DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 71.2 - - 68.8 - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 293 - - 404 - - 242 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2484 - - 3272 - - 2423 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8780 - - 9470 - - 8673 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9693 - - 10480 - - 9631 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1624 - - 1182 - - 1130 - - 1356 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 391 - - 475 - - 363 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 15 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 228 - - 244 - - 254 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -25 - - -34 - - -33 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5881 - - -4951 - - -5169 - - -4987 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15575 - - 15432 - - 14801 - - 12211 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10397 - - -9908 - - -9756 - - -10892 ODpotential blCL - - - 20090 - - 20388 - - 19387 - - 18116 blCL maxRH - - - 33 - - 25 - - 26 - - 31 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.7 - - 71.2 - - 68.8 - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.7 - - 28.7 - - 29.2 - - 32.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.8 - - 69.0 - - 67.3 - - 60.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.5 - - 27.5 - - 28.0 - - 31.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 293 - - 404 - - 242 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2484 - - 3272 - - 2423 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 99529 32 118 26 110 22 105 24 110 99529 91955 22 109 25 095 27 101 28 098 91955 86137 24 102 21 115 25 098 25 102 86137 81332 24 103 21 116 19 105 20 095 81332 77194 20 114 17 118 19 112 22 089 77194 73535 16 109 17 102 17 111 21 091 73535 70243 16 114 12 102 15 108 14 099 70243 67242 15 125 15 131 11 118 10 087 67242 64467 9 148 9 151 7 130 5 118 64467 61790 5 200 8 196 4 208 2 180 61790 59008 15 205 17 230 11 249 10 245 59008 56139 26 231 31 238 32 251 28 257 56139 53422 27 248 36 242 40 246 39 250 53422 50978 46 259 49 256 45 253 42 248 50978 48777 57 252 54 253 50 259 45 259 48777 46763 61 256 60 256 65 267 60 269 46763 44907 70 257 77 259 81 262 77 266 44907 43182 79 253 86 254 86 254 86 259 43182 41561 84 250 87 251 84 253 87 257 41561 40029 82 249 82 252 81 256 80 258 40029 38592 77 253 75 257 75 256 72 259 38592 37231 66 259 68 261 67 260 64 261 37231 35887 54 262 58 261 58 264 55 265 35887 34529 48 262 49 261 51 266 48 265 34529 33160 43 258 47 264 46 269 44 265 33160 31766 39 256 46 264 41 273 43 268 31766 30333 35 254 40 263 36 275 37 272 30333 28867 32 256 32 262 32 273 30 275 28867 27369 30 263 27 263 27 270 26 276 27369 25843 24 267 21 265 22 267 22 270 25843 24292 19 259 16 260 17 265 18 261 24292 22715 17 240 12 248 12 257 13 247 22715 21104 17 241 12 238 11 237 12 219 21104 19485 20 250 15 242 13 241 13 214 19485 17932 20 254 18 247 15 249 13 232 17932 16515 18 253 17 249 16 253 14 249 16515 15244 16 245 15 245 14 253 14 259 15244 14098 16 231 13 238 12 250 11 260 14098 13062 19 224 13 233 11 249 9 260 13062 12122 20 220 15 234 11 249 9 263 12122 11271 20 218 15 235 11 245 10 266 11271 10503 20 217 15*239 12 248 12 264 10503 9809 18*218 15*241 12*251 13 260 9809 9175 15*223 16 243 13*253 14 261 9175 8603 14 227 16 245 13 254 15 264 8603 8119 14 229 16 245 13 254 15 265 8119 7742 13 230 15 246 13 255 14 266 7742 7478 12 231 14 246 12 255 12 265 7478 7317 11 231 13 246 11 255 10*265 7317 7224 8 231 9 246 8 255 6*264 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