DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 75.6 - - 76.7 - - 74.7 - - 65.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 439 - - 246 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4563 - - 2966 - - 2106 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10403 - - 9253 - - 8445 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11772 - - 10175 - - 9314 - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1865 - - 2722 - - 1274 - - 1065 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 492 - - 471 - - 348 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 16 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 195 - - 233 - - 242 - - 250 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -42 - - -45 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -912 - - -5732 - - -7338 - - -6259 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12685 - - 15908 - - 16653 - - 13485 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5405 - - -11581 - - -12734 - - -12852 ODpotential blCL - - - 17177 - - 21756 - - 22048 - - 20077 blCL maxRH - - - 47 - - 33 - - 33 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.6 - - 76.7 - - 74.7 - - 65.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.7 - - 32.0 - - 27.0 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.5 - - 74.2 - - 73.1 - - 66.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.8 - - 30.7 - - 25.8 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 324 - - 439 - - 246 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4563 - - 2966 - - 2106 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 99601 40 109 36 115 32 109 33 101 99601 92070 24 110 29 103 30 097 33 099 92070 86289 25 111 26 105 23 094 27 102 86289 81497 30 116 27 114 21 104 22 106 81497 77356 28 116 26 124 19 115 21 106 77356 73688 24 110 22 123 19 122 19 097 73688 70377 21 114 17 113 19 128 16 112 70377 67353 17 122 13 116 17 127 12 122 67353 64571 11 120 13 125 10 122 12 121 64571 61891 11 166 9 134 6 176 4 101 61891 59098 22 192 16 195 13 189 7 159 59098 56219 19 191 19 202 17 215 14 218 56219 53497 19 224 25 203 24 217 26 217 53497 51057 31 234 29 220 29 216 31 212 51057 48870 46 231 43 229 41 226 39 226 48870 46882 50 230 51 229 51 226 48 229 46882 45050 58 236 61 235 60 233 57 234 45050 43348 65 231 67 229 67 230 66 233 43348 41759 64 227 66 226 66 227 68 228 41759 40269 59 229 61 229 62 227 66 226 40269 38876 53 226 58 229 60 230 64 229 38876 37547 50 225 58 229 61 232 65 232 37547 36217 53 229 60 229 62 234 63 234 36217 34859 54 230 61 228 61 236 58 240 34859 33482 50 232 57 230 55 238 51 240 33482 32073 46 231 51 232 48 233 47 233 32073 30624 45 230 46 230 45 221 47 224 30624 29137 44 231 43 227 46 219 47 223 29137 27617 41 232 40 227 42 222 42 223 27617 26069 36 233 36 229 36 226 35 225 26069 24501 32 236 32 230 30 227 29 224 24501 22905 27 238 29 230 25 225 24 221 22905 21273 24 238 25 232 22 222 21 215 21273 19630 22 234 22 233 19 213 20 209 19630 18056 24 226 21 228 19 206 19 204 18056 16622 25 221 21 221 19 203 19 203 16622 15339 24 218 21 212 19 203 20 205 15339 14182 23 214 21 205 19 205 20 209 14182 13135 24 207 20 200 20 208 20 213 13135 12185 22*200 20 199 20 211 21 217 12185 11323 17*194 20 201 21 215 21 220 11323 10546 14 192 18*209 22 218 21 223 10546 9843 13 193 17*217 22*221 22 225 9843 9200 13 195 16 229 18*234 23 225 9200 8621 12 197 16 235 17 241 20 229 8621 8129 12 199 16 237 17 243 16 240 8129 7747 11 199 16 239 16 244 14 248 7747 7481 10 200 15 239 15 245 12 249 7481 7318 9 199 13 239 13 245 10*249 7318 7225 7 199 10 240 10 245 6*250 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