DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/06 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.9 - - 57.9 - - - - - 47.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 351 - - 475 - - - - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2499 - - 3076 - - - - - 946 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8840 - - 9360 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9707 - - 10284 - - - - - 8152 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1347 - - 1402 - - - - - 819 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 416 - - 491 - - - - - 100 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 25 - - - - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 236 - - 245 - - - - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 16 - - - - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -56 - - -58 - - - - - -49 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2926 - - -1118 - - - - - -1011 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12634 - - 11403 - - - - - 9164 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9044 - - -7421 - - - - - -6638 ODpotential blCL - - - 18751 - - 17705 - - - - - 14790 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 67 - - - - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.9 - - 57.9 - - - - - 47.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.6 - - 32.8 - - - - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.1 - - 55.7 - - - - - 47.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 31.5 - - - - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 351 - - 475 - - - - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2499 - - 3076 - - - - - 946 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 98718 17 108 12 092 14 098 98718 91227 13 107 12 111 13 090 91227 85457 13 114 8 136 5 083 85457 80670 11 127 3 106 11 110 80670 76552 15 115 8 165 9 105 76552 72911 9 110 10 147 7 098 72911 69622 3 268 2 250 4 339 69622 66605 2 270 3 183 3 156 66605 63814 8 263 11 262 12 296 63814 61132 17 234 19 236 11 243 61132 58319 14 223 16 185 12 258 58319 55357 33 266 27 261 32 265 55357 52516 57 269 52 266 44 263 52516 49966 66 266 63 261 49 262 49966 47692 67 263 63 258 56 264 47692 45636 67 263 61 260 58 259 45636 43759 66 264 64 262 57 257 43759 42034 64 265 68 262 56 255 42034 40439 62 266 69 259 53 256 40439 38955 60 265 67 256 56 261 38955 37575 57 263 65 254 61 262 37575 36266 54 259 62 253 61 262 36266 34964 52 255 61 253 56 260 34964 33644 51 255 59 253 49 261 33644 32312 50 255 58 254 41 263 32312 30957 49 256 56 254 36 267 30957 29568 47 258 51 253 33 266 29568 28147 46 258 45 254 31 265 28147 26695 46 257 44 256 30 267 26695 25215 45 258 46 254 30 269 25215 23712 45 259 49 251 30 269 23712 22181 46 258 50 250 29 268 22181 20617 48 258 49 254 27 268 20617 19047 49 261 46 258 25 270 19047 17547 48 263 43 262 23 275 17547 16183 45 264 42 263 22 281 16183 14964 43 262 41 261 21 287 14964 13864 42 259 41 257 21 288 13864 12868 40 257 41 254 21 286 12868 11963 38 256 39 252 22 283 11963 11142 36 254 36 251 24 279 11142 10400 33 249 31*248 25 272 10400 9730 30*241 28*245 26 262 9730 9116 29*237 27 245 26 255 9116 8563 28 236 26 245 25*253 8563 8094 27 236 25 244 23*254 8094 7727 25 236 24 244 22 254 7727 7471 23 236 22 244 19 254 7471 7314 20 236 19 244 16 254 7314 7223 13 236 12 245 9 254 7223 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