DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 Truckee 7205ft 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 - - - 25.2 - - 31.9 - - 26.4 - - 19.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -6 - - 38 - - -18 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 881 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7222 - - 8087 - - 7222 - - 7221 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 667 - - 891 - - 1119 - - 297 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 15 - - 146 - - 13 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 14 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 115 - - 116 - - 109 - - 048 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 16 - - 0 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2284 - - -1458 - - -1144 - - -2397 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9507 - - 9545 - - 8366 - - 9618 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10995 - - -9198 - - -9973 - - -13752 ODpotential blCL - - - 18217 - - 17285 - - 17195 - - 20973 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 53 - - 52 - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.2 - - 31.9 - - 26.4 - - 19.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 9.6 - - 15.9 - - 15.7 - - 3.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.3 - - 31.5 - - 27.9 - - 24.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 8.9 - - 14.8 - - 14.5 - - 5.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -6 - - 38 - - -18 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 881 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96475 32 082 23 052 27 047 29 054 96475 89394 17 080 14 049 16 036 11 036 89394 83914 16 053 10 055 8 053 2 044 83914 79312 14 036 12 002 15 034 11 042 79312 75314 11 040 6 341 18 012 19 027 75314 71777 13 027 7 017 13 002 17 021 71777 68572 13 338 11 008 12 354 13 017 68572 65612 15 324 13 001 11 355 10 009 65612 62854 13 317 16 341 18 354 14 008 62854 60180 12 353 16 328 23 351 23 003 60180 57396 16 352 16 326 23 346 23 349 57396 54514 15 352 17 335 18 340 21 344 54514 51766 19 351 16 337 19 348 16 335 51766 49298 24 356 19 356 17 352 6 303 49298 47079 35 002 32 354 19 023 19 002 47079 45072 41 356 35 351 36 001 24 002 45072 43260 30 359 31 350 30 016 18 033 43260 41592 25 011 28 014 32 042 47 039 41592 40042 29 018 64 049 43 041 70 031 40042 38612 42 026 77 041 76 028 78 044 38612 37284 64 036 93 025 102 028 98 050 37284 36018 72 035 101 020 119 033 107 048 36018 34753 77 033 95 024 110 030 107 047 34753 33459 70 029 86 032 89 031 100 047 33459 32143 57 022 75 039 75 036 87 047 32143 30796 50 010 62 035 70 037 75 049 30796 29418 55 007 53 027 61 040 70 052 29418 28012 62 016 49 030 52 053 67 052 28012 26575 63 024 49 034 54 061 65 052 26575 25108 58 029 49 034 61 058 63 056 25108 23611 50 030 49 033 66 055 60 063 23611 22081 37 023 47 034 67 054 58 068 22081 20515 29 007 47 039 62 054 57 069 20515 18938 30 351 48 044 54 056 58 067 18938 17428 31 346 45 048 48 060 55 070 17428 16056 29 345 37 050 42 064 47 074 16056 14831 25 343 27 052 34 067 38 078 14831 13731 22 344 18 052 26 070 30 082 13731 12739 20 352 15 057 20 076 25 089 12739 11843 17 003 15 070 18 087 23 098 11843 11033 14 017 16 085 19 098 24 105 11033 10305 11 039 17 097 21 106 25 110 10305 9649 11 069 19 106 23 112 26 113 9649 9051 14 096 21 113 24 115 27 114 9051 8513 19 109 20*117 24 116 27 113 8513 8058 20 114 18*117 22 115 26 110 8058 7704 18 117 15 116 18 113 23 106 7704 7458 13 117 13 116 13 110 17 101 7458 7308 11*116 11 115 11*109 11 093 7308 7221 4*115 7 113 5*109 3*048 7221 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