DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.7 - - 71.3 - - 68.5 - - 59.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 365 - - 233 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4926 - - 7326 - - 3353 - - 627 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10611 - - 12659 - - 9358 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12135 - - 14534 - - 10561 - - 7834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2061 - - 1902 - - 4181 - - 980 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 474 - - 604 - - 401 - - 52 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 16 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 157 - - 235 - - 270 - - 285 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 8 - - 4 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - -10 - - -22 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -367 - - 1456 - - -1212 - - -1735 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12502 - - 13079 - - 11773 - - 9569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5332 - - -2186 - - -4419 - - -6185 ODpotential blCL - - - 17467 - - 16720 - - 14980 - - 14019 blCL maxRH - - - 43 - - 52 - - 47 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.7 - - 71.3 - - 68.5 - - 59.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.8 - - 38.6 - - 41.6 - - 42.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.0 - - 69.0 - - 66.9 - - 60.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.5 - - 37.4 - - 40.5 - - 42.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 259 - - 365 - - 233 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4926 - - 7326 - - 3353 - - 627 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 98926 30 117 27 132 17 103 22 087 98926 91394 23 103 19 109 25 106 22 106 91394 85633 19 109 17 101 19 101 19 099 85633 80858 18 117 15 102 20 106 15 098 80858 76747 15 101 14 105 16 095 18 097 76747 73123 8 089 5 089 10 092 17 086 73123 69841 13 115 8 145 2 083 12 055 69841 66828 10 075 5 098 2 233 7 007 66828 64044 5 296 4 130 6 236 4 278 64044 61355 12 262 6 289 4 269 5 287 61355 58559 10 249 12 257 13 264 14 280 58559 55668 16 274 19 258 20 276 18 274 55668 52913 34 269 30 263 32 279 28 284 52913 50439 42 265 38 263 41 270 38 275 50439 48228 49 270 44 272 48 270 49 274 48228 46230 54 269 52 270 54 271 53 275 46230 44405 55 268 54 271 56 273 53 276 44405 42722 57 272 55 272 56 273 52 276 42722 41155 62 274 56 271 56 272 53 277 41155 39689 64 273 56 270 57 272 54 276 39689 38316 62 273 56 272 57 271 54 274 38316 37005 59 272 57 274 56 270 51 273 37005 35695 56 272 57 274 52 271 48 272 35695 34359 51 274 52 273 47 274 44 273 34359 33003 45 272 47 272 44 275 39 274 33003 31617 39 271 44 272 41 272 36 278 31617 30193 35 272 39 270 37 270 35 277 30193 28734 32 275 35 271 35 270 33 274 28734 27240 29 277 31 270 32 267 31 273 27240 25718 26 277 26 267 30 263 29 271 25718 24169 21 276 24 266 27 265 27 270 24169 22593 15 271 20 265 22 267 23 271 22593 20983 9 256 16 252 16 264 18 269 20983 19368 9 236 15 232 12 241 13 256 19368 17827 10 224 14 219 12 212 15 219 17827 16430 10 217 14 210 16 193 22 193 16430 15179 12 209 13*204 15 179 17 177 15179 14052 14 208 10*204 13 175 13 163 14052 13030 13*204 9 206 11 177 9 155 13030 12100 8*192 7 224 8 184 7 157 12100 11257 7 179 6 233 6*196 7 179 11257 10495 6 161 6 242 5*239 8 202 10495 9805 6 150 7 249 6 255 9 221 9805 9174 6 145 7 254 10 274 8 246 9174 8604 6 141 7 256 11 275 10 280 8604 8120 5 138 8 257 11 276 11*286 8120 7742 5 135 7 258 11 276 11*286 7742 7479 5 134 7 258 11 276 10 285 7479 7317 4 133 7 258 10 276 8 284 7317 7224 4 132 5 257 8 275 5 285 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