DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 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 - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.3 - - 77.7 - - 73.9 - - 63.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 337 - - 467 - - 261 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4982 - - 4579 - - 2727 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10740 - - 10536 - - 8915 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12191 - - 11788 - - 9935 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2135 - - 2779 - - 1710 - - 1374 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 510 - - 553 - - 384 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 209 - - 235 - - 246 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -28 - - -40 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3020 - - -4167 - - -5913 - - -6107 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15212 - - 15956 - - 15849 - - 13332 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6826 - - -8371 - - -11059 - - -12790 ODpotential blCL - - - 19017 - - 20159 - - 20994 - - 20014 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 62 - - 57 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.3 - - 77.7 - - 73.9 - - 63.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.6 - - 32.6 - - 29.6 - - 30.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.1 - - 75.1 - - 72.2 - - 65.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.0 - - 31.8 - - 29.0 - - 30.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 337 - - 467 - - 261 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4982 - - 4579 - - 2727 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 99363 24 131 20 102 19 100 20 107 99363 91850 22 115 24 113 18 107 14 101 91850 86040 24 112 23 115 18 110 15 094 86040 81224 21 099 20 107 17 113 16 102 81224 77084 15 088 15 127 11 075 19 096 77084 73439 14 099 12 110 10 100 18 072 73439 70163 18 083 12 090 13 105 9 099 70163 67173 8 069 11 094 13 087 11 113 67173 64402 4 112 5 114 10 077 14 116 64402 61727 2 165 8 189 1 328 8 093 61727 58940 12 219 9 186 11 209 2 226 58940 56057 15 197 19 202 24 205 23 218 56057 53316 28 235 27 222 25 218 24 212 53316 50839 42 232 39 224 37 231 30 228 50839 48620 52 234 47 233 48 237 42 240 48620 46628 56 236 54 238 52 237 51 244 46628 44821 58 238 52 243 49 240 53 243 44821 43155 55 239 47 245 48 243 54 242 43155 41598 51 242 45 245 48 242 53 244 41598 40133 49 245 44 246 48 242 52 245 40133 38757 48 246 43 247 47 243 49 244 38757 37441 48 246 41 245 46 241 47 244 37441 36122 46 246 39 241 44 239 44 244 36122 34776 43 245 39 238 43 239 43 244 34776 33407 43 240 38 235 41 241 41 243 33407 32006 45 237 41 234 39 242 39 243 32006 30565 43 237 43 236 40 240 37 243 30565 29086 39 234 43 238 40 239 36 243 29086 27573 38 230 40 234 38 236 33 243 27573 26031 36 230 39 231 37 233 33 239 26031 24464 34 232 37 233 36 233 33 233 24464 22868 32 233 34 236 33 235 31 230 22868 21234 28 231 29 234 28 233 26 224 21234 19592 24 224 25 228 23 223 23 214 19592 18019 22 220 21 222 21 214 22 207 18019 16588 21 218 19 219 20 210 21 204 16588 15308 19 215 17 216 19 210 20 206 15308 14155 17 210 15 214 18 212 19 210 14155 13111 16*205 13 213 17 216 18 216 13111 12164 13*203 12*218 18 218 18 221 12164 11306 11 205 12*223 18 221 18 225 11306 10532 11 208 12 228 16*231 20 228 10532 9833 10 210 13 233 16*240 21 228 9833 9193 10 211 14 236 16 244 19 232 9193 8617 10 212 14 238 16 246 16 243 8617 8128 10 213 14 239 16 247 15 253 8128 7746 9 214 14 240 16 248 14 256 7746 7481 9 213 13 240 15 248 12 256 7481 7318 8 213 12 240 13 248 9 255 7318 7224 6 212 9 240 9 248 5*254 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