DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/22 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 - - - 71.7 - - 74.8 - - 70.3 - - 61.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 233 - - 345 - - 231 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5800 - - 7891 - - 1893 - - 327 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11251 - - 13095 - - 8278 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13008 - - 15100 - - 9102 - - 7535 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2938 - - 2145 - - 2178 - - 720 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 486 - - 610 - - 331 - - 45 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 21 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 5 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 158 - - 229 - - 265 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 8 - - 5 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - -12 - - -34 - - -25 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -744 - - 1912 - - -2514 - - -2195 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13753 - - 13188 - - 11616 - - 9731 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4899 - - -1249 - - -6052 - - -7783 ODpotential blCL - - - 17907 - - 16349 - - 15154 - - 15318 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 51 - - 45 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 330 - - 340 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.7 - - 74.8 - - 70.3 - - 61.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.3 - - 41.6 - - 44.1 - - 43.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.1 - - 72.6 - - 68.7 - - 61.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.0 - - 40.5 - - 43.0 - - 43.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 233 - - 345 - - 231 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5800 - - 7891 - - 1893 - - 327 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 99075 26 110 27 109 22 102 30 107 99075 91549 26 124 21 117 20 114 21 112 91549 85756 25 121 17 119 21 112 20 108 85756 80964 22 110 16 112 20 104 20 103 80964 76849 23 105 16 118 16 105 20 094 76849 73215 16 103 21 129 11 143 14 062 73215 69929 15 109 11 120 9 131 5 076 69929 66919 5 126 9 125 4 116 4 089 66919 64136 3 142 6 154 3 236 3 020 64136 61450 4 191 2 223 4 211 5 267 61450 58658 7 271 7 281 5 253 9 255 58658 55775 22 269 20 269 17 270 16 264 55775 53033 32 267 30 265 29 266 27 265 53033 50573 39 268 39 262 41 262 38 261 50573 48380 44 271 42 265 45 259 43 257 48380 46398 44 273 45 266 44 259 45 257 46398 44583 42 275 41 264 42 260 43 256 44583 42905 42 277 38 266 40 261 41 255 42905 41337 45 273 40 267 41 260 40 253 41337 39868 46 270 39 265 39 258 40 253 39868 38488 45 271 37 257 39 256 38 255 38488 37171 44 272 36 255 39 255 36 258 37171 35855 41 273 33 256 39 255 36 258 35855 34514 38 274 31 257 39 256 38 258 34514 33154 36 275 29 255 39 257 40 258 33154 31765 33 273 30 253 38 258 39 257 31765 30335 28 268 30 255 37 259 37 257 30335 28870 25 265 28 259 33 258 35 256 28870 27373 23 262 26 262 28 257 32 256 27373 25850 21 260 24 262 26 260 28 256 25850 24303 23 261 23 264 25 265 25 257 24303 22727 20 262 21 266 25 270 25 262 22727 21113 15 253 19 256 22 270 24 266 21113 19490 10 233 15 239 16 265 19 265 19490 17936 8 190 12 205 12 245 13 258 17936 16524 6 185 9 176 13 203 10 225 16524 15260 7 203 7*166 13 178 15 191 15260 14120 10 209 5*165 11 161 15 172 14120 13087 8*199 4 170 9 153 13 163 13087 12147 8*190 4 184 8 155 10 160 12147 11294 8 176 4 209 6 176 8 168 11294 10524 7 159 5 231 6 212 8 190 10524 9826 7 155 6 240 7 241 10 213 9826 9188 7 151 8 250 12*262 13 232 9188 8612 7 148 9 252 14*264 14 248 8612 8124 6 144 9 253 14 265 15 260 8124 7744 6 143 9 254 14 265 14*262 7744 7480 5 140 9 254 14 265 13*262 7480 7318 5 140 8 254 12 265 11 262 7318 7224 4 137 7 254 9 265 6 262 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