DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 Truckee 7208ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1333z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.8 - - 66.2 - - 64.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 406 - - 187 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2205 - - 5033 - - 4139 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8594 - - 10846 - - 9833 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - 9412 - - 12241 - - 11347 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 917 - - 1371 - - 2684 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 387 - - 543 - - 393 - - - W* B/S - - - 7 - - 22 - - 11 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 4 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - 126 - - 206 - - 295 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 6 - - -10 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5200 - - -5172 - - -4654 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14613 - - 17414 - - 16002 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12023 - - -11279 - - -10375 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - 21435 - - 23520 - - 21722 - - - blCL maxRH - - - 36 - - 65 - - 88 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.8 - - 66.2 - - 64.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.2 - - 14.8 - - 19.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.8 - - 63.7 - - 63.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.9 - - 14.1 - - 19.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 406 - - 187 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2205 - - 5033 - - 4139 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 52 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 98658 9 154 13 211 12 249 98658 91280 6 212 13 204 5 195 91280 85555 11 227 10 228 3 180 85555 80770 8 215 10 229 9 249 80770 76647 1 190 9 202 11 242 76647 73024 7 284 2 201 4 218 73024 69751 9 259 9 290 5 350 69751 66740 8 211 11 266 10 301 66740 63960 8 245 13 267 14 275 63960 61290 12 261 14 277 13 278 61290 58510 16 275 19 268 20 283 58510 55614 21 270 23 266 30 268 55614 52840 28 264 30 260 37 261 52840 50336 34 276 34 269 35 265 50336 48096 42 269 40 266 40 272 48096 46068 37 267 39 258 49 260 46068 44210 40 278 42 266 42 260 44210 42496 54 282 53 282 49 278 42496 40912 68 279 76 277 73 278 40912 39436 74 271 81 267 79 270 39436 38056 63 267 73 259 73 269 38056 36745 57 270 59 262 71 270 36745 35444 63 276 53 263 66 266 35444 34126 64 275 55 261 67 262 34126 32788 64 270 62 263 70 262 32788 31415 59 270 63 268 69 268 31415 30002 54 274 60 271 59 277 30002 28554 49 277 49 275 45 279 28554 27071 43 277 39 275 37 271 27071 25558 39 277 35 272 35 262 25558 24020 37 275 33 269 34 260 24020 22454 34 274 31 268 31 264 22454 20855 30 273 28 269 27 267 20855 19251 26 275 25 270 23 268 19251 17721 22 276 21 271 20 266 17721 16333 18 277 18 273 18 260 16333 15094 14 280 15 271 14 250 15094 13980 11 282 12 265 8 236 13980 12972 10 279 7*248 4 229 12972 12056 8 272 5*228 2*252 12056 11225 6 246 5 225 3*296 11225 10473 6 188 5 217 4 297 10473 9791 8*148 5 209 7 298 9791 9167 10*130 5 202 8 296 9167 8600 11 128 5 195 8 295 8600 8118 11 126 5 190 8 294 8118 7741 10 125 4 184 8 293 7741 7478 10 123 4 182 8 293 7478 7317 9 122 4 179 7 292 7317 7224 7 120 3 177 6 290 7224 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