DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/30 Truckee 7208ft pt35874@39.407,-120.306 SPONSORED BY: Harry Fox RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 63.3 - - 73.1 - - 73.8 - - 69.4 - - 61.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 5 - - 217 - - 339 - - 217 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 5504 - - 3652 - - 1768 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7208 - - 10994 - - 9723 - - 8171 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top 7224 - - 12712 - - 10861 - - 8976 - - 7224 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 997 - - 4390 - - 7000 - - 941 - - 1132 Hgt.Variab. W* 25 - - 469 - - 470 - - 318 - - 18 W* B/S 2 - - 9 - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 9 - - 10 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 304 - - 144 - - 254 - - 262 - - 273 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 13 - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - 17 - - -20 - - -39 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3858 - - -1350 - - -2512 - - -3211 - - -2940 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11082 - - 14063 - - 13374 - - 12188 - - 10164 sfcLCL ODpotential -8483 - - -5278 - - -5108 - - -7095 - - -7884 ODpotential blCL 15707 - - 17990 - - 15969 - - 16071 - - 15108 blCL maxRH 42 - - 32 - - 43 - - 39 - - 50 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 160 - - 460 - - 280 - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m 63.3 - - 73.1 - - 73.8 - - 69.4 - - 61.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 39.9 - - 36.3 - - 40.0 - - 40.9 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 63.3 - - 71.5 - - 71.9 - - 68.1 - - 62.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 38.6 - - 35.1 - - 38.8 - - 39.6 - - 41.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 5 - - 217 - - 339 - - 217 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 5504 - - 3652 - - 1768 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 99025 34 092 35 099 39 113 30 101 36 097 99025 91549 31 094 26 110 26 113 25 110 22 095 91549 85802 27 097 27 110 21 098 23 112 22 101 85802 81041 29 094 22 104 20 097 25 099 22 112 81041 76939 22 090 19 102 19 104 18 089 26 100 76939 73312 16 100 14 093 18 111 15 104 20 077 73312 70049 16 102 9 094 17 109 16 113 12 085 70049 67073 16 096 10 118 11 103 14 106 12 103 67073 64330 13 109 12 115 12 120 12 113 12 106 64330 61690 8 087 15 151 9 152 6 111 9 123 61690 58945 1 169 13 138 16 166 8 218 4 187 58945 56091 8 214 8 195 14 190 12 225 6 210 56091 53360 8 254 9 219 14 202 17 221 22 224 53360 50910 13 266 10 235 19 213 25 211 28 212 50910 48713 19 269 13 238 22 211 19 216 26 211 48713 46703 26 265 18 243 20 220 22 233 27 211 46703 44844 30 260 21 250 20 233 28 228 30 210 44844 43111 33 256 25 254 22 236 32 222 30 208 43111 41486 34 253 28 254 26 234 33 220 28 211 41486 39961 34 248 30 250 30 231 35 218 27 215 39961 38534 34 238 35 233 35 225 36 215 30 214 38534 37173 34 227 40 217 36 220 35 210 32 209 37173 35816 33 208 40 206 35 211 36 201 34 201 35816 34440 31 187 36 192 35 200 36 191 37 194 34440 33055 28 175 32 184 34 192 37 186 39 190 33055 31650 26 165 28 180 32 183 36 184 39 186 31650 30216 23 153 25 173 31 173 36 180 38 181 30216 28754 21 144 24 166 31 165 36 173 39 177 28754 27265 20 141 23 158 32 158 37 166 39 174 27265 25751 21 144 23 152 30 157 36 165 36 175 25751 24217 24 146 22 150 27 163 31 168 30 176 24217 22659 27 142 24 145 24 165 23 172 24 176 22659 21067 28 132 26 138 21 160 18 173 21 166 21067 19462 29 127 25 130 19 145 17 159 23 142 19462 17923 28 125 24 123 15 119 19 136 21 128 17923 16520 27 117 24 115 15 105 19 123 18 122 16520 15260 26 115 23 113 15 101 17 118 14 115 15260 14122 24 121 22 115 14 101 15 113 12 104 14122 13089 23 133 19*120 11 103 12 107 10 089 13089 12150 22 145 15*126 8 110 9 100 9 071 12150 11298 19 151 13 130 5*125 5 098 6 044 11298 10527 15 152 12 135 3*206 1 120 5 004 10527 9830 11 146 10 142 5 243 5 263 6 340 9830 9191 10 131 9 151 11 255 12*263 8 312 9191 8614 8 108 7 166 12 257 17*262 14 287 8614 8125 6 077 7 171 13 257 17 262 18 278 8125 7745 3 005 7 176 13 256 17 262 17 276 7745 7480 4 316 6 177 12 256 16 262 15 275 7480 7318 4 309 6 178 11 256 14 261 12*275 7318 7224 3*304 5 178 9 256 10 261 7*273 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