DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/09 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 - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 64.1 - - 66.6 - - 65.8 - - 59.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 326 - - 413 - - 233 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3478 - - 4216 - - 3404 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9566 - - 10217 - - 9396 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10686 - - 11424 - - 10612 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1907 - - 1519 - - 1764 - - 2968 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 452 - - 521 - - 403 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 18 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 256 - - 276 - - 292 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -45 - - -39 - - -31 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3999 - - -4324 - - -5240 - - -5614 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14685 - - 15749 - - 15853 - - 12838 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11597 - - -12978 - - -13920 - - -13862 ODpotential blCL - - - 22283 - - 24402 - - 24532 - - 21086 blCL maxRH - - - 26 - - 23 - - 23 - - 27 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.1 - - 66.6 - - 65.8 - - 59.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.0 - - 22.7 - - 21.6 - - 28.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.3 - - 64.4 - - 64.3 - - 60.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.7 - - 21.6 - - 20.5 - - 27.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 326 - - 413 - - 233 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3478 - - 4216 - - 3404 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 99242 41 112 31 108 29 095 25 095 99242 91749 31 111 30 107 25 112 25 095 91749 85962 27 098 30 107 25 101 25 091 85962 81170 19 106 25 099 26 101 25 089 81170 77069 16 113 17 101 25 106 21 091 77069 73453 22 103 19 107 21 106 17 102 73453 70174 19 112 19 099 20 092 17 097 70174 67156 12 109 13 114 11 080 15 089 67156 64366 7 121 9 135 4 079 10 062 64366 61679 9 078 9 087 3 065 7 017 61679 58903 6 267 3 322 2 265 5 292 58903 56047 9 236 9 239 7 248 6 252 56047 53323 17 236 28 241 26 255 23 266 53323 50881 34 246 34 244 33 258 36 265 50881 48698 43 253 41 257 43 265 45 270 48698 46718 53 262 55 263 54 268 53 271 46718 44900 67 264 68 264 63 271 57 273 44900 43213 78 262 77 264 71 272 61 275 43213 41636 85 260 82 264 75 269 65 274 41636 40152 90 260 84 265 75 270 67 272 40152 38757 92 259 82 266 73 271 64 273 38757 37422 92 258 79 266 66 272 60 274 37422 36088 88 258 66 267 49 274 50 274 36088 34733 76 256 59 267 40 283 36 275 34733 33359 64 256 54 266 38 287 24 287 33359 31955 59 263 50 273 38 288 22 293 31955 30508 59 269 50 282 38 291 22 296 30508 29025 59 270 51 285 38 295 21 301 29025 27507 58 267 51 285 38 297 22 305 27507 25958 57 262 51 281 38 300 23 305 25958 24380 57 257 51 275 37 299 23 305 24380 22772 54 255 50 272 36 295 25 303 22772 21127 48 254 48 272 36 293 26 302 21127 19477 43 252 42 275 34 295 24 304 19477 17903 38 252 36 277 30 299 22 305 17903 16475 34 252 31 276 26 303 20 307 16475 15201 30 252 28 274 21 304 17 310 15201 14059 28 249 25 271 18 302 14 315 14059 13027 26 247 23 266 17 297 11 322 13027 12093 25 245 20*259 16 291 9 331 12093 11248 22*241 18*256 15*282 9 338 11248 10487 20*238 18 255 14*279 10 336 10487 9799 20 237 18 255 15 277 10 325 9799 9170 20 238 18 256 15 276 10 313 9170 8602 19 238 18 256 15 275 10 306 8602 8118 19 238 18 256 15 275 10 302 8118 7741 18 238 17 256 14 274 10 299 7741 7478 16 238 16 256 13 274 8 296 7478 7317 14 238 14 256 12 274 7*294 7317 7224 10 239 10 255 8 273 4*292 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