DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - 60.6 - - 63.5 - - 60.6 - - 54.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 298 - - 423 - - 239 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5088 - - 5778 - - 3462 - - 1474 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10786 - - 11468 - - 9445 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12295 - - 12986 - - 10670 - - 8681 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1520 - - 2105 - - 2311 - - 1397 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 499 - - 583 - - 407 - - 64 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 11 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 11 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 216 - - 256 - - 270 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -18 - - -29 - - -29 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2157 - - -239 - - -1018 - - -1229 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14453 - - 13226 - - 11688 - - 9910 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8016 - - -4546 - - -4516 - - -5775 ODpotential blCL - - - 20311 - - 17532 - - 15186 - - 14456 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 84 - - 82 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.6 - - 63.5 - - 60.6 - - 54.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.2 - - 30.4 - - 34.3 - - 36.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.6 - - 61.1 - - 59.1 - - 55.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.0 - - 29.2 - - 33.3 - - 35.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 298 - - 423 - - 239 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5088 - - 5778 - - 3462 - - 1474 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 35 - - 27 - - 2 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 99280 31 103 28 120 26 121 23 110 99280 91722 27 108 26 118 19 120 22 089 91722 85914 25 119 20 121 19 108 21 085 85914 81112 25 109 22 111 15 110 19 090 81112 76986 17 105 22 104 21 102 16 108 76986 73345 14 121 15 089 24 101 19 118 73345 70038 13 128 10 107 13 106 15 113 70038 66990 10 124 9 142 8 139 10 114 66990 64156 8 150 6 196 2 101 10 104 64156 61401 8 197 11 201 4 235 3 136 61401 58530 8 210 8 206 6 261 1 313 58530 55565 10 244 17 228 18 254 14 286 55565 52737 15 282 13 242 20 238 18 269 52737 50185 24 283 16 273 19 259 21 272 50185 47897 29 279 24 281 21 269 22 271 47897 45825 35 276 30 284 26 281 26 279 45825 43938 35 277 31 277 31 276 27 279 43938 42211 32 281 31 274 32 276 26 287 42211 40621 34 280 34 277 34 276 27 295 40621 39147 38 281 38 274 34 275 27 295 39147 37778 38 279 40 269 34 272 25 296 37778 36481 35 277 38 265 32 268 23 297 36481 35191 31 280 34 261 29 265 22 294 35191 33879 29 283 29 255 27 264 20 290 33879 32549 27 285 29 254 25 265 18 287 32549 31190 26 286 29 261 23 266 17 284 31190 29792 25 282 25 266 23 264 17 283 29792 28360 20 280 23 263 23 266 18 278 28360 26896 17 279 21 258 19 270 19 272 26896 25404 14 288 18 261 15 265 19 263 25404 23888 13 304 15 270 13 262 18 248 23888 22343 12 315 12 275 11 259 17 241 22343 20765 11 310 10 276 10 257 15 241 20765 19179 11 303 8 270 8 246 13 226 19179 17663 11 289 8 261 7 220 15 203 17663 16286 11 269 8 244 9 199 18 191 16286 15053 10 253 8 229 11 189 17 189 15053 13942 7 246 6*227 10 189 14 191 13942 12936 4*244 6*239 9 195 12 198 12936 12022 3*234 7 246 7 210 11 209 12022 11193 5 220 7 251 7*253 9 219 11193 10444 5 216 9 254 9*265 7 244 10444 9767 5 216 11 259 11 270 9 273 9767 9147 6 215 12 260 12 271 12*282 9147 8586 6 214 12 260 12 271 13*282 8586 8109 6 213 12 260 12 271 12 282 8109 7735 6 213 12 260 12 271 12 281 7735 7475 5 212 12 260 12 271 11 282 7475 7316 5 211 10 260 11 271 9 281 7316 7224 4 210 8 260 8 271 6 280 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