DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 Truckee 7207ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.2 - - 53.8 - - - - - 43.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 148 - - 530 - - - - - 41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1879 - - 2892 - - - - - 1122 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8113 - - 9237 - - - - - 7206 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9086 - - 10099 - - - - - 8329 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1145 - - 930 - - - - - 748 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 286 - - 496 - - - - - 154 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 27 - - - - - 29 BL Wind Direction - - - 242 - - 245 - - - - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 16 - - - - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -37 - - -70 - - - - - -69 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -562 - - -248 - - - - - 1070 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9649 - - 10348 - - - - - 7260 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6774 - - -6293 - - - - - -6129 ODpotential blCL - - - 15860 - - 16392 - - - - - 14458 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 86 - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.2 - - 53.8 - - - - - 43.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.9 - - 33.3 - - - - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.3 - - 51.5 - - - - - 43.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.7 - - 32.6 - - - - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 148 - - 530 - - - - - 41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1879 - - 2892 - - - - - 1122 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 82 - - 45 - - - - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 6 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] 98740 15 118 21 095 20 098 98740 91257 16 109 18 117 12 089 91257 85530 17 105 16 108 14 112 85530 80799 17 097 18 113 13 103 80799 76731 13 124 15 110 12 098 76731 73120 11 135 9 149 11 078 73120 69833 11 147 7 162 8 074 69833 66803 5 165 7 166 7 003 66803 64000 8 189 5 222 7 281 64000 61283 11 229 7 248 10 282 61283 58449 16 250 20 262 18 270 58449 55512 18 268 19 247 14 273 55512 52695 24 283 22 279 24 303 52695 50171 26 290 29 296 45 303 50171 47945 40 300 44 296 53 301 47945 45946 54 295 38 291 54 316 45946 44118 48 287 51 317 72 327 44118 42432 44 295 75 326 87 330 42432 40859 46 311 98 327 98 327 40859 39386 54 317 98 325 102 321 39386 38006 53 310 83 321 101 318 38006 36686 43 290 65 318 99 319 36686 35368 45 277 51 314 95 320 35368 34028 48 279 41 289 86 319 34028 32672 50 287 44 281 76 315 32672 31288 53 285 44 280 70 311 31288 29866 54 283 41 276 70 312 29866 28411 52 290 40 274 62 316 28411 26925 50 301 40 278 44 315 26925 25416 36 292 42 284 33 306 25416 23883 35 275 38 282 31 296 23883 22324 37 271 33 277 32 291 22324 20735 36 272 30 281 33 289 20735 19141 34 268 31 293 34 290 19141 17619 32 263 31 299 35 292 17619 16235 29 261 29 300 36 292 16235 14997 27 260 26 299 36 291 14997 13882 25 259 25 293 37 289 13882 12873 23 257 26 282 39 284 12873 11958 23 254 28 268 39 278 11958 11129 23 252 31 256 38 269 11129 10384 23 249 31*248 38 258 10384 9713 22 245 30*246 38 248 9713 9102 20*243 29 245 39 243 9102 8553 19*242 28 245 38*242 8553 8086 18 242 28 245 36*242 8086 7722 17 242 26 245 33 242 7722 7469 16 242 24 245 29 242 7469 7313 13 242 21 245 24 242 7313 7223 9 242 13 245 14 243 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