DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/29 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 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 36.8 - - 47.0 - - 50.3 - - 49.2 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -5 - - 56 - - 68 - - 17 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1496 - - 3322 - - 1964 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7207 - - 8778 - - 7207 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 8703 - - 10530 - - 9171 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 572 - - 2270 - - 1933 - - 2702 - - 740 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 201 - - 282 - - 157 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 10 - - 17 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 4 - - 3 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 294 - - 087 - - 272 - - 278 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - 4 - - -11 - - -20 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2875 - - -974 - - 609 - - 1556 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10099 - - 9677 - - 9922 - - 7615 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential -10609 - - -5882 - - -3620 - - -742 - - -2193 ODpotential blCL 17832 - - 14585 - - 14150 - - 9913 - - 9416 blCL maxRH 61 - - 71 - - 88 - - 82 - - 90 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 280 - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m 36.8 - - 47.0 - - 50.3 - - 49.2 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.5 - - 29.9 - - 32.0 - - 40.8 - - 38.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 41.6 - - 46.4 - - 49.7 - - 49.1 - - 43.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.5 - - 28.7 - - 30.8 - - 39.8 - - 40.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -5 - - 56 - - 68 - - 17 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1496 - - 3322 - - 1964 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 54 - - 29 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 7 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] 97744 1 061 7 091 11 234 11 319 4 352 97744 90361 8 062 2 185 2 340 5 023 6 302 90361 84699 10 051 4 219 8 020 6 106 6 264 84699 79994 11 042 2 113 7 026 3 091 2 038 79994 75931 9 046 4 117 1 011 5 343 11 050 75931 72335 9 031 4 073 3 207 10 313 12 029 72335 69076 5 004 6 016 4 211 11 294 10 350 69076 66074 5 264 10 321 3 256 10 297 7 308 66074 63281 6 225 8 309 7 280 9 307 8 294 63281 60571 2 295 9 301 12 287 12 321 10 326 60571 57749 9 303 8 322 11 304 14 329 14 346 57749 54830 10 327 10 344 12 317 15 328 19 342 54830 52050 16 329 11 338 15 329 16 331 21 336 52050 49551 15 324 15 340 20 331 20 333 22 346 49551 47310 17 331 18 343 23 332 22 341 25 344 47310 45276 22 339 24 347 23 334 24 342 25 346 45276 43415 26 349 30 344 24 333 27 338 28 343 43415 41708 29 354 29 338 29 328 29 325 31 335 41708 40143 29 358 29 334 36 322 31 316 33 330 40143 38700 29 006 31 334 33 314 35 311 33 328 38700 37366 27 007 28 334 30 316 39 301 33 325 37366 36104 26 004 25 332 27 320 36 299 34 322 36104 34847 26 002 24 332 26 321 31 307 33 321 34847 33564 25 003 22 335 24 323 28 313 31 317 33564 32260 22 002 21 335 21 327 29 318 30 316 32260 30924 21 360 21 332 22 329 28 320 32 317 30924 29546 21 352 22 329 22 329 24 320 31 316 29546 28131 21 342 22 327 21 328 22 326 27 313 28131 26683 19 336 23 326 21 328 23 330 26 314 26683 25205 18 334 23 323 21 326 23 330 23 318 25205 23703 18 337 23 322 20 325 22 324 19 320 23703 22173 19 346 21 324 18 326 18 319 18 320 22173 20610 20 355 17 329 18 328 15 320 20 319 20610 19038 18 001 15 340 17 333 13 323 21 318 19038 17537 15 007 14 350 15 340 11 328 21 313 17537 16171 14 015 14 357 13 348 9 335 19 306 16171 14950 14 020 13 001 11 355 7 341 16 302 14950 13850 14 022 12 005 8 002 7 344 14 303 13850 12855 12 027 11 012 6 002 6 346 12 306 12855 11953 10 037 10 019 4 339 6 348 9 307 11953 11136 10 049 9 029 4*323 5 339 8 311 11136 10398 10 060 7 042 3*308 6 315 7 317 10398 9730 10 067 6 057 3 292 8*294 7 318 9730 9118 9 072 5*070 3 278 10*285 7 315 9118 8564 9 076 5*079 3 265 11 280 8 300 8564 8093 8 079 4 085 3 257 11 278 11 285 8093 7725 6 079 4 088 3 252 10 276 12 280 7725 7470 4 077 3 093 3 248 10 275 10 277 7470 7313 2*063 3 093 3 247 9 274 8*274 7313 7223 2*294 2 094 3 248 6 272 4*272 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