DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/22 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 72.3 - - - - - 61.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 517 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4143 - - 4914 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10136 - - 10833 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11351 - - 12122 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2371 - - 2320 - - - - - 1726 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 506 - - 584 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 24 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 222 - - 229 - - - - - 246 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 14 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -42 - - -51 - - - - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1935 - - -1471 - - - - - -5163 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13287 - - 13593 - - - - - 12388 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4869 - - -4150 - - - - - -10787 ODpotential blCL - - - 16220 - - 16272 - - - - - 18011 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 58 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.1 - - 72.3 - - - - - 61.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.9 - - 37.6 - - - - - 33.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.0 - - 69.8 - - - - - 62.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.5 - - 37.1 - - - - - 32.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 517 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4143 - - 4914 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 5 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] 99240 20 114 20 111 14 073 99240 91802 22 114 20 086 13 101 91802 86035 20 116 12 082 20 110 86035 81245 15 102 14 105 18 094 81245 77117 13 095 13 112 13 067 77117 73473 11 122 13 140 12 062 73473 70178 11 115 10 133 1 061 70178 67155 3 082 8 145 6 176 67155 64360 9 105 5 225 5 205 64360 61665 7 209 6 232 7 201 61665 58861 12 182 14 214 13 220 58861 55951 27 219 27 221 16 212 55951 53162 36 210 38 211 26 218 53162 50657 37 214 42 208 39 222 50657 48425 41 217 43 216 42 226 48425 46408 46 218 49 220 44 234 46408 44567 49 219 54 219 49 233 44567 42876 53 221 55 222 53 228 42876 41310 57 221 57 223 57 229 41310 39849 58 221 57 223 61 228 39849 38484 56 223 53 224 57 228 38484 37178 52 224 49 225 52 227 37178 35872 48 224 46 224 49 225 35872 34539 44 224 44 224 46 226 34539 33184 42 225 43 224 46 226 33184 31795 40 225 42 224 45 227 31795 30366 39 224 41 223 43 228 30366 28900 39 223 40 222 39 232 28900 27401 38 222 39 224 35 233 27401 25873 38 221 38 225 32 232 25873 24319 37 219 37 225 31 227 24319 22737 37 218 36 223 31 222 22737 21119 37 219 36 222 31 218 21119 19492 36 220 35 221 31 217 19492 17934 34 220 34 220 31 218 17934 16517 34 221 33 219 31 219 16517 15248 34 222 33 218 31 220 15248 14105 33 223 33 218 30 221 14105 13070 33 222 31 220 30 222 13070 12132 31*222 28*222 30 223 12132 11281 27*221 26*224 29 226 11281 10513 25 220 26 226 29 228 10513 9819 24 221 25 228 28 229 9819 9183 23 222 25 229 27 229 9183 8609 22 222 24 231 24 233 8609 8122 22 223 23 231 20 240 8122 7743 20 224 22 232 18 244 7743 7479 18 224 20 232 15 245 7479 7317 16 224 18 233 12*246 7317 7224 11 224 12 233 6*246 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