DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1331z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.4 - - 71.9 - - 69.5 - - 62.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 248 - - 375 - - 224 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4479 - - 5069 - - 3799 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10247 - - 10862 - - 9682 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11687 - - 12277 - - 11008 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2369 - - 1985 - - 1983 - - 2413 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 453 - - 538 - - 413 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 11 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 283 - - 272 - - 278 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -20 - - -24 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3009 - - -1990 - - -1654 - - -2966 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14697 - - 14268 - - 12662 - - 10191 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8668 - - -6926 - - -6004 - - -7764 ODpotential blCL - - - 20355 - - 19203 - - 17012 - - 14988 blCL maxRH - - - 34 - - 39 - - 43 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 130 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.4 - - 71.9 - - 69.5 - - 62.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.0 - - 34.2 - - 38.9 - - 42.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.7 - - 69.7 - - 68.0 - - 63.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.8 - - 33.0 - - 37.6 - - 42.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 248 - - 375 - - 224 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4479 - - 5069 - - 3799 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 98745 26 110 27 100 26 103 24 106 98745 91281 25 095 20 095 27 085 25 107 91281 85533 21 089 21 105 18 085 28 094 85533 80773 20 103 19 102 14 111 19 070 80773 76697 18 101 16 092 18 103 14 084 76697 73103 17 095 10 126 13 067 17 073 73103 69850 13 097 7 104 11 087 14 060 69850 66866 13 087 7 123 6 068 13 053 66866 64105 10 036 7 083 2 103 5 044 64105 61435 5 009 6 358 4 038 4 041 61435 58663 7 352 4 317 6 298 8 309 58663 55790 16 312 8 301 12 294 12 301 55790 53037 24 298 17 300 19 297 19 297 53037 50552 30 294 24 298 26 297 26 296 50552 48327 34 290 29 294 30 295 32 296 48327 46311 35 287 32 291 32 298 33 298 46311 44470 35 282 34 292 34 299 33 300 44470 42776 33 282 33 296 34 301 33 301 42776 41203 33 289 33 298 34 304 33 302 41203 39732 34 294 33 301 34 306 34 305 39732 38355 34 297 32 302 34 306 36 307 38355 37042 33 298 31 301 33 305 36 308 37042 35730 31 298 30 298 32 304 35 307 35730 34394 30 295 27 295 29 303 33 306 34394 33040 29 295 25 297 24 301 29 305 33040 31658 28 296 24 301 20 305 23 306 31658 30239 28 295 22 305 19 307 18 309 30239 28785 29 299 20 307 17 307 17 310 28785 27297 29 307 18 312 14 314 15 310 27297 25779 26 312 16 318 12 320 12 313 25779 24235 22 315 15 319 11 320 10 317 24235 22662 20 316 15 319 10 318 9 318 22662 21054 20 312 14 319 10 320 8 319 21054 19437 21 307 13 323 9 324 7 325 19437 17889 21 301 12 328 8 329 5 337 17889 16481 20 297 11 332 7 333 4 347 16481 15220 17 295 9 331 6 331 3 356 15220 14085 14 295 7 322 5 328 4 000 14085 13057 11 296 6*300 4 325 4 007 13057 12124 9*296 8*283 5 308 5 012 12124 11277 7*293 9 276 9*286 6 010 11277 10513 7 288 11 273 10*281 7 003 10513 9820 6 286 12 271 12 279 7 339 9820 9186 6 283 12 270 13 278 10 302 9186 8614 6 281 13 270 13 277 11 286 8614 8127 6 278 13 269 13 276 12 282 8127 7746 6 277 13 268 13 276 11 281 7746 7481 6 277 12 268 12 276 10 279 7481 7318 5 276 11 268 11 275 8*278 7318 7224 4 274 8 268 8 275 5*277 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