DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - 76.4 - - 78.7 - - 75.7 - - 65.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 308 - - 426 - - 261 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3046 - - 4321 - - 2832 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9214 - - 10307 - - 8999 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10255 - - 11530 - - 10040 - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2616 - - 2474 - - 2212 - - 1364 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 423 - - 529 - - 391 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 17 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 224 - - 228 - - 237 - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -32 - - -42 - - -49 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7330 - - -5604 - - -5710 - - -5715 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 17586 - - 17134 - - 15751 - - 12940 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13930 - - -11745 - - -11345 - - -12152 ODpotential blCL - - - 24185 - - 23275 - - 21385 - - 19377 blCL maxRH - - - 50 - - 61 - - 60 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.4 - - 78.7 - - 75.7 - - 65.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.5 - - 28.5 - - 31.7 - - 34.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.6 - - 76.2 - - 74.2 - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.3 - - 27.4 - - 30.6 - - 33.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 308 - - 426 - - 261 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3046 - - 4321 - - 2832 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 99463 32 117 27 101 39 101 30 088 99463 91960 33 106 32 105 27 104 33 095 91960 86187 28 102 28 103 25 104 25 100 86187 81405 24 114 22 101 23 093 27 104 81405 77282 23 113 18 111 18 090 25 095 77282 73629 19 093 17 116 16 112 17 101 73629 70330 11 111 14 131 15 107 12 100 70330 67315 15 127 13 145 9 114 7 120 67315 64530 7 112 11 121 10 119 12 120 64530 61852 4 199 4 181 2 136 4 153 61852 59077 12 197 15 190 6 209 7 179 59077 56214 20 193 25 197 26 210 24 206 56214 53500 26 221 27 213 33 212 26 212 53500 51061 37 234 37 226 42 225 37 229 51061 48871 49 233 48 225 53 225 52 229 48871 46884 54 230 52 224 59 226 63 226 46884 45057 61 225 61 224 65 226 72 225 45057 43357 70 223 67 223 72 227 74 227 43357 41765 71 223 70 223 75 227 71 228 41765 40271 70 222 68 221 70 225 71 225 40271 38869 66 222 63 220 67 223 71 222 38869 37533 63 223 60 222 65 222 68 222 37533 36196 58 221 56 223 61 221 64 224 36196 34833 51 219 50 221 54 220 58 226 34833 33450 46 222 45 220 49 220 53 226 33450 32039 42 224 42 221 46 222 48 226 32039 30590 39 223 40 221 44 225 46 223 30590 29107 36 219 37 221 39 226 45 224 29107 27587 34 219 31 224 32 225 42 229 27587 26038 31 224 28 228 27 222 36 223 26038 24466 31 226 27 224 26 217 30 211 24466 22869 31 224 27 216 27 212 27 201 22869 21237 30 220 28 214 27 206 25 199 21237 19596 29 215 28 212 27 201 23 201 19596 18024 28 210 27 210 26 199 23 205 18024 16593 26 207 26 208 25 198 24 210 16593 15313 24 206 25 208 24 199 25 215 15313 14160 23 205 25 209 24 202 26 217 14160 13116 22 206 24 211 24 207 26 218 13116 12170 21 207 22*215 24 213 26 219 12170 11312 20 211 20*218 23 217 26 221 11312 10538 18*216 18 222 22*220 26 222 10538 9839 16*220 18 226 19*228 26 223 9839 9198 16 223 17 230 18 234 25 223 9198 8621 15 224 17 233 18 238 22 229 8621 8130 15 226 17 234 18 239 18 239 8130 7748 14 226 16 235 17 240 16 243 7748 7482 13 227 15 235 16 241 14 244 7482 7318 11 226 13 236 14 241 11*244 7318 7225 8 226 10 236 10 241 6*244 7225 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