DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 - - - 69.4 - - 67.0 - - - - - 54.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 255 - - 462 - - - - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3320 - - 2450 - - - - - 549 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9370 - - 8867 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10529 - - 9659 - - - - - 7756 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2063 - - 1861 - - - - - 480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 413 - - 450 - - - - - 101 W* B/S - - - 22 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 13 - - - - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 023 - - 270 - - - - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 2 - - - - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - -23 - - - - - -36 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -292 - - 726 - - - - - -1490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10821 - - 8933 - - - - - 9246 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3794 - - -1775 - - - - - -7514 ODpotential blCL - - - 14323 - - 11434 - - - - - 15270 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 80 - - - - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - 940 - - 1780 - - - - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 67.0 - - - - - 54.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.5 - - 52.2 - - - - - 39.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.5 - - 64.4 - - - - - 54.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.3 - - 51.3 - - - - - 38.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 255 - - 462 - - - - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3320 - - 2450 - - - - - 549 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 61 - - 22 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 10 - - - - - 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] 98996 23 103 22 103 27 089 98996 91512 15 116 18 104 28 102 91512 85742 20 115 13 122 20 104 85742 80949 20 122 19 127 13 102 80949 76819 21 104 21 133 7 102 76819 73170 11 114 21 124 6 163 73170 69877 8 111 10 117 11 124 69877 66867 7 156 4 193 7 094 66867 64083 10 124 7 166 2 178 64083 61386 7 233 8 202 15 208 61386 58587 11 210 19 215 13 227 58587 55700 15 245 26 233 27 256 55700 52959 35 235 34 230 37 239 52959 50491 40 236 33 233 34 232 50491 48264 48 245 39 245 38 256 48264 46229 62 240 55 242 54 252 46229 44357 67 234 64 235 63 246 44357 42625 65 232 64 231 66 242 42625 41007 64 233 61 234 64 242 41007 39491 67 235 63 235 65 246 39491 38078 70 234 63 232 67 248 38078 36738 69 232 58 229 66 249 36738 35412 65 232 55 226 59 248 35412 34075 60 232 52 223 51 248 34075 32730 54 231 48 222 44 246 32730 31362 45 228 39 220 36 245 31362 29961 36 220 31 212 29 241 29961 28526 30 212 27 204 23 236 28526 27061 26 207 25 201 19 232 27061 25567 23 200 24 197 19 220 25567 24048 22 195 26 197 21 213 24048 22499 24 189 25 197 20 209 22499 20914 25 184 25 193 17 198 20914 19319 24 179 27 188 17 191 19319 17790 23 175 27 182 17 181 17790 16397 23 166 25 179 14 169 16397 15148 23 154 21 171 10 165 15148 14022 23 144 17 160 6 176 14022 13001 22 137 13 148 5 211 13001 12074 17 132 8 141 7 241 12074 11233 11*123 3 138 12 257 11233 10473 6*100 1 242 14 266 10473 9785 4 061 6*275 17 271 9785 9156 4 017 11*272 18 271 9156 8589 4 005 13 270 18 268 8589 8108 4 356 14 269 18*264 8108 7734 4 353 14 269 16*262 7734 7475 4 351 13 269 15 261 7475 7315 4 350 12 268 13 261 7315 7224 3 350 9 268 8 261 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