DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 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 - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 67.3 - - 69.9 - - - - - 60.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 304 - - 416 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3580 - - 3835 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9621 - - 9919 - - - - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10788 - - 11043 - - - - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1382 - - 2075 - - - - - 1240 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 446 - - 506 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 13 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 213 - - 241 - - - - - 258 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -15 - - -29 - - - - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1421 - - -1442 - - - - - -3951 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12210 - - 12486 - - - - - 11176 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5727 - - -5206 - - - - - -9059 ODpotential blCL - - - 16515 - - 16249 - - - - - 16283 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 45 - - - - - 38 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 150 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.3 - - 69.9 - - - - - 60.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.7 - - 39.9 - - - - - 36.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.2 - - 67.5 - - - - - 61.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.5 - - 38.7 - - - - - 35.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 304 - - 416 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3580 - - 3835 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 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] 99441 39 117 35 125 29 108 99441 91865 36 112 31 100 27 113 91865 86044 31 103 22 100 29 112 86044 81229 21 090 25 114 31 107 81229 77103 16 096 23 109 22 085 77103 73491 20 109 18 115 17 088 73491 70224 18 114 13 145 18 098 70224 67216 12 131 14 149 13 092 67216 64434 12 113 9 149 11 120 64434 61757 6 211 8 162 9 115 61757 58967 17 189 10 199 6 197 58967 56071 20 211 27 220 25 251 56071 53317 31 221 36 220 38 246 53317 50851 39 246 34 230 56 257 50851 48639 55 251 46 247 65 252 48639 46616 62 249 54 250 69 251 46616 44744 65 248 56 249 72 254 44744 43004 67 245 57 246 83 258 43004 41371 67 244 59 242 91 257 41371 39833 69 245 60 241 83 256 39833 38400 71 245 61 242 63 250 38400 37054 67 244 61 242 52 242 37054 35730 64 242 57 240 51 238 35730 34393 59 240 55 237 49 237 34393 33038 51 240 52 236 46 235 33038 31654 45 240 47 238 40 237 31654 30232 45 239 44 239 32 240 30232 28774 45 243 44 245 29 241 28774 27281 43 246 40 249 30 235 27281 25760 35 246 30 246 29 228 25760 24217 27 247 22 236 26 225 24217 22648 21 247 19 234 22 225 22648 21043 19 243 20 229 19 225 21043 19427 20 236 19 218 18 208 19427 17882 18 234 16 213 20 193 17882 16478 14 242 12 212 19 188 16478 15219 10 255 11 213 17 192 15219 14085 8 256 12 212 14 199 14085 13057 8 228 13 213 12 206 13057 12122 11 203 14 214 10 212 12122 11273 10*200 12*224 9 218 11273 10507 10*203 12*232 10 223 10507 9814 10 209 13 237 13 226 9814 9178 9 213 13 241 14 229 9178 8606 9 215 14 242 13 244 8606 8120 9 216 14 243 13 255 8120 7742 9 217 13 244 12 258 7742 7479 8 217 13 244 11 258 7479 7317 7 217 11 244 9*258 7317 7224 6 217 8 244 5*258 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