DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 49.0 - - 50.9 - - 50.9 - - 41.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 157 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1609 - - 2569 - - 1895 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7768 - - 8665 - - 7207 - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8816 - - 9776 - - 9102 - - 7223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1292 - - 1263 - - 1726 - - 1336 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 246 - - 333 - - 182 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 24 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 10 - - 12 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 105 - - 098 - - 087 - - 062 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - 15 - - 16 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1512 - - -270 - - -1505 - - -2100 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10329 - - 10046 - - 10608 - - 9323 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7246 - - -6079 - - -7315 - - -8874 ODpotential blCL - - - 16062 - - 15855 - - 16417 - - 16097 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 83 - - 66 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.0 - - 50.9 - - 50.9 - - 41.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.1 - - 32.0 - - 29.8 - - 26.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.2 - - 49.9 - - 50.9 - - 45.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.9 - - 30.9 - - 28.6 - - 25.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 157 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1609 - - 2569 - - 1895 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 1 - - 32 - - 0 - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96185 37 273 32 278 30 263 36 278 96185 89088 24 278 31 275 29 277 30 291 89088 83644 24 283 28 276 29 284 29 292 83644 79121 25 283 24 263 28 282 26 294 79121 75223 18 277 21 273 22 276 22 300 75223 71775 15 270 22 271 18 280 20 290 71775 68650 17 270 21 258 17 273 17 271 68650 65772 20 276 20 263 16 262 18 254 65772 63096 29 263 26 271 21 276 18 253 63096 60497 33 262 31 267 28 277 21 257 60497 57792 39 261 39 260 39 267 33 269 57792 54990 46 249 45 258 48 261 46 266 54990 52308 50 247 52 259 55 265 54 260 52308 49882 54 253 58 254 62 261 60 261 49882 47685 57 256 61 251 65 258 62 266 47685 45663 58 261 61 255 64 256 65 262 45663 43799 60 260 64 259 66 255 65 254 43799 42093 66 252 72 251 72 252 68 250 42093 40542 71 247 73 248 75 247 71 245 40542 39113 74 244 77 250 79 247 73 246 39113 37772 73 245 75 248 79 248 75 248 37772 36485 70 248 72 247 75 250 72 250 36485 35197 69 251 67 250 70 253 68 251 35197 33882 69 251 65 251 64 255 62 253 33882 32548 70 253 65 253 59 254 56 256 32548 31184 69 257 65 254 58 251 57 253 31184 29784 67 261 63 256 59 252 55 249 29784 28349 66 263 60 257 55 255 51 251 28349 26879 62 265 58 259 51 257 48 255 26879 25379 57 267 54 263 48 261 46 259 25379 23855 53 271 48 268 41 265 40 262 23855 22305 52 273 44 274 35 270 33 264 22305 20723 49 273 41 276 31 273 27 266 20723 19133 43 272 35 275 27 275 22 268 19133 17615 35 271 30 275 23 277 17 269 17615 16235 29 271 26 275 19 280 14 271 16235 15001 26 272 23 277 17 282 11 272 15001 13890 25 274 20 276 14 281 9 268 13890 12884 23 277 17 271 11 269 7 256 12884 11971 21 279 12 254 10 222 8 207 11971 11145 17 279 8 208 10 178 10 170 11145 10401 13 273 7*154 10 144 13 135 10401 9730 9 261 9*118 12 112 19 110 9730 9116 5*241 10 104 13*098 23 099 9116 8563 1*154 11 098 13*092 24 093 8563 8093 2 108 11 095 13 089 23 089 8093 7726 2 100 10 091 13 086 21 086 7726 7469 2 094 10 090 11 085 15 082 7469 7313 2 091 9 088 10 083 12*078 7313 7223 2 090 7 087 7 082 4*062 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