - -1507 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9624 - - 9467 - - 9405 - - 8261 - - 8730 sfcLCL ODpotential -9745 - - -8258 - - -6673 - - -6145 - - -9292 ODpotential blCL 16967 - - 15480 - - 14879 - - 13623 - - 16514 blCL maxRH 58 - - 45 - - 48 - - 56 - - 59 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 26.9 - - 31.6 - - 35.9 - - 32.7 - - 23.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 10.7 - - 15.8 - - 20.1 - - 21.9 - - 11.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 33.1 - - 33.4 - - 35.7 - - 33.4 - - 28.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 13.3 - - 14.8 - - 19.1 - - 20.8 - - 14.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -25 - - -1 - - 34 - - -3 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1000 - - 272 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95211 22 284 33 297 42 302 36 294 42 279 95211 88507 16 010 15 323 20 304 23 320 23 304 88507 83246 17 026 11 001 8 319 19 323 17 325 83246 78816 9 028 10 349 10 358 15 336 14 335 78816 74971 11 039 9 359 10 016 11 344 10 337 74971 71549 13 043 9 008 7 006 12 353 12 357 71549 68427 13 035 7 007 8 337 14 344 14 345 68427 65545 15 017 7 329 10 320 13 334 15 332 65545 62862 11 005 11 320 13 318 15 327 17 315 62862 60248 13 352 15 317 18 310 18 316 18 304 60248 57500 17 332 16 323 18 317 23 326 18 306 57500 54625 21 325 23 315 25 314 29 313 26 311 54625 51862 29 321 27 306 27 299 28 303 32 313 51862 49360 27 315 28 315 26 309 33 313 36 317 49360 47106 28 322 31 317 32 314 39 316 37 317 47106 45049 31 319 35 315 38 308 39 319 37 323 45049 43162 31 329 36 314 36 316 41 322 43 330 43162 41434 35 340 37 333 32 321 43 326 52 336 41434 39846 43 346 43 346 39 342 47 336 54 339 39846 38373 56 354 55 353 53 349 48 346 55 350 38373 37003 72 357 65 353 61 357 62 357 70 357 37003 35704 80 355 74 357 79 359 76 351 80 352 35704 34415 78 354 84 358 84 357 79 345 85 348 34415 33111 74 358 82 358 81 357 77 345 86 347 33111 31798 72 000 76 359 80 359 79 348 85 348 31798 30461 72 359 72 001 86 358 84 353 87 350 30461 29087 71 356 69 001 88 358 83 356 83 349 29087 27677 68 352 66 358 86 001 77 357 77 351 27677 26236 64 349 63 354 83 005 72 359 76 356 26236 24771 63 348 60 350 77 007 67 359 70 357 24771 23289 63 351 59 352 68 006 63 359 65 356 23289 21783 56 350 54 355 60 001 60 358 62 356 21783 20247 46 345 46 353 52 355 56 358 58 359 20247 18708 39 338 40 347 45 349 49 356 51 002 18708 17239 34 333 34 343 38 345 41 352 42 003 17239 15907 29 330 29 339 34 343 35 351 32 002 15907 14718 26 324 24 333 29 341 30 351 26 001 14718 13649 25 320 20 328 24 337 25 350 21 001 13649 12682 23 320 18 326 20 332 20 349 17 001 12682 11806 21 325 17 327 17 330 16 349 13 001 11806 11011 19 329 15 331 14 333 13 352 10 008 11011 10294 18 333 13 336 11 335 10 359 7 026 10294 9646 17 334 10 343 8 341 9 007 7 055 9646 9053 16 332 9 353 6 355 8 019 10 075 9053 8517 15 329 7 005 4*027 7 035 14 076 8517 8062 14 322 6 015 4*037 7 046 15 072 8062 7707 13 311 5 020 4 041 7*050 14 070 7707 7460 11 300 4 011 4 044 6*048 11 067 7460 7309 9*295 3*355 4 044 5 045 8*060 7309 7222 6*288 3*313 3 043 3 042 3*021 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