DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.3 - - 77.7 - - - - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 222 - - 332 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5907 - - 6649 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11311 - - 12080 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13116 - - 13858 - - - - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2812 - - 2914 - - - - - 1323 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 481 - - 569 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 11 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 298 - - 284 - - - - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - -19 - - - - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3667 - - -1396 - - - - - -3641 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16784 - - 15255 - - - - - 10867 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9647 - - -6852 - - - - - -9032 ODpotential blCL - - - 22763 - - 20710 - - - - - 16257 blCL maxRH - - - 53 - - 66 - - - - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.3 - - 77.7 - - - - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.6 - - 35.6 - - - - - 43.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.7 - - 75.7 - - - - - 67.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 34.4 - - - - - 42.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 222 - - 332 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5907 - - 6649 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 98801 23 100 27 109 24 096 98801 91288 22 095 29 090 25 094 91288 85521 22 097 18 095 27 086 85521 80764 20 102 17 100 23 082 80764 76694 18 100 19 103 19 086 76694 73118 20 090 17 088 19 096 73118 69889 16 073 13 082 20 089 69889 66919 13 090 10 102 18 069 66919 64168 14 066 10 102 12 045 64168 61521 12 041 7 080 10 029 61521 58778 11 028 6 067 8 015 58778 55942 7 025 7 055 7 011 55942 53230 9 069 10 070 6 042 53230 50788 14 079 13 088 8 092 50788 48601 18 092 19 111 14 114 48601 46616 21 079 26 099 21 121 46616 44795 17 080 25 088 25 105 44795 43117 24 111 23 113 22 105 43117 41556 32 101 26 109 24 114 41556 40091 33 086 29 097 26 106 40091 38718 34 085 30 099 26 097 38718 37405 30 093 28 095 22 117 37405 36091 27 101 27 079 19 117 36091 34747 24 100 23 097 16 112 34747 33378 26 096 18 103 15 110 33378 31974 27 100 16 087 16 106 31974 30527 21 100 17 076 17 112 30527 29044 18 087 16 084 16 125 29044 27531 16 087 14 091 11 131 27531 25989 14 084 13 090 5 132 25989 24423 14 083 12 085 2 090 24423 22828 12 087 11 087 3 048 22828 21195 9 097 9 088 3 041 21195 19556 4 116 5 074 3 021 19556 17990 0 270 1 332 3 348 17990 16568 5 291 5 285 3 312 16568 15295 10 294 8 287 3 294 15295 14150 13 299 9*286 3 312 14150 13112 12*303 9*286 4 339 13112 12171 10*303 9 286 5 351 12171 11316 8 302 10 285 6 353 11316 10543 7 299 10 285 8 344 10543 9844 6 296 11 284 11 329 9844 9203 5 294 12 283 14 316 9203 8624 4 293 12 282 16 306 8624 8133 4 291 12 282 15 293 8133 7750 3 289 12 281 13 287 7750 7483 3 289 11 281 11 284 7483 7319 3 289 10 281 9*283 7319 7225 2 286 8 280 5*281 7225 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