DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 Truckee 7206ft 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 - - - 44.1 - - 38.4 - - 37.2 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 419 - - 589 - - 317 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4294 - - 3637 - - 5643 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10276 - - 9847 - - 11231 - - 7205 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11500 - - 10843 - - 12849 - - 7222 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1255 - - 1896 - - 997 - - 5316 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 524 - - 552 - - 520 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 23 - - 31 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 330 - - 036 - - 058 - - 067 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 8 - - 19 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 31 - - 24 - - 43 - - 19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1022 - - 1553 - - 1726 - - -4190 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10479 - - 9291 - - 11124 - - 11412 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3968 - - 621 - - 420 - - -17082 ODpotential blCL - - - 15468 - - 10222 - - 12429 - - 24304 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 100 - - 91 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 44.1 - - 38.4 - - 37.2 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.3 - - 22.8 - - 13.7 - - 8.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 41.9 - - 35.9 - - 35.8 - - 33.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.1 - - 22.5 - - 13.6 - - 8.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 419 - - 589 - - 317 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4294 - - 3637 - - 5643 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 100 - - 62 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 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] 98175 7 277 4 318 12 337 7 027 98175 90696 4 332 5 331 10 341 6 321 90696 84935 9 043 6 350 5 325 8 351 84935 80182 3 058 8 302 7 318 9 036 80182 76095 5 026 5 308 4 351 7 022 76095 72483 4 310 5 292 5 292 9 321 72483 69208 9 307 8 275 4 278 6 240 69208 66184 15 294 17 285 11 292 3 280 66184 63358 15 279 17 263 16 292 12 314 63358 60615 11 298 10 277 14 282 12 304 60615 57765 14 312 12 301 12 314 12 325 57765 54826 30 319 25 312 23 316 21 316 54826 52030 36 314 20 327 19 320 29 325 52030 49529 34 308 35 347 41 334 47 338 49529 47330 32 306 59 338 64 341 71 345 47330 45379 65 337 79 342 85 338 82 331 45379 43607 100 335 94 337 83 334 73 334 43607 41956 94 334 91 337 81 345 72 343 41956 40408 100 349 94 348 93 356 82 349 40408 38951 123 352 110 358 102 358 84 347 38951 37585 127 348 114 000 100 354 84 346 37585 36280 117 342 109 358 99 351 84 344 36280 34975 116 341 106 352 97 348 84 343 34975 33644 111 338 104 344 95 345 83 341 33644 32291 108 336 100 334 93 341 83 339 32291 30907 106 335 98 331 92 337 83 337 30907 29483 104 334 95 330 91 337 82 338 29483 28023 103 332 93 331 88 338 79 340 28023 26532 101 330 91 331 84 336 76 338 26532 25016 97 329 90 334 79 334 71 335 25016 23480 92 328 91 338 77 335 67 335 23480 21921 85 327 90 337 77 339 65 340 21921 20329 79 325 91 334 77 342 67 345 20329 18729 73 321 91 336 77 346 68 351 18729 17208 66 317 77 343 70 352 65 359 17208 15841 59 314 48 346 52 004 58 013 15841 14638 49 312 25 331 37 027 52 034 14638 13574 38 306 15 296 33*046 53 050 13574 12622 28 298 10 312 33*051 53 057 12622 11763 18*297 11 356 33 054 50 060 11763 10984 14*301 15*017 32 057 47 063 10984 10279 13 309 19*027 32 058 45 064 10279 9639 12 328 23 034 32 059 44 065 9639 9051 12 336 24 036 32 060 42 065 9051 8518 12 340 25 037 31 060 40 066 8518 8064 12 343 24 038 31 060 38 066 8064 7709 12 346 24 038 29 061 34 066 7709 7461 11 347 22 039 27 061 30 066 7461 7310 10 349 19 039 23 062 25*067 7310 7222 8 349 13 040 15 063 14*067 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