DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/15 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 - - - 72.5 - - 74.1 - - - - - 64.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 352 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7126 - - 8142 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12406 - - 13295 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14335 - - 15351 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1596 - - 1598 - - - - - 3353 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 560 - - 615 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 12 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 10 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 183 - - 223 - - - - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 9 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - -15 - - - - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1430 - - 2623 - - - - - -3513 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12906 - - 12729 - - - - - 10737 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4149 - - -232 - - - - - -7845 ODpotential blCL - - - 18484 - - 15583 - - - - - 15069 blCL maxRH - - - 48 - - 63 - - - - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 350 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 74.1 - - - - - 64.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.7 - - 43.0 - - - - - 42.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.5 - - 72.0 - - - - - 65.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.5 - - 41.8 - - - - - 42.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 302 - - 352 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7126 - - 8142 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99547 40 115 43 107 29 105 99547 91992 37 118 37 105 33 102 91992 86168 34 112 31 106 32 106 86168 81336 25 105 27 110 31 110 81336 77191 22 113 23 111 28 110 77191 73554 26 112 19 114 22 102 73554 70284 26 105 19 129 15 092 70284 67282 17 115 19 140 13 105 67282 64498 8 119 14 160 15 127 64498 61808 12 175 10 158 7 160 61808 59006 18 188 14 196 11 179 59006 56097 26 205 22 212 11 221 56097 53321 39 208 37 215 30 226 53321 50829 47 201 44 205 43 215 50829 48598 42 218 52 214 48 214 48598 46579 59 228 61 217 52 220 46579 44746 66 221 60 216 58 224 44746 43061 60 218 58 219 60 225 43061 41489 58 222 58 221 61 226 41489 40011 60 224 56 222 61 226 40011 38625 62 225 55 224 60 226 38625 37300 63 225 55 226 58 227 37300 35974 59 226 54 229 56 229 35974 34620 53 227 51 230 54 231 34620 33247 50 230 47 230 52 230 33247 31845 47 230 45 229 51 226 31845 30408 42 227 43 229 52 222 30408 28940 38 222 40 227 49 223 28940 27441 37 225 38 227 43 224 27441 25911 36 229 36 226 38 225 25911 24352 33 231 33 223 34 226 24352 22763 28 229 30 218 29 224 22763 21139 28 226 29 223 22 220 21139 19508 28 222 27 226 21 200 19508 17950 26 217 22 217 27 187 17950 16534 22 209 15*199 31 180 16534 15267 16*201 11*190 26 173 15267 14123 12*189 11 192 22 170 14123 13087 11 185 9 205 18 172 13087 12147 10 184 9 209 15 182 12147 11295 10 183 10 230 12 202 11295 10526 10 183 10 236 12 234 10526 9831 10 182 11 240 15 254 9831 9195 10 182 11 241 16 260 9195 8620 10 181 12 243 17 261 8620 8131 9 180 12 244 17 262 8131 7749 9 179 11 244 15 262 7749 7482 8 178 11 244 13 262 7482 7318 7 178 10 245 11 261 7318 7224 6 177 7 244 6*261 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