DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/08 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.5 - - 37.8 - - 47.5 - - 38.7 - - 35.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -22 - - -13 - - 9 - - -12 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 577 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 7223 - - 7784 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 89 - - 260 - - 1072 - - 453 - - 59 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 11 - - 97 - - 7 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 4 - - 6 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 261 - - 262 - - 273 - - 220 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - -15 - - -16 - - -12 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3271 - - -3211 - - -2196 - - -958 - - -1433 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10494 - - 10435 - - 9981 - - 8181 - - 8656 sfcLCL ODpotential -12256 - - -12049 - - -9131 - - -8974 - - -10638 ODpotential blCL 19479 - - 19272 - - 16915 - - 16197 - - 17861 blCL maxRH 58 - - 57 - - 65 - - 65 - - 61 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.5 - - 37.8 - - 47.5 - - 38.7 - - 35.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 14.8 - - 18.2 - - 29.3 - - 28.5 - - 23.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 41.5 - - 42.7 - - 47.4 - - 43.9 - - 41.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.8 - - 17.1 - - 28.1 - - 28.7 - - 25.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -22 - - -13 - - 9 - - -12 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 577 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96305 23 080 19 076 18 070 18 079 13 084 96305 89267 16 079 19 069 18 076 21 073 20 086 89267 83832 23 069 23 082 18 074 19 070 19 078 83832 79267 23 060 29 078 18 074 19 066 24 069 79267 75303 16 069 26 075 16 060 19 047 27 057 75303 71772 14 027 17 047 15 055 17 035 19 046 71772 68562 10 018 11 357 20 013 18 027 16 034 68562 65622 15 004 12 322 18 338 21 350 16 004 65622 62906 25 350 17 340 19 332 20 335 15 331 62906 60285 37 331 30 330 25 318 28 328 18 004 60285 57538 39 321 32 326 25 318 28 316 28 327 57538 54690 39 311 34 326 27 320 31 315 37 322 54690 51997 41 306 37 317 32 318 35 314 41 320 51997 49595 42 303 38 314 37 314 39 318 35 319 49595 47462 45 309 45 315 36 314 33 328 33 334 47462 45546 46 315 42 310 46 348 30 344 30 336 45546 43807 44 318 43 331 57 352 37 351 35 350 43807 42206 38 320 38 338 48 344 44 358 36 356 42206 40708 34 328 36 006 41 354 50 005 34 002 40708 39294 40 341 54 016 42 006 51 008 34 002 39294 37963 44 353 62 016 44 009 47 003 36 357 37963 36687 44 357 55 014 45 008 38 357 39 353 36687 35408 46 355 44 016 43 004 30 347 39 350 35408 34100 49 348 35 014 40 360 29 341 36 345 34100 32767 50 336 28 001 38 355 30 340 34 336 32767 31403 46 330 34 347 31 343 30 337 33 331 31403 29997 42 331 42 341 31 335 31 334 32 329 29997 28555 39 333 45 334 35 337 36 332 32 330 28555 27078 37 333 45 328 37 339 37 332 31 332 27078 25568 36 332 44 326 38 329 35 333 29 334 25568 24033 35 330 41 326 39 322 35 332 28 333 24033 22466 33 326 37 325 35 322 36 331 27 327 22466 20864 33 323 34 324 30 326 35 330 27 321 20864 19254 33 326 32 323 27 327 32 327 28 318 19254 17714 32 328 29 325 27 325 30 323 29 316 17714 16314 30 330 26 325 26 321 29 318 30 316 16314 15063 27 330 24 323 23 316 27 314 29 316 15063 13936 24 330 21 320 20 309 25 312 27 317 13936 12920 22 327 18 314 18 302 22 310 25 317 12920 12000 19 324 16 306 17 296 20 308 22 316 12000 11167 17 319 14 301 16 291 18 304 20 314 11167 10418 15 314 13 298 15 288 16 300 18 311 10418 9741 14 310 12 297 14 287 14 297 17 309 9741 9123 13 306 11 295 13 287 12 293 16 305 9123 8566 12 304 10 291 11 285 10 288 16 301 8566 8093 11 301 9 285 10*281 7 281 16 297 8093 7725 9 293 9 279 8*275 6 262 15 291 7725 7469 8 278 8 268 6 273 5 240 13 281 7469 7312 7*262 7*260 6 271 5*223 11*274 7312 7223 5*261 4*262 4 271 4*220 6*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