DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/30 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 0653z - - 0702z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.2 - - 59.8 - - 61.8 - - 59.7 - - 53.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 30 - - 331 - - 464 - - 283 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 356 - - 4375 - - 4882 - - 3911 - - 2008 BL Depth Hcrit 7207 - - 10268 - - 10781 - - 9848 - - 7207 Hcrit BL Top 7563 - - 11582 - - 12089 - - 11118 - - 9215 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3027 - - 1781 - - 1404 - - 1346 - - 1314 Hgt.Variab. W* 99 - - 491 - - 568 - - 448 - - 74 W* B/S 6 - - 10 - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 9 - - 15 - - 17 - - 14 BL Wind Direction 210 - - 265 - - 269 - - 269 - - 269 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 1 - - 2 - - 7 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -14 - - -28 - - -34 - - -34 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3644 - - -2605 - - -338 - - -1178 - - -1146 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11208 - - 14188 - - 12427 - - 12297 - - 10362 sfcLCL ODpotential -9059 - - -8801 - - -4546 - - -5531 - - -6188 ODpotential blCL 16622 - - 20383 - - 16635 - - 16649 - - 15403 blCL maxRH 60 - - 43 - - 52 - - 45 - - 56 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 52.2 - - 59.8 - - 61.8 - - 59.7 - - 53.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.3 - - 22.6 - - 32.2 - - 30.7 - - 33.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.9 - - 57.8 - - 59.4 - - 58.0 - - 53.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 27.1 - - 21.6 - - 31.0 - - 29.6 - - 32.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 30 - - 331 - - 464 - - 283 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 356 - - 4375 - - 4882 - - 3911 - - 2008 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 99081 37 106 28 104 31 110 29 107 30 103 99081 91595 37 102 26 122 25 106 24 101 24 105 91595 85841 32 093 31 117 22 111 20 104 21 096 85841 81059 19 092 29 094 22 115 16 109 18 105 81059 76940 18 104 19 091 18 100 15 103 22 099 76940 73305 17 097 18 111 14 099 15 106 16 089 73305 70017 14 104 13 110 9 088 11 104 9 103 70017 66982 8 103 10 114 5 111 8 115 6 126 66982 64159 3 130 4 084 3 120 3 126 2 100 64159 61413 8 178 7 229 2 311 1 248 4 126 61413 58543 5 327 4 208 7 254 6 270 3 285 58543 55567 13 306 8 288 8 270 8 294 6 304 55567 52732 21 292 21 294 18 285 23 299 20 293 52732 50192 19 292 21 305 21 305 25 302 19 290 50192 47913 20 314 24 312 27 297 25 304 20 298 47913 45840 28 314 27 311 23 292 33 297 32 296 45840 43943 27 308 30 304 29 300 36 288 39 287 43943 42198 22 301 29 303 35 302 40 285 40 283 42198 40589 24 302 26 305 40 303 46 284 41 282 40589 39102 26 297 26 307 38 298 48 278 42 280 39102 37727 22 294 27 304 36 295 45 275 42 281 37727 36428 21 293 27 300 34 293 44 276 40 281 36428 35139 21 300 24 299 31 295 42 275 38 281 35139 33830 23 311 24 302 30 298 39 275 37 280 33830 32503 24 318 24 300 30 298 37 281 36 278 32503 31147 23 315 23 296 29 301 37 287 34 276 31147 29754 20 311 21 295 30 306 36 292 32 275 29754 28328 18 315 21 302 31 309 35 295 30 276 28328 26869 19 323 23 315 30 313 33 297 30 277 26869 25380 19 327 24 322 30 318 32 299 29 280 25380 23866 20 330 24 321 32 324 32 302 28 283 23866 22322 20 335 22 321 31 327 30 305 27 285 22322 20742 19 339 22 324 26 325 26 308 25 284 20742 19154 18 338 21 326 21 320 20 307 22 282 19154 17635 17 335 19 328 17 315 15 301 19 280 17635 16255 15 326 15 328 14 312 12 296 15 281 16255 15022 12 316 11 323 12 309 11 298 12 285 15022 13913 9 305 8 311 9 302 12 305 10 296 13913 12910 7 294 7 293 10*280 13 299 10 312 12910 11999 6 281 7*275 11*272 14 281 11 314 11999 11174 6 267 7*269 13 270 15*273 12 298 11174 10429 7 253 8 266 15 269 16*271 15 280 10429 9756 9 239 9 266 16 268 17 270 16*272 9756 9139 10 227 10 265 16 268 18 270 16*270 9139 8581 8 216 10 265 16 268 18 269 16 270 8581 8105 7 206 10 264 16 268 17 269 15 269 8105 7733 6*198 9 263 16 267 17 268 14 269 7733 7474 4*205 9 263 15 267 16 268 13 269 7474 7315 3 212 8 263 13 267 14 268 11 269 7315 7223 2 215 6 262 10 267 10 268 6 269 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