DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/05 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 68.1 - - 70.4 - - - - - 59.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 314 - - 372 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2391 - - 3744 - - - - - 114 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8727 - - 9814 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9599 - - 10952 - - - - - 7321 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2953 - - 4522 - - - - - 1144 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 394 - - 484 - - - - - 30 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 13 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 260 - - 236 - - - - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 5 - - - - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -24 - - - - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3094 - - -2060 - - - - - -2903 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12693 - - 13012 - - - - - 10225 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6831 - - -4856 - - - - - -7137 ODpotential blCL - - - 16430 - - 15808 - - - - - 14458 blCL maxRH - - - 95 - - 89 - - - - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 68.1 - - 70.4 - - - - - 59.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.4 - - 38.2 - - - - - 39.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.0 - - 68.2 - - - - - 59.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.2 - - 37.0 - - - - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 314 - - 372 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2391 - - 3744 - - - - - 114 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 81 - - 58 - - - - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 99287 39 110 34 098 32 105 99287 91764 30 104 23 102 36 097 91764 85978 28 115 18 112 29 086 85978 81196 30 103 24 119 25 094 81196 77088 18 100 24 105 20 093 77088 73472 17 095 17 097 17 104 73472 70214 11 104 14 108 15 089 70214 67223 10 119 7 096 10 078 67223 64445 11 114 3 170 7 055 64445 61756 4 084 4 242 3 219 61756 58963 3 283 6 284 5 232 58963 56066 22 240 25 230 14 247 56066 53289 32 239 27 230 26 245 53289 50796 44 242 32 243 47 252 50796 48571 49 242 47 244 57 245 48571 46547 58 248 59 247 61 247 46547 44684 69 248 66 248 70 249 44684 42959 71 245 65 244 70 244 42959 41348 72 245 62 242 66 241 41348 39837 70 244 61 241 65 240 39837 38428 64 241 57 239 65 242 38428 37096 56 239 52 236 64 243 37096 35775 50 236 49 233 62 241 35775 34437 45 232 47 227 58 238 34437 33078 44 223 47 223 54 236 33078 31685 43 215 47 224 53 238 31685 30249 38 214 42 229 49 237 30249 28776 25 218 29 221 47 233 28776 27274 18 196 26 195 37 235 27274 25749 16 158 27 192 26 233 25749 24202 12 148 19 190 19 229 24202 22628 12 148 8 183 18 230 22628 21017 13 149 7 156 16 233 21017 19397 14 156 9 137 10 221 19397 17851 13 163 10 134 9 189 17851 16447 11 163 10 136 7 168 16447 15191 9 158 9 138 5 152 15191 14060 7 151 7 151 4 145 14060 13036 6 141 8 171 3 162 13036 12106 4 145 10 192 3 184 12106 11263 2 149 11*202 4 183 11263 10500 1 209 12*220 4 177 10500 9809 3*258 13 229 5 174 9809 9176 7*262 13 237 5 185 9176 8604 9 261 14 239 7 236 8604 8118 9 261 14 241 12 253 8118 7741 9 260 14 241 12 254 7741 7478 9 259 13 242 11*254 7478 7317 8 259 12 242 9*253 7317 7224 6 259 9 242 6 254 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