DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - 34.4 - - 34.8 - - 34.1 - - 32.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 44 - - -1 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 125 - - 222 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7205 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7331 - - 7428 - - 7222 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1225 - - 1212 - - 1269 - - 1027 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 65 - - 94 - - 8 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 13 - - 7 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 215 - - 220 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -21 - - -21 - - -11 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 109 - - 206 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 - - 7222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -108 - - -99 - - -253 - - -3069 ODpotential blCL - - - 7439 - - 7527 - - 7475 - - 10291 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.4 - - 34.8 - - 34.1 - - 32.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.9 - - 33.9 - - 33.9 - - 31.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.3 - - 34.5 - - 34.3 - - 35.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 33.5 - - 33.9 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 44 - - -1 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 125 - - 222 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 93 - - 99 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 95964 15 339 13 329 19 335 10 301 95964 88957 12 352 12 337 16 338 10 347 88957 83512 21 321 20 307 16 320 17 332 83512 78974 9 329 8 288 9 317 10 306 78974 75032 18 307 13 315 12 307 19 306 75032 71530 16 274 17 276 16 261 23 265 71530 68387 6 100 8 102 7 075 4 171 68387 65454 31 274 25 275 18 288 7 335 65454 62677 54 249 51 252 48 252 43 259 62677 60014 54 238 52 245 53 247 56 245 60014 57274 51 242 52 246 54 249 59 246 57274 54433 55 241 59 245 59 245 66 240 54433 51709 60 238 62 239 62 241 66 232 51709 49240 62 246 62 238 62 242 62 240 49240 47011 79 250 74 247 71 249 74 243 47011 44984 98 245 95 247 89 248 88 241 44984 43135 102 243 103 242 101 242 96 240 43135 41439 100 244 100 239 103 238 94 242 41439 39868 110 244 101 242 102 240 105 240 39868 38412 126 244 120 244 115 241 130 237 38412 37066 128 244 135 244 127 241 136 237 37066 35789 121 245 133 244 122 241 122 237 35789 34519 111 243 122 245 110 241 108 236 34519 33229 108 243 115 244 103 241 101 236 33229 31920 107 245 112 243 102 242 98 237 31920 30580 98 244 100 244 95 244 92 239 30580 29205 91 243 91 243 83 246 85 241 29205 27800 82 242 86 243 76 247 76 243 27800 26365 72 240 78 243 72 246 69 243 26365 24905 69 238 71 242 68 245 63 247 24905 23424 66 235 65 239 65 248 57 251 23424 21917 64 237 63 237 65 250 54 250 21917 20378 60 244 58 236 63 248 56 246 20378 18831 51 253 56 237 60 246 57 243 18831 17353 47 257 58 235 56 244 56 241 17353 16010 50 253 59 232 54 245 54 240 16010 14808 50 247 57 235 54 243 53 238 14808 13726 47 244 51 242 51 235 52 237 13726 12749 46 240 46 248 45 226 49 235 12749 11863 45 233 42 249 42 224 47 231 11863 11061 44 228 39 246 39 225 45 228 11061 10337 43 226 36 242 36 225 43 223 10337 9681 42 226 35 236 34 223 42 219 9681 9079 39 225 33 229 32 220 42 213 9079 8536 34 225 31 222 29 219 42 211 8536 8074 29 225 29 218 25 218 38 212 8074 7714 24 225 25 216 21 218 32 215 7714 7464 20*224 21*215 16 218 24 218 7464 7311 16*225 17*215 13 219 19 219 7311 7222 9 225 10 215 7*220 10*222 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