DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - - - - - 85.7 - - 85.9 - - 76.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 380 - - 196 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6775 - - 6442 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5008 - - 4397 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6855 - - 6522 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1006 - - 1844 - - 2886 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 555 - - 440 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 21 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 035 - - 056 - - 143 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3347 - - -3827 - - -6379 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 10203 - - 10349 - - 6478 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9710 - - -10272 - - -13458 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16565 - - 16794 - - 13557 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 49 - - 56 - - 36 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.7 - - 85.9 - - 76.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.3 - - 40.8 - - 49.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.6 - - 84.6 - - 77.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.2 - - 39.9 - - 49.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 380 - - 196 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6775 - - 6442 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 98681 16 080 14 077 12 058 98681 91195 16 082 16 074 17 059 91195 85470 14 095 16 089 15 055 85470 80725 13 087 14 080 11 067 80725 76617 5 130 14 066 12 068 76617 72970 11 132 8 041 8 047 72970 69677 14 104 5 058 7 054 69677 66657 13 086 5 055 6 058 66657 63858 9 058 1 134 4 082 63858 61145 11 355 7 032 4 027 61145 58322 12 346 10 011 10 332 58322 55412 14 322 15 342 14 345 55412 52655 10 315 20 322 20 343 52655 50194 11 332 23 313 24 344 50194 48007 14 342 22 320 28 347 48007 46031 23 004 19 338 36 359 46031 44228 37 001 22 011 38 351 44228 42571 41 351 43 024 40 014 42571 41033 37 351 69 022 57 025 41033 39590 34 350 63 023 61 022 39590 38223 29 351 42 002 50 012 38223 36890 27 357 33 357 45 003 36890 35526 28 005 33 000 43 002 35526 34101 32 002 34 358 41 001 34101 32617 34 355 33 351 38 358 32617 31062 33 354 29 343 36 350 31062 29422 33 351 27 337 35 341 29422 27697 32 348 27 335 30 334 27697 25887 30 348 26 336 27 336 25887 23993 28 350 26 337 25 339 23993 22015 27 354 25 341 24 338 22015 19941 24 002 24 343 21 347 19941 17769 22 004 20 344 16 357 17769 15551 19 002 17 347 15 353 15551 13415 15 356 13 351 13 351 13415 11477 15 341 12 351 11 343 11477 9763 14 342 12 351 12 354 9763 8250 7 340 8 319 14 305 8250 6915 4*012 5*312 15 289 6915 5731 4*017 4*317 12 285 5731 4683 4 023 2 345 6 272 4683 3761 5 028 3 043 3 209 3761 2948 5 034 4 064 6 159 2948 2223 5 039 5 069 10 148 2223 1584 5 041 6 071 13 144 1584 1053 6 045 7 072 15 143 1053 646 6 046 7 073 15 143 646 366 5 046 7 072 14 143 366 197 5 046 6 072 11 143 197 99 5 047 5 073 7*143 99 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