DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/04 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 - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.8 - - 76.4 - - 70.0 - - 61.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 246 - - 341 - - 253 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4950 - - 7695 - - 1839 - - 292 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10607 - - 12928 - - 8259 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12158 - - 14904 - - 9047 - - 7500 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3173 - - 2715 - - 1075 - - 594 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 467 - - 601 - - 336 - - 43 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 27 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 4 - - 15 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 149 - - 178 - - 270 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 9 - - 6 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 17 - - 15 - - -36 - - -27 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3209 - - 11 - - -2308 - - -2774 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15368 - - 14893 - - 11356 - - 10275 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8043 - - -4112 - - -5662 - - -7870 ODpotential blCL - - - 20201 - - 19016 - - 14709 - - 15370 blCL maxRH - - - 29 - - 35 - - 58 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 320 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.8 - - 76.4 - - 70.0 - - 61.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.4 - - 35.9 - - 45.0 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.1 - - 74.2 - - 68.3 - - 61.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.2 - - 34.8 - - 44.1 - - 41.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 246 - - 341 - - 253 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4950 - - 7695 - - 1839 - - 292 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 - - 7 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] 99343 39 114 26 100 35 100 36 090 99343 91831 33 106 30 109 25 104 31 098 91831 86041 24 107 28 112 24 110 22 097 86041 81251 21 089 21 102 22 107 21 096 81251 77142 15 107 15 085 17 091 25 094 77142 73511 17 113 10 115 10 086 19 079 73511 70230 12 091 12 114 11 113 10 097 70230 67224 6 109 7 113 10 094 13 106 67224 64440 8 156 5 199 2 114 8 073 64440 61748 4 214 5 230 5 220 0 119 61748 58954 13 250 14 256 12 259 8 264 58954 56079 16 259 19 257 18 261 17 257 56079 53341 27 271 26 268 26 267 25 256 53341 50867 34 265 33 269 35 257 35 242 50867 48648 41 265 46 265 46 264 39 257 48648 46630 44 266 55 256 60 258 61 258 46630 44771 42 264 54 254 60 252 66 252 44771 43047 42 268 46 264 48 256 59 258 43047 41440 32 265 40 262 43 253 56 257 41440 39946 20 256 30 248 41 252 46 252 39946 38560 14 215 24 226 38 253 43 253 38560 37246 12 201 20 203 35 255 42 247 37246 35931 4 183 17 191 34 255 50 235 35931 34586 3 177 15 189 34 257 44 243 34586 33220 5 211 12 192 27 257 32 254 33220 31826 7 211 11 197 22 252 17 256 31826 30393 8 202 12 197 20 255 14 247 30393 28923 9 188 13 193 19 259 16 269 28923 27421 12 178 14 197 14 254 11 267 27421 25890 12 183 11 205 9 239 6 227 25890 24334 6 215 6 226 7 222 8 215 24334 22750 2 295 5 201 7 220 9 216 22750 21131 1 096 8 188 6 225 10 210 21131 19505 2 156 8 187 7 183 12 187 19505 17952 4 180 8 167 12 137 14 154 17952 16541 6 185 7 150 15 115 16 127 16541 15276 10 190 7*138 14 107 17 115 15276 14135 12 181 6*134 11 104 15 110 14135 13100 13*173 6 134 7 102 12 106 13100 12158 12*164 6 138 4 097 7 091 12158 11303 10 154 5 148 1 118 5 053 11303 10530 9 150 4 178 2 266 4 002 10530 9832 8 146 4 199 6 273 4 308 9832 9192 7 143 5 217 13*271 7 285 9192 8614 7 142 6 229 16*270 13 276 8614 8124 6 140 6 232 16 270 16 272 8124 7744 6 138 6 235 16 269 16*271 7744 7479 5 137 6 235 16 269 14*270 7479 7318 5 136 6 236 14 269 12 270 7318 7224 4 135 5 235 10 269 7 269 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