DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - - 66.2 - - 68.6 - - 66.1 - - 58.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 394 - - 240 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2616 - - 3649 - - 2746 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8879 - - 9759 - - 8914 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9824 - - 10857 - - 9954 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1314 - - 1405 - - 1440 - - 1921 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 398 - - 490 - - 379 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 17 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 246 - - 249 - - 256 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -34 - - -36 - - -42 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3654 - - -2596 - - -2996 - - -3160 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13479 - - 13454 - - 12951 - - 10384 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9795 - - -7552 - - -8764 - - -8928 ODpotential blCL - - - 19619 - - 18409 - - 18718 - - 16152 blCL maxRH - - - 53 - - 37 - - 36 - - 44 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.2 - - 68.6 - - 66.1 - - 58.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.2 - - 34.6 - - 34.4 - - 37.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.4 - - 66.4 - - 64.6 - - 58.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.0 - - 33.4 - - 33.2 - - 37.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 394 - - 240 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2616 - - 3649 - - 2746 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 99263 40 108 30 108 28 104 31 086 99263 91755 25 105 25 097 25 111 28 095 91755 85931 21 101 21 101 23 107 21 090 85931 81106 22 114 19 099 21 090 21 097 81106 76962 20 101 14 109 15 066 22 097 76962 73299 14 107 14 121 10 057 17 084 73299 69998 15 101 12 104 8 077 11 077 69998 66980 8 075 8 067 10 100 8 092 66980 64190 9 124 5 139 5 092 7 068 64190 61501 6 292 3 266 5 292 7 345 61501 58699 5 184 10 239 7 282 8 302 58699 55781 17 271 23 266 23 274 21 277 55781 53001 31 271 34 265 34 269 33 273 53001 50512 46 269 45 267 43 264 44 274 50512 48287 51 264 50 263 51 259 53 271 48287 46266 55 263 54 261 58 258 59 266 46266 44417 61 262 59 261 62 257 61 261 44417 42719 62 261 62 260 64 256 64 257 42719 41150 60 260 62 259 65 258 66 256 41150 39684 59 259 61 260 61 260 61 258 39684 38312 57 260 58 262 58 262 58 260 38312 37003 55 260 54 262 55 262 55 260 37003 35697 51 260 49 264 50 264 48 261 35697 34367 47 260 48 266 45 266 43 265 34367 33014 45 263 44 269 41 266 42 265 33014 31631 43 267 39 274 35 267 37 264 31631 30207 41 268 36 276 32 271 31 267 30207 28748 42 265 33 274 29 271 28 266 28748 27255 38 260 30 273 28 269 26 262 27255 25732 34 248 30 266 26 267 24 260 25732 24185 31 250 31 251 23 261 22 257 24185 22611 24 255 32 248 25 252 22 253 22611 21002 22 246 28 252 26 251 21 251 21002 19387 20 234 22 247 24 249 18 248 19387 17843 16 227 19 237 21 243 16 247 17843 16438 14 221 16 227 18 236 14 247 16438 15180 14 222 15 222 16 231 13 249 15180 14047 15 228 15 223 15 232 11 253 14047 13021 17 235 17 227 15 236 10 261 13021 12090 20 239 19 231 17 238 11 264 12090 11246 22 240 18*240 19 240 14 260 11246 10484 22*242 18*245 18*246 18 254 10484 9796 20*244 18 247 18*252 21 248 9796 9166 17 246 18 249 18 255 22 248 9166 8599 16 246 18 250 18 257 20 255 8599 8117 15 247 18 250 18 258 18 260 8117 7740 15 247 17 251 17 257 16 262 7740 7478 13 246 16 251 16 258 14 262 7478 7317 12 247 14 252 14 258 12*262 7317 7224 9 246 10 252 10 258 7*262 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