DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 Truckee 7207ft 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 - - - 50.3 - - 55.6 - - 57.1 - - 51.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 449 - - 512 - - 291 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5021 - - 6922 - - 6711 - - 2490 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10873 - - 12461 - - 12050 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12227 - - 14129 - - 13918 - - 9697 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1383 - - 1525 - - 1250 - - 3778 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 563 - - 657 - - 540 - - 88 W* B/S - - - 23 - - 15 - - 13 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 8 - - 7 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 352 - - 347 - - 336 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 6 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - -10 - - 15 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 747 - - 435 - - 14 - - -1365 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11480 - - 13694 - - 13905 - - 11063 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2536 - - -3014 - - -3836 - - -5022 ODpotential blCL - - - 14763 - - 17143 - - 17754 - - 14719 blCL maxRH - - - 60 - - 49 - - 59 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.3 - - 55.6 - - 57.1 - - 51.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.1 - - 20.5 - - 21.1 - - 28.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.9 - - 52.9 - - 55.2 - - 51.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.1 - - 19.3 - - 19.9 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 449 - - 512 - - 291 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5021 - - 6922 - - 6711 - - 2490 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 99210 33 099 23 097 24 102 28 088 99210 91657 27 114 15 106 25 099 21 088 91657 85872 26 112 16 116 18 087 28 098 85872 81092 17 098 15 117 17 088 24 093 81092 76968 12 102 11 129 15 085 20 085 76968 73312 9 094 17 122 10 128 17 086 73312 69992 7 074 13 086 15 120 9 112 69992 66935 7 117 8 096 12 085 9 109 66935 64104 4 094 3 074 8 053 7 068 64104 61359 5 039 2 207 7 291 8 006 61359 58487 14 305 4 037 4 267 6 318 58487 55510 23 301 17 302 17 298 17 312 55510 52669 31 303 26 300 28 296 27 303 52669 50114 40 297 36 300 36 302 35 305 50114 47825 46 295 43 298 42 297 39 297 47825 45755 57 301 52 306 46 305 40 303 45755 43863 67 300 63 309 57 313 51 315 43863 42124 70 301 70 309 69 307 64 300 42124 40520 76 304 77 309 73 308 64 300 40520 39031 84 305 83 309 79 313 68 311 39031 37645 89 306 89 310 84 313 73 314 37645 36327 93 307 92 310 86 312 75 312 36327 35013 95 309 95 313 87 315 77 312 35013 33677 96 311 98 316 88 317 79 313 33677 32324 95 313 101 319 92 321 81 314 32324 30946 92 313 100 322 93 324 79 316 30946 29539 85 312 93 325 86 326 71 320 29539 28103 74 310 83 325 76 328 63 324 28103 26641 66 313 71 326 66 329 58 325 26641 25155 61 317 61 328 56 329 49 325 25155 23652 56 321 43 334 43 330 39 327 23652 22128 50 324 37 351 30 329 28 328 22128 20573 45 328 39 357 25 342 22 324 20573 19012 39 332 36 352 26 354 19 313 19012 17517 34 335 30 346 25 354 17 320 17517 16156 30 337 24 343 22 351 17 336 16156 14938 26 340 17*340 12*342 13 350 14938 13844 20 342 10*335 7*326 9 014 13844 12857 13*341 8 333 7 326 8 028 12857 11961 7*340 8 336 7 327 8 025 11961 11148 5 341 7 339 7 332 7 016 11148 10411 5 344 7 345 7 336 7 357 10411 9742 4 350 8 350 8 339 7*336 9742 9129 4 354 8 354 8 341 8*319 9129 8574 4 360 8 358 8 345 8 315 8574 8100 4 005 8 002 7 346 8 312 8100 7731 4 009 8 003 7 347 8 309 7731 7473 4 010 8 004 7 348 8 307 7473 7315 4 013 7 005 6 348 7 306 7315 7223 3 015 6 007 5 350 5 304 7223 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