DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 Truckee 7208ft 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 - - - 71.2 - - 73.5 - - 70.4 - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 443 - - 289 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3917 - - 4124 - - 2162 - - 438 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9901 - - 10163 - - 8528 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11126 - - 11333 - - 9371 - - 7646 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2253 - - 2792 - - 1490 - - 694 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 468 - - 527 - - 368 - - 42 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 11 - - 13 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 215 - - 220 - - 239 - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 9 - - 5 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -25 - - -36 - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -41 - - -247 - - -1281 - - -1351 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11167 - - 11580 - - 10652 - - 8997 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3230 - - -4248 - - -5078 - - -6997 ODpotential blCL - - - 14356 - - 15581 - - 14449 - - 14643 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 56 - - 57 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 190 - - 190 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.2 - - 73.5 - - 70.4 - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 47.0 - - 47.4 - - 48.4 - - 47.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.1 - - 70.9 - - 68.5 - - 62.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 46.2 - - 46.5 - - 47.8 - - 47.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 443 - - 289 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3917 - - 4124 - - 2162 - - 438 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 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] 99465 34 114 33 102 36 111 38 109 99465 91937 29 122 24 117 24 101 34 095 91937 86158 28 109 26 122 20 097 27 103 86158 81377 30 110 30 113 22 112 22 114 81377 77250 27 102 24 105 26 109 24 118 77250 73605 20 109 22 108 22 108 25 106 73605 70319 19 119 21 114 19 124 16 101 70319 67305 18 122 19 124 18 130 13 130 67305 64523 13 126 17 127 18 141 11 142 64523 61842 6 162 15 160 12 149 9 142 61842 59059 11 212 19 189 16 186 12 186 59059 56184 21 191 24 209 20 203 17 183 56184 53446 28 190 30 201 23 211 19 216 53446 51002 25 196 30 200 30 215 30 226 51002 48829 22 215 30 204 35 217 34 218 48829 46844 32 213 36 208 40 216 35 219 46844 45004 38 204 39 209 42 214 40 225 45004 43292 42 208 41 212 46 220 47 231 43292 41698 43 214 43 217 50 225 51 231 41698 40210 42 213 42 220 49 226 48 229 40210 38821 36 211 38 219 47 224 45 232 38821 37497 32 214 35 217 43 224 43 235 37497 36175 31 216 33 217 41 225 43 237 36175 34824 31 214 33 218 40 230 43 240 34824 33452 31 214 32 221 38 238 40 245 33452 32046 30 217 31 227 35 239 36 245 32046 30599 28 223 31 232 32 237 30 237 30599 29112 26 227 30 234 30 235 30 230 29112 27588 25 229 27 235 28 239 30 233 27588 26033 23 228 25 233 25 234 27 231 26033 24453 19 225 23 226 27 228 27 228 24453 22847 17 219 22 219 27 225 28 228 22847 21208 17 221 21 219 25 222 26 226 21208 19564 19 223 21 219 24 219 23 220 19564 17995 21 219 20 213 23 208 22 207 17995 16571 23 215 21 206 22 195 22 189 16571 15298 23 211 22 202 22 187 23 178 15298 14150 22 208 21 198 22 184 23 174 14150 13110 19 205 20 192 21 183 22 176 13110 12166 16 201 17*191 21 184 22 181 12166 11309 12*201 14*194 20 186 22 189 11309 10534 11*206 12 202 19 192 23 196 10534 9835 10 210 11 215 15*204 24 202 9835 9194 10 214 11 226 13*230 23 210 9194 8616 10 217 12 231 14 238 19 226 8616 8127 10 219 12 233 14 241 16 243 8127 7745 10 220 12 234 14 242 15*247 7745 7481 9 220 11 235 13 243 13*248 7481 7318 8 220 10 236 12 243 11 249 7318 7224 6 219 8 235 9 243 7 248 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