DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/11 Truckee 7209ft 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 - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 73.7 - - 78.8 - - 77.1 - - 68.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 241 - - 314 - - 173 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5193 - - 8369 - - 6212 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10789 - - 13434 - - 11416 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12401 - - 15578 - - 13421 - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2225 - - 1627 - - 3580 - - 1906 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 472 - - 603 - - 451 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 29 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 4 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 127 - - 206 - - 294 - - 280 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 1 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - -3 - - -16 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3529 - - -1984 - - -914 - - -4272 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15931 - - 17562 - - 14336 - - 11498 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8981 - - -7042 - - -4862 - - -8523 ODpotential blCL - - - 21382 - - 22620 - - 18283 - - 15748 blCL maxRH - - - 25 - - 31 - - 41 - - 38 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 73.7 - - 78.8 - - 77.1 - - 68.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.9 - - 26.5 - - 39.1 - - 42.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.1 - - 76.7 - - 75.9 - - 69.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.7 - - 25.3 - - 37.9 - - 41.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 241 - - 314 - - 173 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5193 - - 8369 - - 6212 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 5 - - 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] 99023 40 102 38 110 31 111 33 105 99023 91534 31 105 30 096 36 112 25 102 91534 85817 24 107 24 103 30 096 29 109 85817 81081 24 098 25 115 19 093 27 096 81081 76987 24 102 20 108 16 101 19 082 76987 73360 20 090 14 104 16 087 17 081 73360 70083 17 068 14 108 9 097 12 081 70083 67085 9 074 13 068 11 108 8 100 67085 64319 7 093 7 089 10 080 8 086 64319 61654 4 039 9 057 13 070 7 089 61654 58893 2 004 3 311 8 011 9 025 58893 56049 7 335 6 277 7 305 10 330 56049 53346 19 298 19 298 17 299 18 306 53346 50920 29 287 29 297 28 302 26 304 50920 48747 36 287 36 294 35 297 33 299 48747 46776 41 287 43 290 43 292 42 295 46776 44964 48 288 48 289 46 289 46 292 44964 43276 52 288 50 289 47 289 47 293 43276 41692 53 287 50 289 47 289 48 292 41692 40203 53 287 51 290 49 289 49 293 40203 38806 53 287 51 289 49 289 49 293 38806 37474 52 288 50 289 49 288 49 292 37474 36144 51 288 49 289 47 286 48 290 36144 34788 49 288 48 289 45 285 46 287 34788 33410 46 289 47 287 44 285 44 285 33410 32000 41 291 42 288 43 286 41 286 32000 30550 38 292 38 289 40 288 39 288 30550 29063 33 294 33 290 35 287 34 289 29063 27543 27 297 25 289 30 286 30 286 27543 25996 20 296 17 288 23 287 23 286 25996 24429 16 294 13 289 16 288 15 293 24429 22838 16 290 12 287 13 287 12 293 22838 21213 17 286 13 284 12 282 13 286 21213 19581 17 284 12 284 9 277 11 279 19581 18019 14 278 10 272 4 239 8 251 18019 16599 9 260 6*234 3 138 10 205 16599 15328 6 223 4*205 5 085 8 162 15328 14182 5 201 4 204 5*071 8 114 14182 13142 4*183 4 203 4*057 9 088 13142 12197 4*152 4 208 3 023 8 069 12197 11338 6 134 4 208 3 322 8 052 11338 10562 8 127 4 207 6 302 8 036 10562 9859 8 125 4 207 9 288 8 018 9859 9214 8 125 4 206 10 286 8 331 9214 8632 8 123 4 206 10 283 12 298 8632 8138 8 123 4 205 11 282 13 290 8138 7753 8 121 4 205 11 282 13 287 7753 7485 7 121 4 205 10 281 11 284 7485 7319 7 121 3 204 9 280 9*282 7319 7225 5 120 3 201 7 280 5*280 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