DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 37.8 - - 38.7 - - 36.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 35 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2315 - - 2766 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1118 - - 81 - - 81 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2395 - - 2846 - - 97 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3010 - - 3078 - - 6330 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 273 - - 196 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 23 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 308 - - 302 - - 287 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1208 - - 1507 - - -1164 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1187 - - 1339 - - 1261 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 759 - - 568 - - -1978 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1636 - - 2278 - - 2075 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 96 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.8 - - 38.7 - - 36.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.1 - - 33.4 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.5 - - 38.8 - - 38.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.0 - - 32.3 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 35 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2315 - - 2766 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 85 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96566 8 112 8 096 1 043 96566 89404 13 117 8 154 0 136 89404 83827 9 146 3 149 6 180 83827 79163 11 181 9 207 8 214 79163 75122 7 201 10 199 9 242 75122 71536 5 222 6 190 10 228 71536 68288 9 259 8 256 12 231 68288 65307 7 243 11 232 19 229 65307 62528 15 248 15 254 12 239 62528 59811 26 248 21 249 17 247 59811 56949 27 249 20 247 12 219 56949 53944 31 250 25 250 24 261 53944 51064 37 249 37 250 41 253 51064 48479 43 251 46 248 43 249 48479 46162 48 250 48 245 41 250 46162 44056 48 248 46 243 41 251 44056 42125 47 245 43 246 39 247 42125 40339 45 243 42 252 39 245 40339 38680 43 245 42 256 39 247 38680 37135 44 249 45 258 36 251 37135 35692 47 246 48 254 36 260 35692 34308 44 240 43 246 37 260 34308 32913 37 237 34 242 32 255 32913 31480 30 248 26 254 26 259 31480 30019 25 256 23 258 26 268 30019 28529 19 263 20 257 16 273 28529 26998 9 299 7 236 4 288 26998 25406 10 076 3 047 10 029 25406 23731 9 005 19 355 15 035 23731 21973 20 346 26 001 13 011 21973 20141 22 351 23 352 19 334 20141 18237 24 341 25 332 28 327 18237 16259 27 330 34 329 32 324 16259 14239 32 326 37 322 32 301 14239 12289 29 314 34 311 30 304 12289 10522 26 312 32 309 26 304 10522 8958 26 315 28 315 23 311 8958 7574 26 319 25 313 28 312 7574 6352 28 321 27 310 33 311 6352 5269 31 319 29 309 34 313 5269 4310 33 315 30 308 34 314 4310 3465 33 314 30*307 33 313 3465 2720 32*313 29*306 32 311 2720 2054 31*312 27 304 30 308 2054 1466 29 309 24 302 27 304 1466 976 26 307 22 300 24 299 976 600 24 306 20 299 20 295 600 343 22 305 18 299 15 290 343 186 19 305 16 298 12 288 186 97 14 304 11 298 7*287 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