DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 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 - - 32.0 - - 33.2 - - 24.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 106 - - 125 - - 29 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1186 - - 1920 - - 2604 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7205 - - 8073 - - 7205 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8391 - - 9126 - - 9810 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 966 - - 1312 - - 2014 - - 728 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 218 - - 274 - - 196 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 12 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 066 - - 056 - - 028 - - 024 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 17 - - 14 - - 12 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1170 - - 1273 - - 1580 - - -30 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7222 - - 7853 - - 8230 - - 7252 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1399 - - -2397 - - -1425 - - -3737 ODpotential blCL - - - 9790 - - 11523 - - 11235 - - 10959 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 75 - - 73 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.2 - - 32.0 - - 33.2 - - 24.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.2 - - 23.1 - - 22.7 - - 18.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 24.6 - - 31.3 - - 33.0 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.2 - - 22.0 - - 21.5 - - 18.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 106 - - 125 - - 29 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1186 - - 1920 - - 2604 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96143 29 289 23 296 28 286 22 306 96143 89101 20 307 16 296 11 327 13 348 89101 83689 9 304 16 281 13 325 13 348 83689 79177 10 350 8 286 15 299 22 312 79177 75283 16 314 7 276 17 280 19 289 75283 71815 13 321 6 267 17 290 14 320 71815 68636 25 293 28 284 29 293 22 307 68636 65689 30 287 32 280 28 289 29 301 65689 62947 30 284 29 280 26 287 31 297 62947 60277 28 266 26 269 23 281 28 291 60277 57468 19 267 21 267 20 282 22 285 57468 54518 27 299 26 286 24 299 24 297 54518 51674 44 296 39 295 37 304 30 295 51674 49108 48 291 43 292 41 304 30 307 49108 46824 44 297 37 289 40 310 31 326 46824 44768 36 298 31 300 39 316 39 338 44768 42901 29 314 29 316 36 324 46 344 42901 41192 34 336 32 333 34 339 46 346 41192 39617 43 342 37 342 38 347 46 356 39617 38160 47 344 42 343 41 357 56 009 38160 36814 47 348 42 343 49 007 59 014 36814 35540 50 357 46 354 56 010 60 016 35540 34276 58 359 55 002 57 008 59 018 34276 32995 64 356 58 004 55 006 55 017 32995 31699 65 354 56 004 51 004 50 015 31699 30376 63 359 54 002 48 004 47 012 30376 29015 65 006 53 360 45 003 44 011 29015 27621 67 007 53 358 43 000 42 008 27621 26195 68 004 55 358 42 355 39 004 26195 24743 69 001 58 000 42 352 38 360 24743 23268 70 000 57 001 43 352 39 358 23268 21768 69 002 53 360 45 353 40 357 21768 20236 61 004 49 359 47 353 42 357 20236 18698 53 004 48 358 48 355 42 359 18698 17227 48 004 46 358 46 358 41 003 17227 15890 47 007 45 001 43 003 40 009 15890 14696 45 010 42 005 39 008 40 014 14696 13624 41 014 39 009 36 015 37 020 13624 12657 37 020 35 012 31 022 31 027 12657 11784 33 027 30 016 26 027 27 037 11784 10995 29 036 24 025 22 030 25 044 10995 10285 26 048 19 036 19*031 26 045 10285 9641 25 058 16*047 18*030 27 041 9641 9051 23 064 14*054 18 029 28 037 9051 8517 20*066 14 056 17 028 28 035 8517 8063 18*066 13 057 16 028 26 033 8063 7708 16 066 12 058 15 027 23 031 7708 7460 15 066 11 057 14 027 18 030 7460 7309 13 066 10 058 12 028 13*027 7309 7222 8 066 7 059 7 027 5*024 7222 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