DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - - 64.6 - - 68.7 - - 66.1 - - 57.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 235 - - 341 - - 206 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3007 - - 3652 - - 2312 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9110 - - 9722 - - 8545 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10215 - - 10860 - - 9520 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1144 - - 1783 - - 1693 - - 1240 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 391 - - 470 - - 341 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 9 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 217 - - 251 - - 264 - - 274 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -17 - - -26 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2549 - - -2326 - - -2194 - - -1449 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12765 - - 13187 - - 11714 - - 8673 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9527 - - -8435 - - -7431 - - -6801 ODpotential blCL - - - 19742 - - 19295 - - 16951 - - 14025 blCL maxRH - - - 38 - - 37 - - 44 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.6 - - 68.7 - - 66.1 - - 57.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.7 - - 35.8 - - 39.7 - - 44.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.9 - - 66.7 - - 64.6 - - 58.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.4 - - 34.6 - - 38.5 - - 43.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 235 - - 341 - - 206 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3007 - - 3652 - - 2312 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98596 17 154 9 083 25 104 19 137 98596 91147 18 136 13 126 14 119 16 105 91147 85424 22 121 20 131 14 127 17 083 85424 80668 19 106 22 125 14 125 18 097 80668 76579 15 111 16 123 15 116 16 099 76579 72982 15 129 12 130 11 115 10 101 72982 69737 12 112 9 121 9 087 9 109 69737 66762 8 096 8 108 6 097 5 078 66762 64006 4 097 4 071 1 225 3 331 64006 61336 4 214 6 289 10 290 7 335 61336 58553 3 262 7 258 14 263 13 298 58553 55675 18 301 14 281 16 273 19 277 55675 52941 24 300 22 292 22 275 26 282 52941 50484 31 288 32 286 32 286 34 290 50484 48285 37 284 38 287 41 290 36 289 48285 46293 39 299 39 298 43 299 39 297 46293 44470 53 310 53 313 52 311 47 307 44470 42791 66 309 68 311 64 313 58 310 42791 41231 74 306 70 308 72 310 66 312 41231 39770 73 306 67 311 70 310 62 312 39770 38401 68 309 62 313 59 314 51 313 38401 37094 64 312 56 314 52 318 40 315 37094 35788 56 314 47 316 47 318 37 318 35788 34456 51 318 40 320 39 315 36 319 34456 33102 46 317 39 322 33 313 33 319 33102 31715 42 316 38 319 31 314 30 317 31715 30288 40 316 35 316 31 313 28 315 30288 28823 39 316 32 315 30 311 27 313 28823 27325 38 314 32 315 29 310 27 311 27325 25797 36 313 30 313 27 313 26 310 25797 24242 33 311 29 309 25 317 23 309 24242 22659 29 309 28 304 24 316 20 309 22659 21040 26 307 28 301 24 315 19 312 21040 19412 23 302 25 298 22 311 18 316 19412 17857 21 296 22 296 18 305 14 314 17857 16446 20 292 18 295 14 297 10 299 16446 15187 18 289 15 293 11 290 8 278 15187 14054 16 285 12 292 7 283 7 263 14054 13029 14 280 10 288 4 273 6 256 13029 12099 11 276 8 281 3 276 4 250 12099 11255 8 260 7*263 3 266 4 260 11255 10494 8*230 7*257 5 263 4 267 10494 9804 8*222 8 254 8*264 6 266 9804 9172 8 219 9 252 10*264 8 268 9172 8602 8 217 10 251 11 264 10 272 8602 8118 8 215 10 251 11 264 12 275 8118 7741 7 215 10 249 11 264 11 275 7741 7478 7 213 9 249 11 264 10 275 7478 7317 6 212 9 249 10 264 8*275 7317 7224 5 210 7 248 7 263 5*274 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