DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - 74.8 - - 76.7 - - 73.2 - - 63.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 339 - - 455 - - 266 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2879 - - 4966 - - 2950 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9112 - - 10838 - - 9090 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10087 - - 12175 - - 10158 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3805 - - 3909 - - 2594 - - 1339 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 427 - - 564 - - 397 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 18 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 238 - - 244 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -44 - - -46 - - -47 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6638 - - -4017 - - -5088 - - -6046 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16725 - - 16193 - - 15247 - - 13271 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9589 - - -6880 - - -9011 - - -10991 ODpotential blCL - - - 19676 - - 19055 - - 19169 - - 18215 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 72 - - 73 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.8 - - 76.7 - - 73.2 - - 63.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.6 - - 30.6 - - 31.5 - - 30.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.9 - - 74.3 - - 71.6 - - 64.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.5 - - 29.5 - - 30.8 - - 30.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 339 - - 455 - - 266 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2879 - - 4966 - - 2950 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 17 - - 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] 99404 24 130 25 112 19 097 21 087 99404 91919 25 109 20 091 22 110 15 091 91919 86145 23 098 19 095 17 098 16 098 86145 81342 18 091 18 106 15 095 20 087 81342 77197 19 086 14 090 15 085 14 090 77197 73542 16 085 11 098 12 070 14 093 73542 70238 9 117 12 106 10 076 10 082 70238 67208 8 081 7 120 5 082 6 056 67208 64407 4 336 4 101 4 110 1 074 64407 61705 4 207 3 302 1 003 4 035 61705 58900 3 176 8 245 8 288 9 338 58900 56013 5 200 15 231 15 248 10 277 56013 53277 8 228 15 227 17 234 14 251 53277 50818 19 229 21 219 20 232 20 236 50818 48614 21 231 25 224 25 222 29 227 48614 46613 25 239 27 222 27 223 33 222 46613 44770 31 239 30 227 34 227 34 222 44770 43056 40 230 38 225 41 225 39 224 43056 41457 46 223 45 221 46 219 41 225 41457 39962 49 219 48 218 46 214 38 223 39962 38568 51 215 49 216 44 212 36 222 38568 37245 52 211 46 216 40 217 34 228 37245 35926 50 209 41 216 36 222 33 231 35926 34582 43 211 36 218 34 221 31 235 34582 33218 35 214 29 219 31 219 28 238 33218 31821 29 216 25 219 27 220 26 236 31821 30386 23 219 22 215 25 220 24 235 30386 28915 22 221 21 215 25 220 22 237 28915 27413 25 220 22 219 25 223 20 238 27413 25885 24 215 23 223 23 230 20 235 25885 24335 20 219 22 227 20 236 18 233 24335 22757 19 226 17 232 15 231 15 224 22757 21142 18 228 13 230 11 214 15 205 21142 19520 19 218 12 221 11 198 16 186 19520 17966 20 210 14 219 11 198 16 176 17966 16551 20 207 17 221 12 211 13 178 16551 15281 19 210 18 223 14 223 10 192 15281 14136 18 215 19 226 17 230 10 217 14136 13098 18 223 19*231 19 234 13 235 13098 12154 18 230 18*234 20 236 16 242 12154 11298 19 235 18 235 20 237 19 245 11298 10526 19*237 19 236 19*240 21 246 10526 9828 19*237 19 238 19*241 23 244 9828 9189 19 238 19 239 19 243 25 240 9189 8613 18 238 19 240 19 244 24 240 8613 8125 18 239 19 240 19 245 21 246 8125 7745 17 239 18 241 18 246 18 249 7745 7480 16 239 17 241 17 245 15 250 7480 7318 14 239 15 241 15 246 12*250 7318 7224 10 239 11 241 10 246 6*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