DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.0 - - 41.3 - - 35.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 3 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2699 - - 2682 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1267 - - 81 - - 81 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2779 - - 2762 - - 97 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 538 - - 499 - - 2474 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 270 - - 97 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 17 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 339 - - 259 - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 403 - - 648 - - -875 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2376 - - 2114 - - 972 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14329 - - 176 - - -2412 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17108 - - 2586 - - 2509 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 100 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.0 - - 41.3 - - 35.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.1 - - 32.7 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.4 - - 41.5 - - 37.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.9 - - 31.4 - - 31.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 3 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2699 - - 2682 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 98 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 96398 3 003 2 306 2 229 96398 89250 5 143 7 256 3 295 89250 83708 4 157 9 254 8 287 83708 79094 3 117 8 260 10 302 79094 75115 3 012 5 231 10 295 75115 71595 17 290 9 291 10 260 71595 68404 30 253 24 272 20 274 68404 65480 32 239 34 252 35 262 65480 62781 37 255 31 253 46 253 62781 60163 51 262 44 261 55 256 60163 57433 62 256 54 259 68 257 57433 54603 65 257 72 262 80 261 54603 51898 76 258 87 262 90 260 51898 49459 79 255 92 260 94 259 49459 47272 85 259 95 260 102 257 47272 45305 92 259 100 260 108 255 45305 43518 96 254 108 259 113 256 43518 41872 95 250 116 258 119 257 41872 40336 94 252 115 256 124 257 40336 38891 91 254 107 256 127 258 38891 37521 87 253 102 259 124 259 37521 36189 84 253 101 262 120 260 36189 34829 77 250 104 264 117 261 34829 33409 68 241 99 262 116 264 33409 31932 65 239 93 256 103 266 31932 30383 63 240 83 251 96 262 30383 28751 65 242 71 246 100 260 28751 27034 68 246 66 249 97 266 27034 25232 63 251 62 249 77 267 25232 23344 55 254 58 246 60 252 23344 21376 53 258 53 241 60 238 21376 19327 52 261 52 239 57 228 19327 17192 54 261 52 240 55 226 17192 15005 55 258 52 244 53 229 15005 12892 52 257 47 246 47 234 12892 10977 44 255 40 244 42 239 10977 9287 35 245 33 242 38 247 9287 7798 27 240 30 240 33 256 7798 6489 22 242 27 247 25 270 6489 5346 20 249 19 262 18 287 5346 4351 12 267 15 272 17 294 4351 3487 6*322 4*264 13 282 3487 2732 6*337 2*257 9 274 2732 2062 6 338 1 259 7 278 2062 1471 6 340 1 261 6 283 1471 979 6 339 1 260 6 285 979 602 6 340 1 265 5 286 602 344 5 340 0 256 4 287 344 186 5 341 0 259 4*286 186 97 4 341 0 255 3*281 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