DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/14 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 62.7 - - 65.8 - - - - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 439 - - 552 - - - - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2987 - - 4411 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9261 - - 10451 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10195 - - 11620 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1534 - - 2472 - - - - - 1341 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 468 - - 576 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 7 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 15 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 217 - - 223 - - - - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 8 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -28 - - -28 - - - - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2526 - - -241 - - - - - -2931 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12722 - - 11862 - - - - - 10156 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6815 - - -3102 - - - - - -7727 ODpotential blCL - - - 17010 - - 14722 - - - - - 14951 blCL maxRH - - - 61 - - 58 - - - - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 200 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.7 - - 65.8 - - - - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.0 - - 38.6 - - - - - 36.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.3 - - 63.0 - - - - - 56.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.6 - - 38.5 - - - - - 36.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 439 - - 552 - - - - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2987 - - 4411 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 6 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] 99338 27 119 22 114 27 115 99338 91863 21 117 18 115 22 114 91863 86095 17 125 19 110 17 104 86095 81314 18 119 18 121 11 088 81314 77194 15 127 17 132 10 113 77194 73549 17 136 11 134 8 088 73549 70242 10 106 8 162 2 077 70242 67198 5 075 7 167 1 216 67198 64382 3 278 4 223 6 227 64382 61659 11 236 14 232 13 225 61659 58818 17 229 20 236 17 226 58818 55863 21 230 26 233 21 227 55863 53036 20 227 28 225 23 229 53036 50493 22 232 27 221 23 235 50493 48213 24 234 26 221 27 237 48213 46145 25 234 24 220 31 236 46145 44257 25 235 24 226 31 239 44257 42523 25 231 24 236 28 244 42523 40930 22 222 21 236 26 259 40930 39459 16 217 18 234 25 269 39459 38093 13 218 14 235 28 275 38093 36793 11 221 11 238 25 276 36793 35495 10 227 10 234 25 272 35495 34172 10 230 11 230 26 269 34172 32828 11 216 12 226 24 262 32828 31454 10 217 12 229 22 252 31454 30040 8 204 10 225 21 246 30040 28594 8 189 10 214 20 241 28594 27116 7 183 8 195 19 227 27116 25612 5 209 6 180 18 220 25612 24084 6 252 4 215 17 226 24084 22523 13 247 8 240 18 231 22523 20926 16 241 12 237 20 218 20926 19322 17 227 15 230 24 199 19322 17788 19 215 18 222 26 183 17788 16395 20 209 19 211 27 172 16395 15147 20 207 20 197 26 168 15147 14022 21 207 21 187 24 169 14022 13003 22 207 20 184 22 174 13003 12076 22 207 16*190 22 180 12076 11235 21 208 14*202 23 187 11235 10476 19*211 14 209 24 192 10476 9789 19*213 15 221 23 197 9789 9160 19 215 16 227 19 205 9160 8593 18 217 16 230 14 222 8593 8112 18 218 16 232 13 239 8112 7737 17 219 15 233 12 244 7737 7476 15 220 14 234 11 245 7476 7316 14 220 13 234 9*245 7316 7224 10 220 10 234 5*244 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