DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/17 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1332z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 45.2 - - 55.4 - - 57.4 - - 56.0 - - 46.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -28 - - 52 - - 82 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 917 - - 2007 - - 1134 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7206 - - 7207 - - 7944 - - 7207 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top 7223 - - 8124 - - 9214 - - 8342 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 73 - - 1993 - - 2307 - - 2561 - - 495 Hgt.Variab. W* 17 - - 169 - - 250 - - 138 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 10 - - 11 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 272 - - 262 - - 276 - - 290 - - 286 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -29 - - -33 - - -26 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3070 - - -1512 - - -272 - - -123 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10294 - - 9637 - - 9486 - - 8465 - - 7224 sfcLCL ODpotential -10512 - - -6309 - - -4852 - - -4554 - - -5384 ODpotential blCL 17735 - - 14433 - - 14066 - - 12896 - - 12608 blCL maxRH 37 - - 48 - - 53 - - 56 - - 67 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 90 - - 370 - - 260 CAPE Temp@2m 45.2 - - 55.4 - - 57.4 - - 56.0 - - 46.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 25.7 - - 38.1 - - 40.7 - - 43.6 - - 40.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 49.4 - - 54.9 - - 57.0 - - 56.9 - - 51.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 24.5 - - 36.8 - - 39.5 - - 42.5 - - 42.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -28 - - 52 - - 82 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 917 - - 2007 - - 1134 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 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] 98499 28 104 20 095 19 101 21 098 24 110 98499 91083 22 117 15 109 23 108 19 105 22 108 91083 85336 12 136 16 141 15 122 15 108 21 109 85336 80526 11 144 14 146 12 153 8 140 10 094 80526 76388 10 115 10 127 11 173 4 163 4 094 76388 72748 2 090 1 185 4 194 1 113 2 076 72748 69449 7 262 5 261 5 296 3 283 2 284 69449 66415 6 292 9 287 9 290 12 301 8 291 66415 63616 9 312 13 300 15 284 16 294 16 300 63616 60916 15 305 17 293 20 289 16 285 17 294 60916 58099 23 302 18 288 23 288 19 291 17 281 58099 55177 26 297 19 290 24 276 25 286 22 284 55177 52397 26 285 24 293 20 278 27 277 27 284 52397 49902 24 271 28 282 23 284 23 281 25 275 49902 47669 19 271 28 265 29 268 26 285 23 281 47669 45650 21 281 25 259 28 253 28 265 27 280 45650 43822 26 270 25 272 25 260 28 258 25 271 43822 42151 27 259 30 274 26 280 24 272 22 275 42151 40600 28 258 31 271 28 283 26 283 25 288 40600 39149 30 262 32 271 30 280 29 285 28 285 39149 37791 31 266 32 275 31 276 31 287 31 279 37791 36497 32 272 33 276 33 274 33 287 33 279 36497 35209 32 280 34 278 36 276 35 285 35 281 35209 33898 32 287 36 281 38 276 37 282 36 282 33898 32567 34 291 38 283 38 276 37 277 37 281 32567 31205 35 293 38 284 36 279 35 275 36 282 31205 29803 35 293 37 287 34 282 34 280 35 292 29803 28367 34 293 35 290 34 284 34 288 32 294 28367 26899 32 294 34 290 35 289 29 295 27 297 26899 25407 29 297 33 290 34 293 25 305 24 303 25407 23893 27 300 30 293 29 300 22 309 22 306 23893 22352 25 304 26 300 23 306 19 309 20 305 22352 20776 23 307 22 311 20 309 17 309 18 301 20776 19193 21 309 19 319 19 315 17 311 15 297 19193 17678 20 311 18 323 19 319 15 313 12 294 17678 16301 19 313 17 325 17 323 13 313 11 295 16301 15068 18 315 16 324 13 321 11 310 10 296 15068 13958 16 313 15 323 10 319 9 302 9 300 13958 12951 15 307 12 319 8 318 7 296 8 304 12951 12037 14 300 11 311 7 312 6 297 7 312 12037 11207 14 295 12 298 7 301 6 301 6 327 11207 10457 13 291 13 286 9 286 7 302 6 341 10457 9777 13 287 14 279 11*280 9 300 7 349 9777 9153 13 284 15 273 12*277 11 297 8 346 9153 8589 13 283 14*268 12 276 12*294 9 331 8589 8110 12 282 13*265 12 276 12*292 10 312 8110 7735 12 276 12 262 11 275 11 291 10 301 7735 7475 10 272 10 262 10 274 10 290 9 296 7475 7316 9*271 9 261 9 273 9 289 8*293 7316 7224 5*272 6 260 7 272 5 287 5*286 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