DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.1 - - 95.4 - - 87.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 94 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5904 - - 6217 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4121 - - 3739 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5984 - - 6297 - - 101 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1749 - - 1971 - - 3390 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 463 - - 349 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 242 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -33 - - -594 - - -4746 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6018 - - 6891 - - 4847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1786 - - -2443 - - -7771 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7770 - - 8740 - - 7872 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 73 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1230 - - 830 - - 680 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.1 - - 95.4 - - 87.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 65.6 - - 67.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 92.6 - - 94.8 - - 90.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.2 - - 64.9 - - 66.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 94 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5904 - - 6217 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 22 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 14 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] 99022 21 088 16 110 7 060 99022 91539 18 085 11 105 13 051 91539 85764 13 084 9 071 13 080 85764 80983 10 071 11 059 13 078 80983 76875 8 065 9 056 11 051 76875 73258 6 048 3 054 6 028 73258 69995 6 105 1 330 8 339 69995 67000 6 082 1 324 8 306 67000 64234 7 359 10 345 10 338 64234 61575 9 321 14 330 12 335 61575 58810 13 336 19 326 15 322 58810 55958 16 310 17 306 17 307 55958 53262 16 303 23 306 26 311 53262 50856 25 316 29 303 36 302 50856 48706 26 310 32 297 36 294 48706 46748 27 301 32 303 36 303 46748 44951 30 305 37 316 38 312 44951 43289 34 308 38 314 33 324 43289 41734 30 303 35 306 40 337 41734 40267 26 300 32 301 38 337 40267 38873 25 303 30 297 30 332 38873 37514 25 309 28 296 26 322 37514 36122 25 313 26 298 24 311 36122 34667 24 314 25 302 27 306 34667 33155 24 313 23 303 29 310 33155 31567 23 313 21 303 28 312 31567 29892 21 314 21 304 25 306 29892 28129 19 307 23 304 24 300 28129 26276 16 292 24 302 25 306 26276 24341 17 285 25 303 25 313 24341 22331 19 294 26 308 21 323 22331 20240 23 312 25 319 21 336 20240 18061 25 330 25 334 22 341 18061 15840 20 341 22 346 21 346 15840 13697 16 339 18 349 14 353 13697 11744 14 321 14 340 15 352 11744 10007 10 308 12 322 16 344 10007 8467 9 306 12 312 16 336 8467 7102 9*296 9*287 15 312 7102 5892 8*267 8*258 11 294 5892 4820 8 252 8 252 9 285 4820 3876 8 248 8 246 8 272 3876 3041 7 244 7 241 8 257 3041 2295 7 241 7 237 8 242 2295 1636 7 240 7 233 9 232 1636 1087 7 238 7 231 10 224 1087 666 6 237 7 230 10 219 666 376 6 236 6 228 10 213 376 201 6 237 6 228 8*206 201 101 5 237 5 228 4*199 101 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