DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.3 - - 49.0 - - 47.0 - - 38.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 32 - - -12 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 112 - - 1537 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7318 - - 8744 - - 7223 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1654 - - 2417 - - 2451 - - 178 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 52 - - 181 - - 21 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 211 - - 229 - - 248 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -31 - - -10 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2858 - - -955 - - -1183 - - -752 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10177 - - 9700 - - 8406 - - 7976 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7567 - - -6464 - - -4721 - - -6860 ODpotential blCL - - - 14885 - - 15208 - - 11944 - - 14083 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 80 - - 81 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.3 - - 49.0 - - 47.0 - - 38.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.1 - - 31.7 - - 35.3 - - 28.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.7 - - 48.7 - - 48.0 - - 43.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.0 - - 30.5 - - 34.1 - - 27.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 32 - - -12 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 112 - - 1537 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 18 - - 23 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 96772 34 274 37 282 32 285 31 289 96772 89590 25 280 25 283 32 297 28 306 89590 84091 22 304 22 289 28 299 26 315 84091 79535 18 316 18 286 22 293 26 318 79535 75610 16 326 12 299 18 292 20 320 75610 72126 19 328 17 310 16 307 20 317 72126 68961 18 315 21 308 16 310 20 302 68961 66040 19 310 23 299 19 301 18 295 66040 63311 25 293 27 289 24 291 18 288 63311 60640 28 273 31 275 28 284 23 281 60640 57830 29 275 33 267 30 279 29 270 57830 54893 35 272 36 266 35 284 35 272 54893 52069 40 263 42 265 46 276 41 275 52069 49532 42 254 44 262 53 269 47 270 49532 47274 38 252 41 264 50 261 50 261 47274 45240 31 261 39 267 41 267 44 256 45240 43393 33 271 42 269 40 272 38 261 43393 41708 34 274 43 266 40 270 39 268 41708 40160 33 272 36 264 36 268 39 270 40160 38727 31 264 31 263 33 266 37 272 38727 37397 28 256 28 261 27 264 35 269 37397 36135 23 246 24 259 24 260 31 260 36135 34877 21 234 21 258 24 257 29 249 34877 33593 22 226 19 252 22 257 27 244 33593 32285 23 223 20 244 20 260 23 249 32285 30943 21 225 22 237 18 262 19 249 30943 29559 18 224 22 225 19 253 15 240 29559 28139 18 220 19 223 24 237 10 234 28139 26688 18 216 19 232 24 235 13 256 26688 25209 19 209 18 247 23 231 20 256 25209 23705 19 200 14 233 22 241 21 249 23705 22170 19 194 12 212 17 262 22 238 22170 20601 19 194 14 214 10 261 20 225 20601 19031 18 195 14 213 11 226 14 210 19031 17534 17 193 14 208 14 213 11 206 17534 16175 15 189 14 200 16 209 9 209 16175 14958 13 186 14 191 18 204 10 211 14958 13860 12 186 14 183 18 200 11 213 13860 12865 11 189 13 182 17 198 13 215 12865 11962 11 197 14 191 16 199 15 217 11962 11142 11 205 16 202 16 204 18 218 11142 10402 12 212 17 210 15 212 19 220 10402 9731 13 216 17 215 16 221 20 223 9731 9117 13 217 15*220 15 227 20 227 9117 8563 13 215 13*227 14 235 19 232 8563 8092 12 212 11 229 12 243 17 236 8092 7725 11 209 10 230 10 247 14 239 7725 7469 9*209 9 230 9 248 11 242 7469 7313 7*210 8 231 7*247 8*243 7313 7223 4 211 6 231 4*248 5*242 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