DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/07 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 - - 1002z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.7 - - 72.4 - - - - - 60.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 287 - - 395 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3670 - - 3696 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9672 - - 9795 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10878 - - 10904 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3603 - - 3208 - - - - - 1067 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 442 - - 492 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 14 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 212 - - 235 - - - - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -41 - - - - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3360 - - -3514 - - - - - -3821 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14238 - - 14418 - - - - - 11046 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7630 - - -8215 - - - - - -9681 ODpotential blCL - - - 18508 - - 19119 - - - - - 16905 blCL maxRH - - - 59 - - 29 - - - - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 10 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.7 - - 72.4 - - - - - 60.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.2 - - 34.1 - - - - - 37.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.8 - - 70.2 - - - - - 60.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.1 - - 32.8 - - - - - 36.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 287 - - 395 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3670 - - 3696 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 6 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] 99555 37 109 31 100 35 108 99555 91983 32 118 30 114 33 091 91983 86167 33 109 31 117 23 090 86167 81357 31 104 28 118 22 102 81357 77213 25 102 22 109 21 103 77213 73565 20 109 18 111 21 091 73565 70289 15 106 16 111 19 092 70289 67289 15 130 8 140 18 099 67289 64512 13 134 13 183 7 102 64512 61829 9 179 16 188 14 169 61829 59045 15 196 20 210 12 206 59045 56172 23 234 24 233 22 233 56172 53440 38 230 35 235 32 237 53440 50986 49 239 49 234 42 240 50986 48784 58 242 58 239 51 244 48784 46772 59 247 65 246 57 247 46772 44912 67 252 71 248 63 249 44912 43177 75 252 78 248 67 254 43177 41550 83 250 82 248 79 256 41550 40020 87 246 79 248 85 252 40020 38581 79 247 72 246 81 248 38581 37212 66 249 63 248 72 248 37212 35862 55 249 56 252 61 250 35862 34505 49 250 53 254 52 247 34505 33139 42 249 50 251 48 244 33139 31747 30 241 42 251 46 246 31747 30317 22 236 29 247 39 248 30317 28857 20 233 23 244 32 243 28857 27371 22 237 23 244 27 238 27371 25853 24 243 24 242 26 235 25853 24307 24 249 24 241 26 229 24307 22730 24 251 22 240 24 222 22730 21117 21 248 18 231 21 216 21117 19495 21 238 18 221 19 207 19495 17942 22 230 19 219 17 199 17942 16528 23 222 19 216 16 195 16528 15260 23 213 20 212 15 194 15260 14117 22 206 20 208 15 196 14117 13081 21 200 20 206 14 201 13081 12139 18 194 19 207 15 207 12139 11285 15*193 17*212 16 213 11285 10514 12*197 15*220 19 220 10514 9818 11 205 14 229 23 223 9818 9181 10 212 15 235 25 226 9181 8607 10 216 15 239 22 233 8607 8121 10 218 15 240 18 247 8121 7742 10 220 14 241 15 254 7742 7478 9 221 14 241 13 255 7478 7317 8 220 12 242 11*255 7317 7224 6 220 9 242 6*255 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