DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/02 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 64.2 - - 68.1 - - 65.5 - - 55.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 207 - - 374 - - 211 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3589 - - 5594 - - 2475 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9506 - - 11277 - - 8667 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10797 - - 12802 - - 9682 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3291 - - 2883 - - 3749 - - 978 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 400 - - 555 - - 350 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 13 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 210 - - 241 - - 259 - - 265 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -15 - - -34 - - -35 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2867 - - -3068 - - -4161 - - -2386 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13664 - - 15871 - - 13844 - - 9610 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7920 - - -9476 - - -7893 - - -7281 ODpotential blCL - - - 18717 - - 22278 - - 17575 - - 14505 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 74 - - 73 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.2 - - 68.1 - - 65.5 - - 55.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.4 - - 23.5 - - 30.0 - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.8 - - 66.0 - - 64.1 - - 56.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.2 - - 22.4 - - 28.9 - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 207 - - 374 - - 211 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3589 - - 5594 - - 2475 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 4 - - 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] 98627 4 096 18 062 18 080 15 103 98627 91149 15 107 11 080 15 073 13 076 91149 85405 19 098 10 102 12 071 20 086 85405 80670 22 092 13 124 11 079 21 077 80670 76608 17 085 15 104 9 090 19 060 76608 73029 12 092 13 082 12 084 15 061 73029 69798 10 102 11 085 9 081 13 053 69798 66820 11 122 4 086 7 077 9 040 66820 64052 10 102 2 123 5 047 7 026 64052 61365 6 040 3 047 3 012 4 059 61365 58544 0 141 2 282 3 291 4 338 58544 55599 4 268 6 255 7 274 8 304 55599 52788 14 278 14 288 13 307 13 306 52788 50268 15 279 18 294 18 311 14 325 50268 48031 14 301 17 305 20 315 25 331 48031 46029 18 331 24 331 28 335 29 330 46029 44223 28 341 36 339 42 339 49 336 44223 42571 41 346 44 342 56 338 56 335 42571 41031 50 345 50 344 56 338 63 332 41031 39585 50 343 53 343 51 339 60 326 39585 38228 47 343 51 341 45 335 53 322 38228 36930 43 341 49 341 38 333 46 319 36930 35628 39 334 43 336 38 333 41 320 35628 34297 36 320 37 335 39 328 35 321 34297 32942 37 308 32 334 38 326 32 322 32942 31554 35 304 30 325 31 324 29 323 31554 30124 33 300 31 314 24 319 32 320 30124 28654 31 297 30 310 26 316 36 316 28654 27154 27 296 26 306 26 314 28 297 27154 25633 23 297 23 298 23 307 19 285 25633 24093 19 300 20 293 19 297 17 280 24093 22528 16 299 17 284 16 284 16 271 22528 20932 14 289 14 269 15 270 15 261 20932 19328 13 278 12 266 12 259 12 244 19328 17795 13 275 11 273 9 247 12 230 17795 16401 14 268 10 273 8 239 11 226 16401 15152 16 259 11 260 8 237 11 231 15152 14027 16 252 13 249 9 241 11 241 14027 13007 15 247 14*243 11 246 11 251 13007 12081 14 239 13*240 13 248 12 259 12081 11240 13*231 13 240 14 250 13 264 11240 10481 12*222 13 239 14 251 14 267 10481 9793 11 215 13 240 13*254 15 265 9793 9164 9 209 13 241 14*257 15 264 9164 8595 9 207 14 242 14 259 15 265 8595 8113 9 205 13 242 14 259 15 268 8113 7738 8 204 13 243 14 259 14 268 7738 7476 7 203 12 243 13 259 12 267 7476 7316 7 203 11 243 11 259 10*267 7316 7224 5 201 8 243 8 260 5*265 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