DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 Garner_VA 80ft pt30347@-76.630,36.871,32ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 degF SPONSORED BY: Tidewater Soaring Society RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.8 - - 42.8 - - 36.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 4 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2894 - - 2721 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1617 - - 81 - - 81 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2974 - - 2801 - - 97 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 757 - - 662 - - 1238 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 310 - - 107 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 031 - - 040 - - 056 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -8 - - -95 - - -905 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2982 - - 2896 - - 1002 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10274 - - -10934 - - -2568 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13248 - - 13735 - - 2665 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 80 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.8 - - 42.8 - - 36.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.4 - - 30.8 - - 32.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.1 - - 43.0 - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.3 - - 30.0 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 4 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2894 - - 2721 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 19 - - 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] 95932 17 306 22 314 21 296 95932 88930 16 316 9 302 13 311 88930 83434 9 270 14 260 13 302 83434 78819 10 237 16 264 17 309 78819 74830 23 262 28 281 23 290 74830 71316 29 240 32 259 25 272 71316 68123 28 236 28 245 29 262 68123 65172 35 257 36 257 41 259 65172 62443 50 246 47 252 49 251 62443 59810 48 243 53 246 54 256 59810 57068 54 253 62 247 67 251 57068 54214 74 254 67 253 64 252 54214 51487 83 257 78 264 84 263 51487 49052 95 259 100 262 99 257 49052 46895 98 256 107 256 103 258 46895 44952 95 262 104 258 112 259 44952 43174 107 266 104 262 114 260 43174 41529 113 265 105 263 117 262 41529 39992 110 267 108 264 118 262 39992 38547 114 269 114 265 119 262 38547 37185 118 266 115 264 119 263 37185 35866 118 266 113 262 117 262 35866 34521 100 265 111 263 110 261 34521 33122 75 259 99 264 98 259 33122 31668 66 261 86 262 92 256 31668 30144 64 262 77 259 87 256 30144 28534 64 258 72 257 80 255 28534 26839 63 258 62 252 75 252 26839 25057 60 258 60 249 66 255 25057 23197 59 256 57 252 55 255 23197 21260 56 256 53 255 51 255 21260 19238 50 258 50 255 49 256 19238 17125 42 260 46 256 44 255 17125 14967 38 258 41 257 40 250 14967 12886 35 257 36 256 38 246 12886 10993 33 259 32 253 36 244 10993 9316 31 259 31 251 34 246 9316 7834 28 258 31 252 31 248 7834 6525 24 259 26 257 26 251 6525 5376 13 267 15 263 16 246 5376 4372 4 327 2 001 9 203 4372 3501 13*032 10*047 12 108 3501 2742 13*032 11*041 16 083 2742 2069 13 032 11 040 15 075 2069 1476 13 031 11 040 13 071 1476 982 13 030 11 039 12 067 982 604 12 030 10 039 11 063 604 344 12 030 10 039 9 060 344 186 11 030 8 039 7 057 186 97 8 030 6 039 3*056 97 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