DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/01 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1331z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.6 - - 65.8 - - 62.0 - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 228 - - 388 - - 246 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3786 - - 5989 - - 2986 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9690 - - 11606 - - 9097 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10994 - - 13197 - - 10194 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1641 - - 2469 - - 2596 - - 1549 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 419 - - 574 - - 391 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 17 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 6 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 192 - - 247 - - 263 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -8 - - -27 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3042 - - -1436 - - -3219 - - -2302 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14036 - - 14634 - - 13413 - - 9527 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8533 - - -5970 - - -7677 - - -6795 ODpotential blCL - - - 19527 - - 19167 - - 17871 - - 14019 blCL maxRH - - - 38 - - 45 - - 58 - - 51 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.6 - - 65.8 - - 62.0 - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.2 - - 26.6 - - 28.3 - - 37.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.0 - - 63.6 - - 60.4 - - 55.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.0 - - 25.5 - - 27.1 - - 37.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 228 - - 388 - - 246 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3786 - - 5989 - - 2986 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 98613 5 115 9 093 5 071 13 071 98613 91135 9 113 10 084 13 064 8 089 91135 85412 16 117 11 076 11 081 15 073 85412 80665 21 103 12 095 14 101 16 074 80665 76578 20 102 12 097 16 106 13 086 76578 72989 15 091 10 117 15 095 13 090 72989 69744 11 097 9 105 11 094 15 084 69744 66752 7 094 7 114 7 091 12 078 66752 63962 7 122 3 137 1 192 5 034 63962 61250 1 193 2 199 2 215 2 190 61250 58409 12 223 13 233 9 251 8 245 58409 55447 13 239 18 232 14 247 17 245 55447 52613 20 254 19 241 20 250 21 251 52613 50064 25 266 20 253 22 260 19 257 50064 47787 29 271 22 268 22 271 14 270 47787 45733 33 274 25 278 23 282 14 288 45733 43865 35 275 30 285 29 292 21 308 43865 42164 35 269 33 282 33 291 28 308 42164 40603 31 274 33 292 34 290 29 305 40603 39161 32 281 34 299 28 310 29 315 39161 37823 31 288 33 318 31 333 32 324 37823 36549 30 300 33 318 31 326 32 323 36549 35273 31 299 34 309 31 309 31 315 35273 33968 31 294 36 302 33 303 31 312 33968 32641 32 294 38 299 34 306 31 310 32641 31280 33 304 37 301 33 308 32 307 31280 29880 32 311 33 301 30 305 31 306 29880 28445 29 312 29 296 27 298 29 298 28445 26979 26 307 27 291 26 286 28 291 26979 25485 25 302 26 290 25 281 26 288 25485 23969 24 296 26 289 24 282 25 287 23969 22422 24 289 25 286 23 284 24 287 22422 20839 25 285 25 284 22 284 23 288 20839 19247 22 286 22 283 19 286 19 289 19247 17724 18 284 18 279 14 283 14 282 17724 16338 15 272 15 272 11 277 11 270 16338 15098 14 264 12 269 7 268 8 256 15098 13980 12 263 8*265 3 248 6 226 13980 12968 10 263 5*252 2 218 7 188 12968 12048 6 252 5 248 2 213 6 184 12048 11214 4*221 5 247 3 237 5 196 11214 10461 4*201 5 246 6*256 5 212 10461 9778 4 196 6 247 9*262 5 224 9778 9153 5 192 7 247 11 264 6 248 9153 8589 5 191 7 247 11 264 9 269 8589 8110 5 190 7 247 12 263 11 274 8110 7736 4 188 7 247 12 263 11 274 7736 7476 4 186 7 246 11 263 10 273 7476 7316 4 186 7 246 10 263 8*272 7316 7224 3 185 5 246 8 263 5*270 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