DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - 55.0 - - 60.5 - - 58.0 - - 50.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 260 - - 435 - - 271 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3958 - - 6516 - - 4232 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9865 - - 12070 - - 10076 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11165 - - 13723 - - 11439 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1941 - - 2036 - - 2677 - - 2472 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 442 - - 611 - - 452 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 12 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 162 - - 244 - - 263 - - 276 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - -13 - - -25 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -498 - - 1493 - - -210 - - -1937 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11663 - - 12231 - - 11650 - - 9162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5899 - - -2377 - - -4744 - - -5584 ODpotential blCL - - - 17064 - - 16100 - - 16183 - - 12808 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 52 - - 49 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 70 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.0 - - 60.5 - - 58.0 - - 50.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.1 - - 31.8 - - 32.0 - - 35.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.4 - - 58.1 - - 56.3 - - 51.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.8 - - 30.7 - - 31.0 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 260 - - 435 - - 271 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3958 - - 6516 - - 4232 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 98514 18 118 15 089 11 105 14 102 98514 91041 19 118 13 130 13 075 13 099 91041 85334 20 122 10 139 11 083 17 091 85334 80607 23 119 12 128 12 078 21 096 80607 76530 17 121 18 129 10 100 17 081 76530 72933 12 106 18 119 11 128 8 109 72933 69689 8 148 13 118 8 115 9 102 69689 66696 10 192 6 144 4 101 6 096 66696 63897 12 209 9 193 8 197 6 187 63897 61166 14 217 16 222 11 220 12 225 61166 58300 18 243 19 227 16 228 17 231 58300 55314 23 252 23 249 21 244 23 238 55314 52468 28 261 28 259 26 256 25 255 52468 49918 36 265 31 262 29 262 29 266 49918 47639 41 265 36 265 33 270 32 273 47639 45573 45 267 41 269 41 273 39 275 45573 43687 47 269 46 272 47 275 45 276 43687 41960 48 272 47 274 51 275 49 277 41960 40375 51 275 50 279 51 276 50 276 40375 38913 52 272 48 281 45 279 46 280 38913 37564 48 279 46 285 43 282 42 281 37564 36285 51 285 42 286 38 296 34 290 36285 35013 55 281 44 302 44 313 36 312 35013 33721 54 277 49 308 48 314 40 316 33721 32411 51 279 48 307 46 310 40 316 32411 31070 45 282 45 306 44 307 39 314 31070 29690 40 282 45 307 44 309 39 310 29690 28270 38 278 45 308 45 314 40 311 28270 26816 37 277 43 307 41 315 37 310 26816 25332 35 275 41 303 37 309 33 307 25332 23822 33 274 36 301 34 302 30 303 23822 22282 32 275 33 291 32 294 29 299 22282 20707 29 276 32 284 31 288 29 295 20707 19123 26 277 28 281 27 285 27 296 19123 17608 23 274 22 280 20 284 21 297 17608 16233 19 268 17 274 13 284 14 293 16233 15005 16 256 13 261 8 278 7 271 15005 13901 13 243 10*249 6 264 5 225 13901 12901 11 230 9*242 6 255 4 208 12901 11993 9*211 9 242 7*256 4 218 11993 11169 8*189 9 243 8*259 4 229 11169 10425 8 174 9 244 9 262 4 240 10425 9751 8 160 10 245 10 263 5 259 9751 9134 8 156 10 245 11 263 8 274 9134 8577 8 155 10 246 12 263 9 278 8577 8103 8 154 10 246 12 263 10 279 8103 7732 8 152 10 246 11 263 10 278 7732 7474 7 152 10 246 11 263 9 277 7474 7315 7 151 9 246 10 263 7*276 7315 7224 5 150 7 246 8 263 5*276 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