DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/27 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 - - - 46.2 - - 51.0 - - - - - 45.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 475 - - 604 - - - - - 43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2367 - - 3558 - - - - - 2583 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8803 - - 9794 - - - - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9574 - - 10765 - - - - - 9790 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 507 - - 906 - - - - - 1278 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 446 - - 554 - - - - - 207 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 19 - - - - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 252 - - 268 - - - - - 273 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 9 - - - - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -45 - - -36 - - - - - -35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1471 - - 867 - - - - - 1370 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8104 - - 9898 - - - - - 8420 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 533 - - -3806 - - - - - -1784 ODpotential blCL - - - 9041 - - 14571 - - - - - 11574 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 75 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.2 - - 51.0 - - - - - 45.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.6 - - 32.6 - - - - - 33.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.9 - - 48.4 - - - - - 45.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.1 - - 31.8 - - - - - 33.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 475 - - 604 - - - - - 43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2367 - - 3558 - - - - - 2583 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 62 - - 1 - - - - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 99192 31 103 26 103 23 099 99192 91678 27 123 17 106 20 089 91678 85904 29 113 16 124 26 097 85904 81110 21 104 18 121 20 081 81110 76964 12 121 16 127 10 093 76964 73296 13 125 16 124 10 104 73296 69973 9 123 7 090 7 099 69973 66917 3 030 3 083 8 086 66917 64092 6 343 7 309 7 045 64092 61361 13 318 9 288 4 205 61361 58520 13 311 13 280 15 297 58520 55581 21 295 27 279 32 289 55581 52789 33 302 33 286 40 298 52789 50284 50 299 43 303 54 302 50284 48042 62 302 64 308 62 297 48042 46013 77 311 79 310 67 299 46013 44161 97 313 88 302 76 297 44161 42456 100 308 89 300 76 296 42456 40875 99 309 90 301 80 301 40875 39402 99 310 90 302 84 300 39402 38023 98 310 92 302 80 297 38023 36706 98 310 93 302 75 299 36706 35391 97 309 92 302 75 301 35391 34051 95 308 92 303 76 301 34051 32690 95 307 92 304 78 302 32690 31296 95 307 92 304 80 303 31296 29861 93 306 91 303 81 304 29861 28391 91 303 89 303 82 303 28391 26888 91 297 87 300 83 300 26888 25356 92 295 87 296 84 294 25356 23801 90 300 88 297 85 291 23801 22218 82 304 85 303 86 294 22218 20604 71 303 78 303 81 299 20604 18994 64 297 69 300 71 300 18994 17472 59 295 62 298 59 300 17472 16101 51 298 55 300 49 301 16101 14882 42 303 46 305 40 303 14882 13789 35 305 37 306 31 307 13789 12804 30 302 29 303 25 310 12804 11911 29 295 23 293 21 309 11911 11101 27 286 20*279 18 301 11101 10371 26 278 20*273 17*285 10371 9711 23*265 20 270 17*277 9711 9105 23*256 20 269 17 275 9105 8557 22 253 20 268 16 273 8557 8089 21 252 20 267 16 273 8089 7724 20 251 19 266 15 272 7724 7470 19 251 18 266 14 272 7470 7313 16 251 16 265 12 271 7313 7223 11 251 11 265 8 271 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