DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 67.4 - - 73.0 - - 70.6 - - 62.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 448 - - 240 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3687 - - 6750 - - 5051 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9246 - - 12261 - - 10644 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10895 - - 13958 - - 12259 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2733 - - 1971 - - 2401 - - 2251 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 323 - - 619 - - 456 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 25 - - 23 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 218 - - 228 - - 227 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 16 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -39 - - -50 - - -51 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1405 - - 112 - - -1146 - - -4512 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12301 - - 13846 - - 13406 - - 11736 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4941 - - -3012 - - -4885 - - -9765 ODpotential blCL - - - 15836 - - 16970 - - 17144 - - 16989 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 91 - - 97 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.4 - - 73.0 - - 70.6 - - 62.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.6 - - 37.2 - - 36.8 - - 36.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.7 - - 70.7 - - 69.3 - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.3 - - 36.8 - - 36.5 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 448 - - 240 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3687 - - 6750 - - 5051 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 84 - - 65 - - 87 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 99280 24 109 18 107 16 119 20 105 99280 91836 25 119 16 119 12 100 18 087 91836 86063 14 104 16 113 13 111 15 089 86063 81271 12 092 12 091 10 123 7 095 81271 77160 13 116 9 091 15 093 9 118 77160 73525 8 106 7 130 8 096 6 088 73525 70224 10 111 10 134 4 118 7 097 70224 67191 7 095 6 110 3 186 2 297 67191 64389 6 003 3 013 2 347 3 080 64389 61675 6 243 5 243 9 210 5 211 61675 58862 9 175 6 238 5 239 6 216 58862 55940 23 217 24 219 21 243 10 255 55940 53132 25 227 30 222 39 236 34 249 53132 50627 34 235 39 236 49 245 48 251 50627 48414 45 238 52 243 57 249 56 253 48414 46418 50 238 56 243 57 247 58 252 46418 44586 51 237 55 240 56 245 57 251 44586 42892 52 237 54 239 54 242 56 246 42892 41326 51 238 51 239 53 238 54 239 41326 39872 49 239 48 241 52 236 50 237 39872 38512 47 240 46 241 48 237 46 239 38512 37210 48 239 43 239 45 238 47 240 37210 35903 50 237 43 236 44 239 47 239 35903 34567 49 236 44 233 42 238 44 238 34567 33209 46 237 43 233 41 236 42 237 33209 31819 42 238 41 235 42 234 41 235 31819 30390 38 240 39 236 41 233 40 233 30390 28926 34 240 38 238 40 236 36 234 28926 27429 32 237 35 237 36 238 30 234 27429 25901 31 233 33 234 32 235 27 230 25901 24345 29 230 32 229 30 230 26 224 24345 22757 29 225 31 226 29 227 26 221 22757 21131 29 222 30 224 29 225 26 218 21131 19496 29 220 30 223 29 222 26 216 19496 17934 29 222 30 222 30 221 27 215 17934 16515 31 225 31 223 31 222 29 218 16515 15247 33 228 32 224 31 222 30 220 15247 14106 34 230 29*225 31 223 32 222 14106 13074 33 229 28*225 29*223 32 223 13074 12137 30 227 27 226 27*223 31 222 12137 11287 26*222 26 226 25 224 30 221 11287 10520 24*218 26 227 24 225 29 219 10520 9825 23 218 25 228 24 227 28 218 9825 9188 22 218 25 229 23 228 26 218 9188 8614 21 218 24 229 22 229 21 223 8614 8126 20 218 23 230 21 230 17 230 8126 7745 19 218 22 230 20 231 15 234 7745 7480 17 218 20 231 19 231 12 236 7480 7318 15 218 18 231 16 232 9 236 7318 7224 10 218 12 231 11 232 5*237 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