DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - 74.2 - - 77.6 - - 74.9 - - 66.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 333 - - 196 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4094 - - 6923 - - 3358 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9960 - - 12300 - - 9302 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11302 - - 14132 - - 10567 - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2162 - - 2468 - - 4356 - - 1065 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 443 - - 577 - - 381 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 32 - - 12 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 9 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 301 - - 295 - - 297 - - 289 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -12 - - -23 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3273 - - -702 - - -2868 - - -2860 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14575 - - 14835 - - 13436 - - 10085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7969 - - -5147 - - -7032 - - -7237 ODpotential blCL - - - 19271 - - 19279 - - 17599 - - 14462 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 66 - - 78 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - 200 - - 430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.2 - - 77.6 - - 74.9 - - 66.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.2 - - 37.3 - - 40.8 - - 46.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.3 - - 75.5 - - 73.5 - - 67.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.1 - - 36.1 - - 39.6 - - 46.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 333 - - 196 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4094 - - 6923 - - 3358 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 9 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] 98847 23 116 28 102 27 117 25 110 98847 91323 25 112 24 115 24 106 22 093 91323 85548 25 116 20 112 19 103 24 092 85548 80784 22 108 18 113 19 100 22 096 80784 76694 18 096 17 125 15 103 20 096 76694 73086 17 094 17 125 13 116 14 088 73086 69832 14 099 16 117 14 126 8 116 69832 66857 8 094 8 097 9 108 7 114 66857 64112 3 059 3 007 7 046 7 070 64112 61467 2 077 4 287 6 352 8 019 61467 58715 3 021 2 239 8 273 9 311 58715 55863 6 323 2 312 9 269 13 278 55863 53149 10 277 8 287 15 283 19 280 53149 50707 13 281 16 280 22 287 24 280 50707 48505 13 277 17 277 24 284 25 278 48505 46494 12 244 14 272 23 279 25 276 46494 44647 13 183 15 236 20 279 27 279 44647 42940 16 162 21 171 17 257 21 274 42940 41354 16 144 20 148 23 174 13 252 41354 39881 16 138 19 138 20 145 18 169 39881 38512 15 118 17 118 19 136 23 135 38512 37206 13 125 16 113 18 133 23 137 37206 35897 12 137 14 113 17 135 22 146 35897 34561 12 119 15 116 18 139 21 154 34561 33202 15 116 15 126 18 145 21 158 33202 31811 18 119 15 127 16 143 19 157 31811 30381 17 116 14 124 14 134 16 155 30381 28915 16 108 14 116 12 127 14 155 28915 27416 15 100 13 109 12 121 12 157 27416 25889 12 099 13 111 11 122 10 153 25889 24336 9 108 12 113 10 121 9 135 24336 22755 8 114 11 113 10 118 8 118 22755 21138 6 105 8 113 7 114 7 102 21138 19513 4 075 5 117 5 110 7 095 19513 17960 4 336 2 108 4 098 3 114 17960 16548 10 283 3 295 1 086 2 173 16548 15283 14 274 6 292 1 316 3 187 15283 14143 16 280 7*295 3 324 2 184 14143 13109 15 292 7*299 4 330 1 171 13109 12169 13 305 7 299 5 326 1 013 12169 11316 7*308 8 298 6*319 3 360 11316 10544 4*303 8 297 8*311 5 348 10544 9845 3 299 9 296 9 303 6 342 9845 9204 3 297 10 294 11 299 8 333 9204 8625 2 299 10 293 12 295 11 316 8625 8133 2 303 10 291 12 294 13 301 8133 7750 2 304 10 290 12 293 12 294 7750 7483 1 308 9 289 11 292 10 291 7483 7319 1 311 9 290 10 292 9*291 7319 7225 1 311 7 289 8 291 5*289 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