DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - - 57.7 - - 58.0 - - 54.1 - - 45.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 483 - - 320 - - 17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2412 - - 2904 - - 2224 - - 573 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8735 - - 9227 - - 8602 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9619 - - 10111 - - 9431 - - 7780 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1904 - - 1379 - - 1044 - - 919 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 392 - - 483 - - 385 - - 93 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 23 - - 26 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - 236 - - 238 - - 242 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 15 - - 18 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -41 - - -67 - - -77 - - -49 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2504 - - -756 - - -507 - - -146 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12123 - - 10868 - - 9938 - - 7927 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7157 - - -6610 - - -5835 - - -7771 ODpotential blCL - - - 16776 - - 16721 - - 15266 - - 15551 blCL maxRH - - - 52 - - 57 - - 66 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.7 - - 58.0 - - 54.1 - - 45.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.6 - - 35.2 - - 35.4 - - 35.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.8 - - 55.6 - - 52.5 - - 45.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.4 - - 34.0 - - 34.7 - - 35.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 483 - - 320 - - 17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2412 - - 2904 - - 2224 - - 573 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98645 13 132 7 100 12 127 13 095 98645 91121 10 113 10 096 10 107 12 069 91121 85362 2 104 8 081 17 075 11 071 85362 80627 8 166 7 169 13 031 16 055 80627 76526 7 182 8 184 2 047 7 036 76526 72866 4 164 6 202 2 222 3 110 72866 69535 3 178 4 224 4 252 0 281 69535 66468 5 242 6 239 7 269 4 305 66468 63619 5 273 5 238 9 255 8 297 63619 60863 10 289 5 285 10 248 11 274 60863 57999 12 268 12 288 10 268 11 268 57999 55033 16 248 21 281 18 285 15 281 55033 52210 16 254 25 269 23 277 15 281 52210 49675 17 275 21 267 24 277 22 299 49675 47427 21 296 18 275 29 278 35 287 47427 45423 22 295 13 286 26 283 23 284 45423 43602 15 310 18 327 23 306 30 293 43602 41932 21 340 26 332 25 305 33 276 41932 40392 23 340 24 322 26 307 32 295 40392 38956 21 344 22 315 34 306 38 300 38956 37608 17 349 23 315 35 302 41 293 37608 36321 17 352 27 316 36 305 43 284 36321 35036 16 344 26 315 31 303 43 278 35036 33729 16 325 21 316 27 291 38 273 33729 32406 15 317 21 308 29 288 31 270 32406 31055 16 315 24 303 29 291 28 274 31055 29667 16 319 24 300 28 291 28 280 29667 28244 15 312 23 297 25 289 28 283 28244 26789 14 290 21 297 21 281 27 285 26789 25304 13 287 17 289 19 271 27 285 25304 23795 12 281 13 272 17 265 25 284 23795 22255 11 270 14 260 16 265 24 282 22255 20679 12 270 15 258 15 266 24 277 20679 19094 14 258 15 257 16 264 25 272 19094 17577 17 241 15 250 18 257 27 266 17577 16199 20 228 17 242 20 250 29 260 16199 14968 23 220 20 235 22 244 32 255 14968 13860 23 215 25 231 25 240 34 250 13860 12859 24 212 29 228 29 236 36 245 12859 11953 24 211 31 226 32 234 39 240 11953 11132 23 213 32 226 35 233 41 235 11132 10391 22 218 30*229 36 233 43 232 10391 9723 20*224 27*233 34*234 43 230 9723 9110 17*232 25 237 30*239 41 229 9110 8559 17 235 24 239 28 241 37 228 8559 8090 16 236 24 240 27 243 31*228 8090 7724 15 237 22 240 26 243 27*229 7724 7470 14 237 21 240 23 243 24 230 7470 7313 13 237 18 241 20 244 20 230 7313 7223 9 238 12 241 13 243 11 230 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