DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/07 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.2 - - 59.1 - - 56.0 - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 486 - - 276 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4079 - - 4536 - - 3310 - - 1454 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10071 - - 10518 - - 9374 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11286 - - 11743 - - 10517 - - 8661 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1426 - - 1304 - - 1169 - - 1027 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 496 - - 562 - - 418 - - 129 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 15 - - 16 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 242 - - 246 - - 256 - - 260 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -25 - - -32 - - -31 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3018 - - -2023 - - -1622 - - -1018 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14305 - - 13766 - - 12139 - - 9679 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10120 - - -8364 - - -6976 - - -6739 ODpotential blCL - - - 21406 - - 20107 - - 17493 - - 15400 blCL maxRH - - - 52 - - 76 - - 86 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.2 - - 59.1 - - 56.0 - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.5 - - 23.7 - - 27.7 - - 32.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.0 - - 56.6 - - 54.3 - - 49.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.4 - - 22.6 - - 26.8 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 486 - - 276 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4079 - - 4536 - - 3310 - - 1454 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 5 - - 43 - - 30 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 98690 11 097 12 074 18 090 18 088 98690 91212 12 078 10 089 16 093 15 090 91212 85475 14 082 15 103 16 084 16 082 85475 80731 17 116 7 137 12 061 20 078 80731 76636 16 132 13 148 7 094 16 084 76636 73003 11 124 9 089 10 138 10 115 73003 69715 3 081 2 048 8 120 10 110 69715 66690 3 248 9 260 3 291 6 024 66690 63879 4 302 10 231 9 226 7 276 63879 61153 16 267 18 242 13 247 12 260 61153 58307 19 243 21 229 22 248 19 260 58307 55352 23 260 21 239 24 259 23 264 55352 52531 32 265 28 254 29 271 25 269 52531 49993 33 263 32 263 33 273 28 277 49993 47721 33 271 36 270 34 277 33 283 47721 45671 36 276 37 279 37 287 34 308 45671 43821 36 269 39 283 53 289 53 317 43821 42149 27 276 40 292 47 302 59 318 42149 40613 41 321 37 312 67 334 64 322 40613 39182 49 316 47 339 80 334 50 317 39182 37837 38 318 49 337 74 334 42 328 37837 36549 30 331 42 327 64 331 44 332 36549 35257 40 346 39 314 57 324 44 329 35257 33936 46 346 42 316 53 317 43 325 33936 32590 41 351 48 312 52 312 43 322 32590 31210 31 343 43 315 52 306 44 320 31210 29789 35 321 36 311 55 296 46 318 29789 28334 36 313 34 296 56 284 44 318 28334 26844 30 305 33 288 47 278 36 309 26844 25327 26 301 32 286 40 268 36 284 25327 23793 25 299 32 282 38 264 38 267 23793 22240 24 300 31 276 34 263 36 263 22240 20660 24 305 29 276 30 264 30 259 20660 19080 22 310 24 276 26 264 24 252 19080 17572 20 309 20 275 23 264 20 249 17572 16202 19 301 18 274 19 262 18 250 16202 14975 20 295 16 273 17 260 17 253 14975 13871 19 290 16 271 15 259 17 256 13871 12871 17 280 15 260 15 255 16 258 12871 11965 14*267 14*248 16 247 17 256 11965 11143 11*251 15*246 15*250 18 249 11143 10403 11 245 15 246 16*254 18 244 10403 9733 11 242 16 246 16 255 16 246 9733 9121 11 240 16 246 17 256 15*255 9121 8568 11 239 16 246 17 257 14*258 8568 8097 10 239 16 246 17 257 13 260 8097 7729 10 238 15 246 17 257 13 260 7729 7472 9 238 14 247 15 257 12 260 7472 7314 8 237 13 247 14 257 10 260 7314 7223 6 236 9 247 10 258 6 261 7223 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