DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/21 CherryValley_AR 280ft pt26070@35.307,-90.816,234ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 degF SPONSORED BY: The Mid-South Soaring Foundation RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.0 - - 77.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 43 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2521 - - 3488 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1471 - - 1648 - - 263 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2801 - - 3768 - - 280 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1912 - - 2855 - - 5979 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 282 - - 256 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 274 - - 285 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1467 - - -508 - - -2519 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4269 - - 4276 - - 2799 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3967 - - -2757 - - -3580 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6768 - - 6525 - - 3860 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 60 - - 66 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 610 - - 1360 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.0 - - 77.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 61.2 - - 65.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.9 - - 78.9 - - 78.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.3 - - 59.9 - - 64.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 43 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2521 - - 3488 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 13 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98289 12 071 7 088 10 083 98289 90841 7 118 7 131 8 074 90841 85096 9 143 8 123 6 091 85096 80319 11 098 11 105 7 100 80319 76195 10 100 12 088 6 119 76195 72574 12 089 11 091 8 104 72574 69328 10 067 7 105 8 052 69328 66362 5 070 4 102 3 331 66362 63613 5 219 3 192 6 271 63613 60957 11 234 12 240 18 248 60957 58198 17 257 19 272 20 269 58198 55326 31 251 39 259 31 282 55326 52561 39 246 46 250 49 278 52561 50071 46 255 50 252 64 268 50071 47857 59 262 61 261 76 268 47857 45855 68 263 73 264 88 268 45855 44020 77 261 82 262 96 262 44020 42326 84 261 88 258 104 257 42326 40751 87 259 94 255 107 254 40751 39275 87 257 95 253 105 253 39275 37882 86 259 93 252 101 253 37882 36534 89 260 90 254 97 256 36534 35164 92 263 90 259 92 260 35164 33746 90 263 87 264 80 267 33746 32279 82 262 82 265 77 268 32279 30742 80 265 79 265 77 268 30742 29119 82 267 78 266 77 270 29119 27412 81 267 76 269 76 273 27412 25620 75 269 74 272 73 277 25620 23748 70 269 71 270 68 282 23748 21801 67 273 65 273 60 286 21801 19771 61 272 57 283 56 291 19771 17658 51 264 52 281 53 293 17658 15510 43 267 46 278 48 287 15510 13444 35 295 32 288 39 287 13444 11563 37 320 26 300 32 288 11563 9886 41 321 27 311 28 290 9886 8396 34 313 27 306 23 286 8396 7072 29 304 26 299 20 284 7072 5898 28 284 22 294 16 276 5898 4859 28 279 18 287 13 263 4859 3944 26 280 14*282 9 255 3944 3135 18*283 8*274 7 253 3135 2411 10*286 7 274 5 256 2411 1771 9 286 7 274 4 262 1771 1238 9 286 6 275 3 269 1238 829 9 286 6 275 2 277 829 548 8 286 6 275 2 283 548 377 8 286 5 275 2*283 377 279 7 286 5 276 1*285 279 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 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography