DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/02 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 - - - 65.2 - - 69.9 - - 65.7 - - 59.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 372 - - 262 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5448 - - 8678 - - 2610 - - 694 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11066 - - 13763 - - 8837 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12656 - - 15886 - - 9818 - - 7902 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2531 - - 1808 - - 5242 - - 1081 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 509 - - 643 - - 382 - - 53 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 33 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 4 - - 12 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 164 - - 203 - - 280 - - 280 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 22 - - -24 - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1074 - - 1599 - - -1089 - - -1748 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13730 - - 14288 - - 10907 - - 9650 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4744 - - -1543 - - -3811 - - -5650 ODpotential blCL - - - 17400 - - 17429 - - 13629 - - 13552 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 69 - - 62 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 40 - - 710 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.2 - - 69.9 - - 65.7 - - 59.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 32.0 - - 42.6 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.3 - - 67.6 - - 64.0 - - 59.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 30.9 - - 41.8 - - 41.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 372 - - 262 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5448 - - 8678 - - 2610 - - 694 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 - - 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] 99375 36 114 31 112 31 119 27 104 99375 91856 29 120 25 130 22 113 28 094 91856 86061 24 117 23 139 22 113 24 099 86061 81249 21 112 20 129 22 111 22 119 81249 77110 19 108 19 113 19 112 21 114 77110 73457 14 115 17 105 16 114 17 097 73457 70159 11 124 10 111 15 117 11 089 70159 67129 13 134 8 147 6 092 9 086 67129 64311 5 125 9 126 3 173 2 140 64311 61574 6 171 3 181 2 171 5 196 61574 58715 5 233 6 239 9 300 6 334 58715 55753 5 258 11 237 15 273 12 309 55753 52931 12 300 11 289 16 281 18 301 52931 50399 22 287 20 306 18 295 21 307 50399 48142 25 287 25 308 20 307 21 309 48142 46098 26 290 26 306 23 329 20 345 46098 44224 26 293 29 302 31 323 26 333 44224 42498 28 298 32 295 35 305 31 311 42498 40904 35 293 34 285 33 293 34 302 40904 39425 37 283 36 282 34 288 36 296 39425 38051 36 281 41 282 32 287 32 295 38051 36746 35 282 45 278 30 288 23 310 36746 35449 32 283 42 275 27 283 21 330 35449 34129 29 286 40 271 28 284 21 338 34129 32791 26 289 36 270 31 288 20 333 32791 31420 25 290 27 271 32 285 18 323 31420 30009 22 290 22 271 29 282 18 318 30009 28565 20 296 18 273 24 283 19 315 28565 27090 18 299 15 280 18 285 17 305 27090 25586 15 295 14 285 14 287 14 297 25586 24058 12 289 14 280 13 282 12 288 24058 22503 10 294 12 279 11 275 10 273 22503 20912 8 276 11 267 9 271 9 272 20912 19313 6 237 9 234 9 225 13 234 19313 17785 4 211 8 188 13 185 22 199 17785 16396 4 236 5*162 11 152 18 178 16396 15152 8 234 5*152 11 129 14 153 15152 14030 11 220 4 153 10 118 12 135 14030 13012 11*203 4 163 7 112 9 125 13012 12087 9*185 3 182 4 106 6 107 12087 11246 7 167 3 198 1 088 3 077 11246 10487 7 164 4 211 3*292 1 021 10487 9799 6 161 4 225 7*285 2 327 9799 9169 6 160 5 233 12 282 5 299 9169 8600 6 160 5 235 13 281 10 286 8600 8117 5 159 6 238 13 280 12*282 8117 7741 5 159 6 238 13 279 11*280 7741 7478 5 158 5 238 13 279 10 280 7478 7317 4 159 5 239 11 278 9 279 7317 7224 4 157 4 238 8 278 6 278 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