DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.8 - - 68.1 - - 64.7 - - 55.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 184 - - 338 - - 213 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2633 - - 3095 - - 2321 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8764 - - 9290 - - 8565 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9841 - - 10303 - - 9529 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2203 - - 1776 - - 1540 - - 1603 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 351 - - 444 - - 346 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 15 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 238 - - 250 - - 258 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -16 - - -35 - - -45 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5516 - - -3879 - - -2217 - - -1179 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15358 - - 14182 - - 11747 - - 8404 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13755 - - -11153 - - -7466 - - -7129 ODpotential blCL - - - 23596 - - 21456 - - 16995 - - 14353 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 79 - - 71 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.8 - - 68.1 - - 64.7 - - 55.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.6 - - 30.9 - - 38.0 - - 43.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.5 - - 66.2 - - 63.4 - - 55.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.4 - - 29.7 - - 36.8 - - 42.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 184 - - 338 - - 213 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2633 - - 3095 - - 2321 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98743 17 147 9 118 14 108 9 136 98743 91240 15 133 11 141 9 127 14 125 91240 85469 14 140 12 159 9 138 12 114 85469 80683 18 134 12 148 13 123 11 119 80683 76566 15 112 13 138 11 124 11 102 76566 72930 9 109 12 120 9 116 8 098 72930 69654 7 104 9 149 5 155 4 100 69654 66655 3 145 1 203 2 203 2 351 66655 63878 5 185 6 240 5 289 5 296 63878 61191 6 279 11 270 16 297 12 307 61191 58385 8 273 16 252 22 269 21 279 58385 55477 14 278 19 263 26 272 26 280 55477 52711 30 286 29 277 34 275 37 278 52711 50238 39 288 37 279 41 278 44 277 50238 48035 42 288 42 284 45 280 48 281 48035 46040 43 283 48 284 47 281 52 283 46040 44213 44 283 49 282 47 281 53 283 44213 42525 44 284 47 282 48 280 53 281 42525 40954 43 280 47 282 45 275 53 280 40954 39487 43 278 46 278 42 272 51 278 39487 38116 40 274 43 269 43 268 50 276 38116 36810 36 265 41 265 43 263 49 272 36810 35509 33 261 39 259 42 266 45 268 35509 34184 32 266 36 249 40 264 41 265 34184 32841 34 273 36 249 38 255 37 259 32841 31470 35 278 35 258 38 251 35 248 31470 30063 35 280 37 264 37 251 36 244 30063 28620 35 281 39 268 35 253 34 245 28620 27142 36 282 38 273 35 258 34 249 27142 25631 35 281 35 279 34 264 35 255 25631 24093 32 278 32 279 32 266 33 259 24093 22524 30 271 29 274 29 265 28 262 22524 20920 27 261 26 267 26 263 25 262 20920 19310 23 255 22 259 21 257 21 257 19310 17772 19 253 19 250 17 248 19 249 17772 16376 16 253 16 247 14 243 17 244 16376 15128 13 250 14 247 13 243 16 242 15128 14004 11 245 13 249 13 245 16 244 14004 12985 10 241 13 249 15 248 17 246 12985 12061 10 236 14 248 18 249 19 249 12061 11223 9 234 16 246 20 247 21 252 11223 10467 9*236 15*247 20 248 24 253 10467 9783 9*237 16*249 19*253 25 253 9783 9157 9 238 16 250 19*256 25 255 9157 8593 9 239 16 251 19 257 24 257 8593 8113 9 239 16 251 18 258 23 257 8113 7738 9 239 16 251 18 258 21 257 7738 7477 8 239 14 251 16 258 18 257 7477 7316 7 238 13 251 14 258 15*257 7316 7224 6 239 9 251 10 258 8*257 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