DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/07 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 - - - - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.7 - - 83.7 - - - - - 71.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 287 - - 368 - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6383 - - 9320 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11782 - - 14266 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13591 - - 16529 - - - - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4941 - - 3702 - - - - - 1443 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 528 - - 650 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 20 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 280 - - 256 - - - - - 290 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -13 - - - - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3411 - - -423 - - - - - -6243 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 17003 - - 16953 - - - - - 13469 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5973 - - -2712 - - - - - -10462 ODpotential blCL - - - 19564 - - 19241 - - - - - 17687 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 95 - - - - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 90 - - - - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.7 - - 83.7 - - - - - 71.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.0 - - 34.2 - - - - - 37.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.8 - - 81.6 - - - - - 73.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.9 - - 33.0 - - - - - 37.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 287 - - 368 - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6383 - - 9320 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 4 - - 80 - - - - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 99575 30 102 29 112 28 088 99575 92091 29 112 29 111 26 078 92091 86310 26 108 27 101 20 096 86310 81508 25 100 27 105 20 111 81508 77368 21 106 26 104 20 100 77368 73710 20 112 15 096 17 099 73710 70403 12 099 11 117 18 107 70403 67366 10 135 8 102 18 124 67366 64553 15 144 4 137 12 097 64553 61842 7 125 6 190 5 005 61842 59050 2 228 9 207 11 283 59050 56199 12 236 13 239 10 256 56199 53515 18 222 20 248 16 275 53515 51111 14 218 22 228 24 253 51111 48956 14 244 22 228 30 242 48956 46999 24 256 26 247 27 247 46999 45192 34 265 36 266 30 243 45192 43508 40 266 43 264 31 256 43508 41929 42 265 44 262 35 258 41929 40442 38 260 43 268 37 254 40442 39043 34 254 38 264 38 252 39043 37704 32 248 31 259 40 254 37704 36361 29 246 26 258 35 258 36361 34990 21 250 22 255 29 260 34990 33597 20 245 19 245 24 258 33597 32175 21 229 19 248 26 250 32175 30714 20 216 19 246 23 247 30714 29219 16 218 15 230 19 235 29219 27695 9 232 11 208 17 223 27695 26146 10 243 10 219 16 221 26146 24575 12 255 13 233 16 224 24575 22980 16 241 19 234 14 233 22980 21349 26 227 24 226 13 234 21349 19709 30 226 25 225 13 220 19709 18135 24 228 21 227 16 210 18135 16701 16 221 14*225 16 206 16701 15413 11 215 8*218 14 205 15413 14252 8*229 7 217 12 204 14252 13198 6*258 4 242 10 205 13198 12241 5 274 5 252 7 213 12241 11372 6 278 5 261 5 235 11372 10588 6 281 6 269 5 274 10588 9879 6 284 7 271 7 297 9879 9229 6 284 7 274 10 305 9229 8642 6 286 8 274 12 304 8642 8144 6 287 8 274 13 300 8144 7756 5 286 8 275 13 296 7756 7486 5 286 8 275 11 294 7486 7320 5 286 7 275 9*292 7320 7225 4 286 6 274 5*290 7225 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