DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 46.5 - - 38.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 31 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1509 - - 1476 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 716 - - 260 - - 260 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1789 - - 1756 - - 277 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 521 - - 624 - - 184 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 236 - - 153 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 285 - - 229 - - 159 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2018 - - -2308 - - -1007 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3807 - - 4064 - - 1284 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -18666 - - -17573 - - -17536 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 20455 - - 19329 - - 17813 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 57 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 46.5 - - 38.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.2 - - 30.1 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.7 - - 46.4 - - 41.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.0 - - 28.9 - - 33.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 31 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1509 - - 1476 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96477 30 252 25 238 33 249 96477 89329 18 242 22 216 24 254 89329 83856 17 221 19 213 17 244 83856 79291 14 213 17 231 17 229 79291 75349 13 244 14 223 15 221 75349 71838 22 249 12 246 9 235 71838 68620 25 237 23 244 16 248 68620 65649 28 232 29 239 24 257 65649 62912 23 234 25 241 25 248 62912 60281 36 279 20 262 32 283 60281 57558 43 266 33 270 39 260 57558 54738 38 257 32 263 39 261 54738 52047 40 271 44 274 49 263 52047 49631 44 272 46 274 43 273 49631 47467 56 292 58 288 54 278 47467 45506 70 286 70 285 61 280 45506 43712 64 283 68 282 62 279 43712 42051 66 297 63 289 59 294 42051 40507 84 308 72 301 64 301 40507 39067 100 309 81 304 70 299 39067 37710 101 305 78 299 70 293 37710 36392 100 303 74 292 70 286 36392 35045 93 300 72 287 66 282 35045 33637 85 299 73 291 65 279 33637 32172 69 293 74 292 62 280 32172 30634 63 291 69 292 59 281 30634 29009 61 293 62 298 58 282 29009 27298 57 299 57 301 56 282 27298 25498 52 303 54 297 54 281 25498 23610 47 299 54 286 52 280 23610 21639 50 294 55 286 51 280 21639 19578 53 294 49 289 51 288 19578 17424 53 290 43 281 48 288 17424 15226 57 290 44 280 48 285 15226 13119 56 296 45 288 45 284 13119 11223 46 298 41 290 39 280 11223 9556 40 301 28 284 32 263 9556 8090 37 310 24 298 28 257 8090 6792 33 320 28 300 34 261 6792 5641 25 329 21 287 35 253 5641 4624 19 319 16 270 23 237 4624 3733 17 310 17 265 18 221 3733 2953 15 299 15 264 15 222 2953 2265 14*289 10*254 13 214 2265 1664 11*285 6*233 14 185 1664 1167 10 285 5 229 15 174 1167 787 10 285 5 228 14 169 787 525 9 285 5 227 13 165 525 366 9 285 5 227 11*163 366 276 8 285 4 226 5*159 276 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