DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/05 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 - - 1332z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 61.8 - - 75.5 - - 80.1 - - 77.1 - - 67.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - 238 - - 394 - - 224 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2611 - - 4692 - - 2828 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7207 - - 8804 - - 10575 - - 8946 - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top 7224 - - 9819 - - 11901 - - 10037 - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 291 - - 2122 - - 3133 - - 2362 - - 1198 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 369 - - 530 - - 372 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 10 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 258 - - 228 - - 239 - - 246 - - 258 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -16 - - -18 - - -35 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -9440 - - -8629 - - -6273 - - -7658 - - -7286 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 16664 - - 18449 - - 18175 - - 17696 - - 14512 sfcLCL ODpotential -17551 - - -14233 - - -11994 - - -13929 - - -13774 ODpotential blCL 24775 - - 24052 - - 23895 - - 23966 - - 20999 blCL maxRH 60 - - 89 - - 53 - - 39 - - 30 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 61.8 - - 75.5 - - 80.1 - - 77.1 - - 67.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 15.1 - - 19.8 - - 25.2 - - 24.6 - - 29.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 65.5 - - 73.8 - - 77.6 - - 75.5 - - 69.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 14.0 - - 18.7 - - 24.0 - - 23.5 - - 28.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - 238 - - 394 - - 224 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2611 - - 4692 - - 2828 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 56 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 99469 35 108 31 105 34 109 29 110 35 109 99469 91990 33 109 32 109 30 108 27 112 30 104 91990 86217 33 102 28 116 26 109 28 108 31 097 86217 81415 29 106 25 121 20 113 25 100 33 097 81415 77274 22 095 28 111 20 122 21 104 24 100 77274 73618 19 093 22 101 22 125 15 124 18 105 73618 70316 12 093 16 105 16 116 14 128 11 102 70316 67293 14 119 11 118 12 103 14 108 11 115 67293 64505 14 101 15 125 10 110 12 102 10 119 64505 61827 6 079 15 111 13 131 5 147 6 099 61827 59059 8 146 9 117 8 141 3 205 3 109 59059 56212 6 116 5 160 5 215 5 257 2 105 56212 53516 7 297 5 297 5 253 9 248 9 263 53516 51096 14 298 9 290 7 272 12 244 16 254 51096 48918 18 286 12 282 7 295 8 254 15 256 48918 46928 20 279 12 286 8 295 5 284 9 269 46928 45095 20 282 13 285 12 277 8 299 11 291 45095 43395 22 285 14 297 14 279 10 303 13 295 43395 41803 27 282 17 306 14 289 12 301 13 294 41803 40310 31 279 20 306 14 294 14 298 14 293 40310 38910 33 276 21 303 16 295 16 301 16 298 38910 37574 35 270 23 303 17 293 18 304 18 302 37574 36241 35 265 25 299 17 296 19 311 19 303 36241 34882 31 262 25 294 18 303 22 317 20 305 34882 33502 22 262 20 286 18 308 22 323 19 309 33502 32090 15 263 14 275 16 295 20 327 16 314 32090 30638 11 261 12 277 12 272 16 320 12 321 30638 29151 11 259 12 279 12 262 13 285 9 327 29151 27632 12 260 12 276 12 266 13 262 11 289 27632 26088 10 260 10 268 12 266 14 262 14 274 26088 24517 7 267 10 261 12 256 14 255 11 265 24517 22917 7 288 10 262 13 245 14 243 12 243 22917 21279 10 293 11 269 13 246 12 239 12 231 21279 19632 13 287 10 270 9 238 11 225 12 214 19632 18058 13 276 8 259 9 216 11 215 13 201 18058 16628 11 261 7 243 10 206 11 212 12 196 16628 15347 10 254 7 235 11 205 11 213 11 204 15347 14193 9 256 7 233 11 203 12 215 11 217 14193 13147 8 253 7 223 10 205 12 219 13 229 13147 12197 8 226 9 210 9*212 13 221 14 235 12197 11336 10 202 12 203 9*221 13 224 14 237 11336 10558 9 191 12 205 10 231 13*233 16 234 10558 9855 8 190 11*214 10 237 13*240 17 227 9855 9210 6 190 11*223 11 241 13 244 16 225 9210 8629 5 205 11 227 11 243 14 247 13 237 8629 8135 4 224 11 228 11 244 14 247 12 254 8135 7751 5 241 10 229 11 245 13 248 12 259 7751 7483 6 243 9 230 11 245 13 248 10 259 7483 7319 5*245 9 230 10 246 11 249 8*259 7319 7225 4*258 6 230 8 245 8 248 5*258 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