DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.2 - - 72.4 - - 69.2 - - 61.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 367 - - 239 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5861 - - 8215 - - 2400 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11362 - - 13380 - - 8655 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13069 - - 15424 - - 9609 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2575 - - 2448 - - 4529 - - 1168 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 510 - - 628 - - 361 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 14 - - 34 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 3 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 163 - - 224 - - 270 - - 273 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 12 - - -30 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1207 - - 1797 - - -2439 - - -2782 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14277 - - 13628 - - 12048 - - 10007 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5080 - - -1436 - - -5268 - - -7023 ODpotential blCL - - - 18149 - - 16860 - - 14877 - - 14247 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 56 - - 45 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 310 - - 300 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.2 - - 72.4 - - 69.2 - - 61.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.5 - - 37.5 - - 41.3 - - 42.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.4 - - 70.2 - - 67.6 - - 61.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.3 - - 36.4 - - 40.2 - - 41.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 367 - - 239 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5861 - - 8215 - - 2400 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 99400 32 109 29 103 34 113 33 108 99400 91905 27 114 25 105 30 107 30 101 91905 86116 27 111 19 116 24 099 27 099 86116 81301 24 103 19 123 15 119 21 080 81301 77162 18 097 21 109 20 138 9 101 77162 73528 14 101 19 105 22 125 14 139 73528 70244 10 125 10 120 12 110 15 114 70244 67219 11 135 9 160 3 085 11 085 67219 64416 5 136 8 161 5 183 2 070 64416 61708 4 193 5 203 1 258 1 181 61708 58892 6 272 6 255 9 287 6 291 58892 55984 12 281 13 285 14 285 12 284 55984 53224 12 299 15 279 19 285 16 296 53224 50751 15 306 17 291 19 285 17 290 50751 48530 19 313 22 302 21 293 20 284 48530 46497 24 310 24 297 21 296 19 289 46497 44625 27 309 26 310 23 309 22 307 44625 42898 28 312 29 306 26 303 25 301 42898 41295 27 314 27 313 22 316 18 305 41295 39799 28 324 27 319 23 334 15 342 39799 38405 26 324 27 320 24 334 18 359 38405 37083 24 318 25 314 26 329 22 002 37083 35768 25 310 22 308 26 330 24 003 35768 34433 23 302 21 302 25 324 23 006 34433 33080 22 298 21 300 22 315 23 004 33080 31695 22 297 25 293 19 319 22 353 31695 30272 20 298 25 296 18 313 19 347 30272 28813 17 296 20 298 21 305 15 329 28813 27319 17 295 18 288 19 302 16 314 27319 25797 20 295 19 286 18 296 17 315 25797 24250 18 290 18 286 16 292 15 319 24250 22672 13 278 15 273 14 283 12 312 22672 21059 9 272 12 255 12 274 9 292 21059 19440 8 262 9 234 9 249 7 255 19440 17894 8 241 7 205 9 197 12 204 17894 16490 10 223 5*174 11 162 14 179 16490 15232 11 212 4*158 10 141 13 154 15232 14097 11*205 3 152 9 130 12 136 14097 13068 10*193 3 158 7 129 9 124 13068 12132 9 183 3 173 5 148 6 108 12132 11283 8 167 3 209 4 181 4 082 11283 10515 7 159 3 231 5 236 1 032 10515 9821 7 155 5 244 7*261 2 275 9821 9185 6 151 6 254 12*269 5 270 9185 8610 6 146 7 255 13 270 10 275 8610 8123 6 144 8 256 13 271 13 276 8123 7743 5 141 8 257 13 270 12 275 7743 7479 5 140 7 257 13 270 11 274 7479 7318 5 138 7 257 11 270 9 274 7318 7224 4 138 6 255 9 269 6*273 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