DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1331z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 68.5 - - 70.6 - - 67.9 - - 59.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 277 - - 397 - - 236 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2145 - - 2684 - - 2148 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8515 - - 9012 - - 8467 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9353 - - 9892 - - 9356 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1556 - - 1175 - - 1035 - - 1519 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 367 - - 443 - - 347 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 16 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 222 - - 238 - - 246 - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -22 - - -37 - - -47 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3415 - - -1857 - - -3099 - - -3901 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12769 - - 11750 - - 12456 - - 11126 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8870 - - -7599 - - -9051 - - -11347 ODpotential blCL - - - 18223 - - 17491 - - 18407 - - 18571 blCL maxRH - - - 37 - - 47 - - 40 - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 390 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 68.5 - - 70.6 - - 67.9 - - 59.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.7 - - 44.0 - - 38.4 - - 36.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.7 - - 68.4 - - 66.5 - - 60.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.5 - - 42.7 - - 37.1 - - 35.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 277 - - 397 - - 236 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2145 - - 2684 - - 2148 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 99287 26 106 28 100 34 109 28 116 99287 91742 22 116 23 108 24 110 30 096 91742 85931 23 126 20 130 21 110 22 108 85931 81123 22 117 21 124 16 117 18 107 81123 76992 17 111 17 124 12 113 16 103 76992 73351 19 119 15 134 11 119 13 095 73351 70053 15 104 14 123 10 128 11 082 70053 67027 8 090 12 112 14 142 5 090 67027 64231 7 143 4 163 4 117 5 073 64231 61532 4 116 5 219 6 294 4 299 61532 58737 4 005 11 227 11 255 11 233 58737 55845 23 285 17 253 18 265 14 264 55845 53088 36 269 28 257 28 259 28 265 53088 50614 47 266 38 266 37 264 38 265 50614 48407 57 262 48 268 46 268 45 268 48407 46416 57 261 53 264 53 266 52 268 46416 44602 54 259 51 262 54 264 55 266 44602 42927 49 260 47 264 53 264 56 264 42927 41366 45 265 47 267 51 264 55 262 41366 39900 43 265 46 268 49 264 52 262 39900 38524 39 262 44 266 48 264 50 262 38524 37210 39 259 41 261 46 262 48 261 37210 35897 37 256 38 258 43 259 44 260 35897 34559 34 259 36 255 38 255 40 257 34559 33203 33 258 35 253 35 250 37 251 33203 31819 33 261 35 256 33 253 33 248 31819 30397 35 264 35 259 33 256 30 251 30397 28940 38 266 36 257 33 253 28 251 28940 27451 43 262 38 254 34 251 27 252 27451 25932 41 258 37 250 34 249 26 250 25932 24384 34 256 34 246 33 247 26 244 24384 22801 29 253 32 243 29 242 28 241 22801 21178 30 248 30 241 26 237 30 238 21178 19541 30 242 28 236 24 232 30 235 19541 17971 29 236 26 230 22 229 28 235 17971 16541 25 230 24 224 21 227 25 235 16541 15261 20 226 21 218 18 225 22 235 15261 14109 18 220 20 212 17 226 19 236 14109 13068 20 208 19 207 17 228 17 237 13068 12125 24 197 20 205 18 232 18 239 12125 11271 25 190 22 206 21 230 20 240 11271 10503 23 189 20*211 24 228 23 239 10503 9809 20*193 17*227 22*232 26 237 9809 9175 16*207 17 236 20*242 26 237 9175 8604 13 222 17 239 19 245 22 241 8604 8120 13 225 17 241 19 247 18 250 8120 7742 12 227 16 242 18 248 16 254 7742 7479 11 228 15 243 17 248 13 255 7479 7317 10 228 13 243 15 248 11*255 7317 7224 7 228 10 242 10 249 6*255 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