DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - 61.9 - - 65.2 - - 63.6 - - 55.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 288 - - 432 - - 270 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3253 - - 4025 - - 2427 - - 607 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9357 - - 10079 - - 8709 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10461 - - 11233 - - 9635 - - 7814 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1211 - - 1933 - - 1559 - - 950 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 426 - - 520 - - 376 - - 49 W* B/S - - - 16 - - 10 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 219 - - 246 - - 259 - - 273 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -19 - - -30 - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4386 - - -120 - - -1989 - - -1777 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14847 - - 11354 - - 11625 - - 9592 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11067 - - -4037 - - -6363 - - -7245 ODpotential blCL - - - 21528 - - 15270 - - 15998 - - 15059 blCL maxRH - - - 23 - - 55 - - 46 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.9 - - 65.2 - - 63.6 - - 55.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.1 - - 40.2 - - 37.5 - - 38.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.0 - - 62.8 - - 61.8 - - 55.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.8 - - 39.0 - - 36.4 - - 38.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 288 - - 432 - - 270 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3253 - - 4025 - - 2427 - - 607 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 98962 29 101 26 114 19 114 22 107 98962 91422 22 095 24 102 21 105 23 101 91422 85635 21 115 20 089 24 100 20 102 85635 80845 19 109 14 083 20 085 21 094 80845 76724 16 107 11 098 14 073 18 076 76724 73090 15 105 8 106 8 064 13 075 73090 69809 7 101 7 137 5 053 10 081 69809 66804 7 026 12 144 1 118 5 081 66804 64030 1 198 6 162 5 209 4 305 64030 61351 3 281 3 180 6 182 7 240 61351 58556 17 255 17 262 14 287 13 307 58556 55659 19 250 21 242 25 251 23 271 55659 52901 27 266 24 260 25 251 26 260 52901 50414 35 264 36 264 37 263 38 269 50414 48181 42 267 45 262 48 264 47 265 48181 46153 51 271 53 264 54 267 48 271 46153 44295 58 269 60 264 58 268 55 274 44295 42582 63 269 65 265 61 266 57 271 42582 40992 68 269 66 266 60 262 54 270 40992 39510 72 270 67 268 53 261 51 273 39510 38129 73 270 68 268 49 269 50 274 38129 36817 74 270 67 267 51 272 50 274 36817 35512 73 271 65 266 53 269 50 274 35512 34183 63 272 64 267 54 268 50 274 34183 32836 52 273 60 268 53 267 49 272 32836 31458 46 274 52 269 50 266 46 270 31458 30040 42 274 44 268 46 266 43 269 30040 28588 37 276 39 268 42 267 39 272 28588 27103 33 279 35 270 36 267 36 273 27103 25593 31 279 30 272 30 266 32 267 25593 24061 29 278 28 274 26 265 27 263 24061 22502 28 276 27 273 24 263 23 258 22502 20905 26 270 27 268 25 260 24 251 20905 19300 25 265 24 262 24 254 22 242 19300 17765 22 264 20 255 20 244 20 231 17765 16370 18 267 15 246 17 230 17 216 16370 15123 13 272 11 231 15 212 16 201 15123 14000 9 276 9 212 14 199 15 189 14000 12983 7 273 10 193 13 191 12 184 12983 12060 5 231 9 191 12 191 11 189 12060 11223 6*198 7*203 11 197 10 200 11223 10467 5*204 7*225 10 212 10 210 10467 9782 5 213 8 234 10*242 10 221 9782 9155 5 219 9 247 12*256 10 244 9155 8591 5 223 10 250 12 258 11 267 8591 8111 5 225 11 251 13 260 12*272 8111 7737 5 226 10 251 13 260 12*273 7737 7476 5 226 10 251 12 260 11 273 7476 7316 4 226 9 252 11 260 9 273 7316 7224 4 225 7 252 8 259 6 272 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