DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - - 47.4 - - 50.1 - - 46.7 - - 40.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 101 - - 170 - - 54 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2196 - - 4017 - - 3621 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8204 - - 9769 - - 8789 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9403 - - 11224 - - 10828 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2515 - - 2713 - - 2964 - - 5653 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 275 - - 397 - - 269 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 19 - - 23 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 246 - - 246 - - 250 - - 238 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 14 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -41 - - -29 - - -46 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -791 - - 469 - - 1534 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10194 - - 10756 - - 9294 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5071 - - -3843 - - -1467 - - -1986 ODpotential blCL - - - 14474 - - 15067 - - 12295 - - 9209 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 86 - - 86 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.4 - - 50.1 - - 46.7 - - 40.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.9 - - 28.1 - - 31.0 - - 34.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.7 - - 49.1 - - 46.4 - - 41.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.7 - - 26.9 - - 29.9 - - 34.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 101 - - 170 - - 54 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2196 - - 4017 - - 3621 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 47 - - 45 - - 45 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 96440 26 286 24 275 31 275 33 286 96440 89229 17 288 26 274 24 272 26 293 89229 83754 9 295 21 279 19 296 18 296 83754 79213 17 290 23 285 23 308 17 297 79213 75286 17 285 20 287 19 290 16 310 75286 71798 18 301 17 308 18 299 17 323 71798 68616 27 292 29 295 31 294 26 304 68616 65675 27 281 32 273 32 280 31 280 65675 62933 22 279 27 264 26 280 22 273 62933 60246 19 273 24 276 28 296 26 294 60246 57427 24 275 39 282 42 284 42 285 57427 54512 35 272 46 271 47 274 48 275 54512 51727 37 277 50 273 51 269 47 270 51727 49212 58 284 53 274 49 272 53 269 49212 46968 62 276 57 280 53 279 57 273 46968 44946 67 279 64 281 64 280 59 275 44946 43106 86 278 78 280 69 280 65 276 43106 41425 100 277 84 277 72 278 74 276 41425 39883 99 277 81 275 72 273 74 274 39883 38462 85 275 76 272 71 266 65 268 38462 37141 74 270 71 268 73 262 62 259 37141 35881 74 272 70 266 72 266 64 258 35881 34619 69 276 71 266 70 267 62 258 34619 33330 54 272 72 264 68 265 57 258 33330 32020 48 258 69 263 63 262 49 262 32020 30679 51 254 63 264 55 253 44 261 30679 29298 50 257 57 271 52 239 43 252 29298 27883 44 258 53 280 49 232 38 243 27883 26437 39 248 46 280 37 235 29 238 26437 24965 36 241 41 275 30 253 25 241 24965 23471 33 245 40 272 29 267 22 243 23471 21950 35 248 38 271 29 270 22 241 21950 20397 41 248 38 270 27 263 21 235 20397 18838 43 248 39 265 28 260 17 227 18838 17350 41 251 40 261 33 265 15 216 17350 16002 39 252 40 260 36 265 16 223 16002 14802 37 252 39 262 35 258 21 236 14802 13728 34 250 37 262 33 250 26 244 13728 12758 32 250 34 260 31 247 29 247 12758 11878 29 252 28*256 28 248 29 247 11878 11078 27 252 24*251 26*249 29 245 11078 10354 25 254 21 247 26*250 29 241 10354 9698 23*253 20 246 25 250 29 238 9698 9095 21*252 20 245 24 250 29 237 9095 8550 18 247 19 244 24 251 28 238 8550 8085 16 245 19 244 23 250 26 238 8085 7721 15 244 17 243 21 250 21 239 7721 7467 14 244 16 243 19 250 17 238 7467 7312 12 243 14 243 16 249 13*239 7312 7223 8 244 9 242 10 249 6*238 7223 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