DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 29.7 - - 33.0 - - - - - 26.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 103 - - - - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 681 - - 1616 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7761 - - - - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7887 - - 8822 - - - - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 752 - - 1046 - - - - - 176 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 157 - - 245 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 20 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 083 - - 080 - - - - - 051 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 13 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 20 - - 25 - - - - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -490 - - 319 - - - - - -933 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8377 - - 8503 - - - - - 8155 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8653 - - -7550 - - - - - -10710 ODpotential blCL - - - 16540 - - 16372 - - - - - 17932 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 61 - - - - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 29.7 - - 33.0 - - - - - 26.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.7 - - 21.4 - - - - - 16.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 29.2 - - 32.4 - - - - - 31.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.7 - - 20.2 - - - - - 15.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 103 - - - - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 681 - - 1616 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 96265 18 323 22 308 14 332 96265 89210 15 316 10 350 13 350 89210 83754 12 326 11 325 11 326 83754 79198 4 305 11 310 10 349 79198 75248 5 332 6 284 14 332 75248 71758 11 335 4 170 8 324 71758 68596 17 323 9 333 11 308 68596 65666 17 321 18 324 12 311 65666 62927 16 327 13 316 14 334 62927 60262 19 318 15 345 12 336 60262 57459 16 335 17 332 18 349 57459 54533 13 318 18 339 26 359 54533 51755 28 006 32 359 33 030 51755 49272 38 001 40 010 51 031 49272 47074 34 009 48 014 64 017 47074 45112 42 009 57 009 64 015 45112 43343 55 009 64 017 73 029 43343 41724 67 018 76 020 83 031 41724 40213 80 020 82 023 95 035 40213 38791 79 023 90 031 102 036 38791 37452 87 031 101 036 105 037 37452 36169 102 035 102 034 104 037 36169 34886 111 034 102 028 98 038 34886 33582 109 032 102 025 89 038 33582 32260 100 029 103 024 84 035 32260 30908 94 027 102 028 82 032 30908 29515 91 025 94 028 83 030 29515 28087 91 025 85 025 83 031 28087 26625 86 025 79 021 79 032 26625 25135 76 020 74 020 73 031 25135 23620 67 014 68 020 67 028 23620 22078 59 010 68 023 62 026 22078 20503 52 003 73 028 60 025 20503 18923 47 359 74 030 61 026 18923 17416 45 001 68 029 62 028 17416 16049 44 007 59 027 59 032 16049 14829 43 016 51 025 54 037 14829 13733 42 025 44 026 48 041 13733 12744 40 033 38 032 43 043 12744 11850 37 039 34 040 38 045 11850 11044 33 046 31 051 35 048 11044 10319 30 056 29 063 31 052 10319 9665 28 065 27 073 28 057 9665 9067 27 074 24*079 26 063 9067 8528 26 082 23*081 25 067 8528 8070 22*084 22 081 24 068 8070 7712 18*083 20 080 22 068 7712 7462 16 083 18 080 17 065 7462 7309 14 082 16 080 13*061 7309 7222 8 080 10 080 5*051 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