DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - 52.9 - - 54.9 - - - - - 48.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 540 - - - - - 47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2007 - - 2824 - - - - - 1594 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8403 - - 9189 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9214 - - 10032 - - - - - 8801 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1447 - - 1378 - - - - - 1506 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 355 - - 495 - - - - - 181 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 24 - - - - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - 241 - - 250 - - - - - 247 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 18 - - - - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -69 - - -66 - - - - - -54 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -725 - - 975 - - - - - 1578 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9940 - - 9058 - - - - - 7223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4689 - - -1417 - - - - - -179 ODpotential blCL - - - 13903 - - 11449 - - - - - 8980 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 88 - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - - - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 52.9 - - 54.9 - - - - - 48.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.3 - - 39.9 - - - - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.4 - - 52.3 - - - - - 48.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 39.2 - - - - - 42.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 540 - - - - - 47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2007 - - 2824 - - - - - 1594 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 94 - - 53 - - - - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99068 29 107 30 110 31 098 99068 91584 30 116 25 120 27 092 91584 85827 24 113 23 117 23 086 85827 81048 18 114 15 109 15 100 81048 76921 11 124 9 106 14 114 76921 73248 8 109 10 122 17 095 73248 69912 6 129 8 123 8 088 69912 66857 2 149 8 098 3 091 66857 64037 3 289 2 292 3 037 64037 61317 8 285 3 238 11 299 61317 58490 17 263 16 272 15 272 58490 55557 17 260 20 249 23 280 55557 52759 15 267 25 269 29 286 52759 50247 32 278 34 277 46 307 50247 48013 46 277 36 292 58 296 48013 45998 51 277 51 296 55 295 45998 44159 51 275 54 294 61 298 44159 42467 52 272 48 296 63 303 42467 40894 50 269 46 298 71 321 40894 39424 46 266 51 305 94 331 39424 38047 42 263 57 316 103 325 38047 36733 39 262 60 320 105 318 36733 35421 38 263 58 318 99 315 35421 34083 38 266 56 315 95 314 34083 32721 40 267 54 312 93 316 32721 31324 42 266 51 309 91 316 31324 29887 45 263 48 304 90 318 29887 28414 47 262 46 301 80 322 28414 26916 49 262 43 298 58 317 26916 25396 49 263 40 297 55 302 25396 23857 47 263 34 294 59 296 23857 22297 45 263 29 290 58 298 22297 20709 42 262 28 287 51 301 20709 19119 40 260 29 282 42 303 19119 17602 40 257 31 279 35 304 17602 16223 40 255 31 276 33 301 16223 14990 40 254 32 273 33 295 14990 13881 38 257 33 269 34 289 13881 12878 36 262 35 265 34 283 12878 11968 35 266 35 264 33 276 11968 11145 32 265 33 264 31 267 11145 10404 30 258 31*263 30 258 10404 9736 29*251 29*260 29 251 9736 9124 28*246 26 253 29*249 9124 8570 27 242 25 249 28*248 8570 8098 25 240 24 247 27 247 8098 7729 23 239 23 247 25 247 7729 7472 21 239 21 246 22 246 7472 7314 18 240 18 246 18 246 7314 7223 12 240 12 246 11 246 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