DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/28 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 - - - 62.0 - - 55.6 - - - - - 56.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 228 - - 133 - - - - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1969 - - 1468 - - - - - 918 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8310 - - 7794 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9176 - - 8675 - - - - - 8125 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3010 - - 2601 - - - - - 1643 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 328 - - 258 - - - - - 84 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 13 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 4 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 198 - - 221 - - - - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -38 - - - - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1682 - - 1451 - - - - - -1075 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10858 - - 7224 - - - - - 9200 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4452 - - -987 - - - - - -4907 ODpotential blCL - - - 13628 - - 9662 - - - - - 13032 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.0 - - 55.6 - - - - - 56.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.5 - - 48.8 - - - - - 41.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.4 - - 54.3 - - - - - 57.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.3 - - 47.6 - - - - - 41.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 228 - - 133 - - - - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1969 - - 1468 - - - - - 918 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 99 - - - - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 8 - - - - - 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] 99127 22 108 27 107 17 084 99127 91680 19 095 21 120 16 131 91680 85935 18 098 17 115 16 132 85935 81156 16 127 12 111 14 096 81156 77031 14 106 6 121 13 079 77031 73388 10 098 6 138 11 087 73388 70094 8 105 6 113 7 059 70094 67070 6 114 8 144 7 024 67070 64274 2 167 8 135 5 264 64274 61589 3 285 6 165 9 213 61589 58803 16 265 10 236 13 223 58803 55897 28 231 27 228 22 240 55897 53115 29 237 28 227 33 246 53115 50619 35 250 34 241 38 248 50619 48387 42 248 38 241 46 252 48387 46362 42 241 44 239 54 248 46362 44506 41 240 51 237 57 244 44506 42789 49 238 56 233 58 240 42789 41190 52 231 56 230 57 237 41190 39697 50 234 56 223 57 234 39697 38305 61 235 58 216 57 231 38305 36981 59 228 55 220 58 229 36981 35662 58 226 52 226 60 229 35662 34320 58 225 46 224 59 230 34320 32957 58 223 39 221 56 230 32957 31566 57 220 37 223 54 229 31566 30139 50 221 37 227 51 229 30139 28678 40 223 38 230 49 227 28678 27187 32 227 39 233 49 230 27187 25669 32 223 40 235 43 239 25669 24126 35 224 42 234 36 243 24126 22554 38 237 45 232 29 241 22554 20948 32 245 47 227 23 240 20948 19334 26 237 48 223 20 241 19334 17792 23 219 47 218 16 237 17792 16391 13 225 44 213 7 229 16391 15138 9 277 40 207 2 242 15138 14011 11 295 32 203 1 217 14011 12991 12 290 24 202 1 166 12991 12067 11 280 15 203 2 172 12067 11229 9 264 8 206 2 189 11229 10472 9 245 4 215 5 205 10472 9787 9*225 3 224 8 214 9787 9160 10*211 3*225 11 221 9160 8594 11 200 4*225 11*229 8594 8114 11 197 4 223 10*237 8114 7738 11 195 4 220 10 240 7738 7477 10 194 4 219 9 240 7477 7316 9 193 3 218 7 240 7316 7224 7 193 3 216 5 241 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