DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 Truckee 7206ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 38.6 - - 49.5 - - 51.6 - - 49.3 - - 40.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 31 - - 120 - - 52 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1220 - - 2214 - - 1582 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7207 - - 8323 - - 7207 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 8427 - - 9420 - - 8790 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 323 - - 2706 - - 2080 - - 1361 - - 844 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 169 - - 296 - - 205 - - 12 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 7 - - 10 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 244 - - 215 - - 239 - - 257 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -14 - - -14 - - -28 - - -31 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4860 - - -2624 - - -900 - - -150 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12084 - - 11052 - - 10321 - - 8940 - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential -11337 - - -7537 - - -5377 - - -4923 - - -4579 ODpotential blCL 18560 - - 15964 - - 14797 - - 13713 - - 11802 blCL maxRH 85 - - 76 - - 90 - - 73 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 40 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m 38.6 - - 49.5 - - 51.6 - - 49.3 - - 40.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 11.7 - - 26.4 - - 31.5 - - 35.2 - - 37.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 43.2 - - 49.2 - - 50.7 - - 48.8 - - 42.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.6 - - 25.3 - - 30.3 - - 34.0 - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 31 - - 120 - - 52 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1220 - - 2214 - - 1582 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 40 - - 2 - - 61 - - 0 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96558 24 304 24 290 30 288 36 291 46 311 96558 89397 21 314 21 309 30 287 38 307 36 322 89397 83951 23 320 18 319 25 297 34 317 24 325 83951 79435 23 319 15 324 21 319 25 327 21 310 79435 75521 22 319 16 319 20 315 24 329 24 314 75521 72056 22 309 16 327 18 302 25 314 28 321 72056 68903 20 286 18 326 16 296 21 292 27 315 68903 65971 17 288 18 302 14 294 20 284 27 296 65971 63229 22 292 23 279 19 282 23 280 27 288 63229 60551 30 286 28 273 27 276 26 277 27 282 60551 57732 39 271 34 269 33 273 29 280 30 281 57732 54784 37 268 36 270 35 273 34 281 33 283 54784 51964 35 269 37 271 37 277 39 283 37 286 51964 49442 36 271 38 269 42 278 42 282 38 288 49442 47203 37 272 39 265 44 273 43 283 39 288 47203 45183 35 274 37 263 41 270 44 281 41 287 45183 43344 35 280 35 271 38 272 43 279 41 287 43344 41660 36 279 34 280 37 279 41 283 40 290 41660 40110 36 276 35 279 37 286 38 290 41 296 40110 38678 33 277 34 279 36 289 38 297 44 300 38678 37348 31 274 31 281 36 292 40 299 44 303 37348 36085 29 268 29 279 33 291 41 300 42 305 36085 34825 25 268 28 278 30 287 41 304 40 305 34825 33542 23 277 26 280 28 284 41 306 39 306 33542 32235 21 281 24 285 27 283 39 306 39 308 32235 30896 21 283 23 285 25 285 37 308 37 309 30896 29516 20 283 22 284 25 286 32 304 35 311 29516 28100 19 283 23 286 24 285 26 294 31 312 28100 26651 20 279 23 288 24 284 24 289 26 307 26651 25176 21 282 23 287 23 282 25 288 24 301 25176 23675 20 280 19 285 20 280 24 284 23 299 23675 22147 15 261 17 270 18 277 20 275 21 297 22147 20589 13 255 14 260 15 270 17 266 17 289 20589 19030 11 261 10 271 10 271 15 267 13 276 19030 17539 10 259 8 288 6 284 12 273 9 272 17539 16177 12 247 9 277 5 285 9 276 8 272 16177 14956 13 237 11 258 6 266 6 276 6 269 14956 13857 12 221 11 245 8 248 5 277 4 262 13857 12861 14 202 11 230 9 238 6 272 3 275 12861 11956 15 191 12 214 10 230 9 261 3 298 11956 11136 15 186 13 204 11 225 12 252 5 291 11136 10395 15 189 14 199 12 224 14 246 8 271 10395 9725 14 198 13 198 12*228 14 247 12 260 9725 9111 13 209 11 201 11*234 13*253 14 257 9111 8558 13 221 10*209 11 237 13*256 15 260 8558 8089 12 227 9*214 11 240 13 257 16 266 8089 7723 10 229 8 216 11 241 12 258 15 268 7723 7469 8 227 7 216 10 241 11 258 13 268 7469 7313 7*228 6 217 9 241 10 259 10*267 7313 7223 4*244 4 216 6 242 7 258 5*266 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