DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 65.3 - - 67.7 - - 64.6 - - 56.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 298 - - 404 - - 252 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2979 - - 3527 - - 2385 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9158 - - 9672 - - 8660 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10187 - - 10735 - - 9592 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1626 - - 1540 - - 1211 - - 1463 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 418 - - 489 - - 367 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 15 - - 18 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 245 - - 247 - - 247 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -34 - - -45 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3207 - - -2550 - - -3531 - - -4124 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13394 - - 13286 - - 13123 - - 11349 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9540 - - -8118 - - -9734 - - -11212 ODpotential blCL - - - 19727 - - 18853 - - 19326 - - 18436 blCL maxRH - - - 56 - - 55 - - 47 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.3 - - 67.7 - - 64.6 - - 56.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.6 - - 34.3 - - 32.2 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.3 - - 65.3 - - 63.2 - - 56.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.5 - - 33.1 - - 30.9 - - 31.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 298 - - 404 - - 252 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2979 - - 3527 - - 2385 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 99170 38 110 31 120 24 114 24 089 99170 91644 25 101 25 105 23 110 26 105 91644 85834 16 108 21 089 24 106 28 106 85834 81011 18 111 15 086 18 104 24 102 81011 76871 17 103 11 108 14 085 19 110 76871 73221 11 100 13 104 8 095 16 091 73221 69916 14 091 14 121 9 091 12 076 69916 66891 7 077 7 085 10 088 7 059 66891 64098 4 127 0 086 6 346 11 029 64098 61403 7 056 2 005 3 329 8 321 61403 58598 15 301 8 301 8 293 7 300 58598 55678 22 285 17 274 19 275 17 293 55678 52894 29 277 22 276 25 271 24 276 52894 50400 30 272 26 279 25 274 24 283 50400 48189 30 274 30 281 27 285 27 286 48189 46200 31 283 32 282 26 291 22 293 46200 44384 31 295 26 293 23 311 23 304 44384 42710 34 302 21 314 26 325 26 310 42710 41158 33 285 24 328 28 329 28 317 41158 39704 25 274 24 320 24 330 28 315 39704 38335 15 304 21 311 21 332 25 310 38335 37025 18 309 21 303 21 318 24 302 37025 35713 20 308 22 309 23 307 26 294 35713 34374 21 308 21 307 22 304 26 290 34374 33014 22 307 21 300 23 301 25 290 33014 31622 24 299 21 297 24 295 23 289 31622 30192 25 299 20 297 24 289 23 286 30192 28726 24 299 22 289 23 286 23 279 28726 27229 23 298 22 286 24 285 24 274 27229 25704 21 290 18 280 23 282 24 273 25704 24155 19 282 17 266 23 273 22 270 24155 22578 19 282 19 265 23 268 22 265 22578 20967 19 276 20 264 22 262 22 264 20967 19350 20 268 19 260 20 255 21 263 19350 17805 19 267 18 255 18 250 20 261 17805 16402 17 266 17 252 17 247 19 258 16402 15146 16 260 16 252 16 245 20 254 15146 14015 16 255 15 252 15 242 20 251 14015 12991 16 252 15 255 15 242 21 246 12991 12063 14 252 14 252 16 243 22 242 12063 11222 12 250 14*247 18 241 24 240 11222 10464 10*247 14*247 19 242 27 240 10464 9779 9*245 15 246 19*245 28 240 9779 9152 10 246 15 247 19*246 29 240 9152 8589 10 246 16 247 20 247 26 243 8589 8110 10 245 16 247 19 248 23 246 8110 7736 9 245 15 248 19 248 21 248 7736 7476 9 245 14 248 17 248 18 248 7476 7316 8 244 13 248 15 248 15*248 7316 7224 6 244 9 248 10 248 8*249 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