DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/18 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 - - - 75.7 - - 79.7 - - - - - 64.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 213 - - 298 - - - - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4425 - - 10082 - - - - - 314 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10150 - - 14797 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11633 - - 17291 - - - - - 7522 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4487 - - 3132 - - - - - 434 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 432 - - 633 - - - - - 64 W* B/S - - - 19 - - 51 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 2 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 111 - - 202 - - - - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 19 - - - - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4727 - - 552 - - - - - -1065 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16361 - - 16739 - - - - - 8587 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8231 - - -1719 - - - - - -6054 ODpotential blCL - - - 19864 - - 19010 - - - - - 13576 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 83 - - - - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 130 - - 110 - - - - - 990 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.7 - - 79.7 - - - - - 64.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.9 - - 31.0 - - - - - 50.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.1 - - 77.7 - - - - - 63.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.7 - - 29.9 - - - - - 50.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 213 - - 298 - - - - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4425 - - 10082 - - - - - 314 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 2 - - 33 - - - - - 78 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 10 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] 98927 31 114 33 105 29 110 98927 91428 28 120 24 120 28 101 91428 85667 25 127 20 124 25 097 85667 80880 25 123 19 129 16 090 80880 76754 20 121 16 128 13 107 76754 73118 16 131 9 106 12 107 73118 69839 14 111 7 132 8 098 69839 66840 7 112 10 122 5 121 66840 64074 7 096 3 139 6 122 64074 61409 5 330 2 107 1 099 61409 58647 13 261 6 250 5 216 58647 55793 16 261 18 250 13 255 55793 53071 19 272 26 238 25 250 53071 50624 27 271 27 250 37 250 50624 48434 38 265 37 257 45 247 48434 46445 45 271 47 262 51 257 46445 44621 56 272 46 261 59 261 44621 42931 54 272 50 272 59 259 42931 41348 45 272 57 273 55 258 41348 39861 43 273 56 272 56 262 39861 38469 41 275 55 276 57 265 38469 37143 35 275 42 275 55 267 37143 35822 24 268 31 270 49 268 35822 34475 19 253 24 265 38 265 34475 33109 18 225 18 258 34 251 33109 31715 18 219 16 246 35 251 31715 30286 15 228 15 242 25 254 30286 28825 15 207 14 252 19 243 28825 27335 17 195 11 245 16 231 27335 25817 16 189 13 214 14 226 25817 24277 16 180 15 196 19 212 24277 22712 14 181 16 192 23 191 22712 21115 12 195 14 204 21 191 21115 19507 13 212 11 228 17 198 19507 17965 13 217 8*231 12 200 17965 16560 10 225 4*207 10 197 16560 15298 6 243 2 187 10 189 15298 14159 3 295 2 185 9 183 14159 13124 3 002 2 189 7 176 13124 12182 3*046 2 197 5 161 12182 11326 3*086 2 199 3 126 11326 10552 3 105 2 206 3 071 10552 9851 4 113 2 211 3 019 9851 9208 4 114 3 216 3 344 9208 8626 5 116 3 217 5 313 8626 8132 5 114 3 217 10 279 8132 7748 5 112 3 215 12*270 7748 7481 4 113 3 216 11*268 7481 7318 4 112 2 215 10 268 7318 7224 4 112 2 213 6 267 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