DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.3 - - 68.2 - - - - - 66.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 103 - - 162 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3456 - - 2663 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9031 - - 8716 - - - - - 7208 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10664 - - 9872 - - - - - 7225 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2583 - - 2571 - - - - - 3146 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 308 - - 332 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 192 - - 266 - - - - - 275 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -7 - - - - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 51 - - 2079 - - - - - -3346 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10614 - - 7793 - - - - - 10571 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2737 - - -297 - - - - - -7203 ODpotential blCL - - - 13401 - - 10169 - - - - - 14428 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 170 - - 1550 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.3 - - 68.2 - - - - - 66.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 48.5 - - 58.2 - - - - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.5 - - 66.9 - - - - - 67.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 47.9 - - 57.2 - - - - - 44.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 103 - - 162 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3456 - - 2663 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 98 - - 95 - - - - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 12 - - - - - 8 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] 99407 32 120 29 120 30 107 99407 91901 30 121 30 110 25 105 91901 86136 31 116 28 105 26 109 86136 81346 31 109 27 107 27 105 81346 77212 27 106 24 112 26 103 77212 73568 22 113 22 121 26 096 73568 70278 24 113 27 121 20 093 70278 67264 26 115 22 119 16 106 67264 64488 21 116 22 125 15 117 64488 61825 10 115 20 125 15 144 61825 59076 3 142 11 153 18 148 59076 56234 11 195 15 185 13 161 56234 53528 21 179 24 184 17 199 53528 51102 24 182 23 179 23 183 51102 48927 22 190 22 191 26 176 48927 46941 25 189 27 194 29 179 46941 45106 25 179 32 188 29 182 45106 43401 25 185 34 185 26 177 43401 41805 23 194 32 185 21 185 41805 40308 21 196 29 184 21 199 40308 38910 23 196 25 180 20 206 38910 37578 24 197 22 179 23 210 37578 36247 26 195 22 179 24 206 36247 34888 25 192 22 176 24 194 34888 33506 20 192 21 171 24 189 33506 32089 20 199 18 168 23 191 32089 30631 21 200 16 176 22 193 30631 29136 21 198 18 185 19 188 29136 27607 19 199 19 187 17 183 27607 26050 18 193 18 187 16 185 26050 24470 17 175 17 189 15 193 24470 22864 19 174 18 199 14 199 22864 21224 19 178 18 211 12 206 21224 19578 18 178 17 219 11 212 19578 18006 18 178 13 228 10 218 18006 16577 18 179 8 227 10 218 16577 15301 16 180 5 217 12 215 15301 14152 13 183 4 182 12 214 14152 13113 12 187 4 185 11 214 13113 12169 10 188 4 195 6 209 12169 11313 7*190 3 206 1 219 11313 10540 5*197 4*247 2 351 10540 9841 4 196 5*264 4 321 9841 9201 4 195 6 267 7 291 9201 8624 4 192 6 267 9 283 8624 8133 3 190 6 267 10 280 8133 7750 3 188 6 266 10 278 7750 7483 3 183 5 266 10 277 7483 7319 3 183 5 265 8*276 7319 7225 2 180 4 265 5*275 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