DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 56.2 - - 60.9 - - 58.7 - - 51.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 385 - - 188 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5335 - - 7719 - - 5384 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10920 - - 12996 - - 10801 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12542 - - 14927 - - 12591 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1714 - - 1363 - - 2879 - - 2358 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 484 - - 623 - - 436 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 38 - - 22 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 5 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 318 - - 295 - - 308 - - 288 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 26 - - -14 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -181 - - 1821 - - 1153 - - -2356 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12723 - - 13107 - - 11438 - - 9579 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3977 - - 42 - - -821 - - -5865 ODpotential blCL - - - 16519 - - 14885 - - 13412 - - 13088 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 74 - - 77 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.2 - - 60.9 - - 58.7 - - 51.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.5 - - 28.4 - - 33.6 - - 34.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.3 - - 58.6 - - 57.5 - - 52.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.4 - - 27.3 - - 32.5 - - 34.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 385 - - 188 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5335 - - 7719 - - 5384 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 98150 1 003 11 055 6 106 6 069 98150 90731 8 119 4 064 3 035 10 041 90731 85010 9 104 7 137 2 338 8 017 85010 80263 7 069 9 132 2 209 3 004 80263 76175 3 082 5 109 3 168 4 068 76175 72560 5 148 1 285 3 085 6 092 72560 69278 5 147 2 295 7 352 7 066 69278 66249 4 092 3 241 8 330 6 357 66249 63441 5 357 2 324 7 316 9 337 63441 60720 8 336 9 337 8 308 9 325 60720 57882 10 334 11 332 13 326 15 332 57882 54951 15 347 13 330 17 331 22 339 54951 52171 21 353 17 340 22 344 22 319 52171 49679 25 350 24 347 18 346 25 005 49679 47460 27 353 31 354 39 005 35 357 47460 45465 30 359 40 353 48 349 34 356 45465 43648 32 002 37 002 35 349 34 011 43648 41980 31 007 39 021 35 038 44 042 41980 40436 30 014 45 025 64 037 79 043 40436 39001 30 007 38 023 70 026 82 039 39001 37663 26 356 29 014 57 028 70 035 37663 36388 21 349 28 005 51 037 60 035 36388 35114 19 350 25 004 54 041 55 040 35114 33814 18 350 22 009 54 041 53 045 33814 32490 18 352 22 019 52 038 53 047 32490 31135 17 355 23 024 49 035 52 046 31135 29739 17 357 24 024 43 032 51 045 29739 28310 18 357 25 021 39 032 47 045 28310 26847 20 001 25 017 38 031 43 046 26847 25356 20 003 24 019 34 032 36 050 25356 23838 17 001 21 020 28 031 30 047 23838 22292 15 354 18 015 23 029 27 038 22292 20712 13 345 16 008 17 027 20 027 20712 19127 11 338 13 357 11 023 13 016 19127 17614 9 333 9 342 6 014 9 007 17614 16242 8 332 5 325 4 030 5 345 16242 15018 7 335 3*311 4 054 3 306 15018 13915 5 344 3*307 4 051 1 349 13915 12915 4*341 3 304 4*023 2 052 12915 12007 3*332 4 299 5*349 3 043 12007 11181 3 325 5 297 7 325 4 029 11181 10435 3 322 6 293 9 313 5 008 10435 9759 3 317 6 292 10 306 6 348 9759 9139 2 314 6 291 11 304 9 314 9139 8580 2 310 6 291 11 301 12 299 8580 8104 2 307 7 291 11 301 13 295 8104 7733 2 305 6 291 11 299 12 293 7733 7474 1 306 6 289 11 299 11 291 7474 7315 1 303 5 290 10 299 8*291 7315 7223 1 307 4 290 7 298 5*288 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