DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - - - - - 69.5 - - 70.9 - - 64.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 276 - - 102 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4576 - - 4591 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3144 - - 2588 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4656 - - 4671 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1592 - - 2050 - - 1372 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 439 - - 319 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 22 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 215 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -15 - - -434 - - -3930 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4671 - - 5105 - - 4029 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -470 - - -1237 - - -8710 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5126 - - 5908 - - 8809 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 86 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.5 - - 70.9 - - 64.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.7 - - 49.2 - - 47.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.5 - - 70.6 - - 66.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.0 - - 48.7 - - 47.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 276 - - 102 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4576 - - 4591 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 80 - - 46 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 96880 43 240 47 264 39 267 96880 89554 45 241 49 251 38 262 89554 83937 42 241 47 245 43 257 83937 79268 33 247 36 247 37 251 79268 75247 27 259 27 245 33 250 75247 71706 27 263 26 253 29 258 71706 68513 32 277 23 268 29 266 68513 65589 36 282 27 285 30 275 65589 62882 37 279 34 282 31 277 62882 60256 40 278 39 275 34 277 60256 57512 45 275 47 277 42 281 57512 54666 53 272 59 275 53 277 54666 51943 62 273 66 273 60 277 51943 49478 72 274 71 275 65 278 49478 47257 78 272 76 276 71 277 47257 45248 75 273 79 276 74 276 45248 43434 72 278 73 275 70 278 43434 41787 64 280 61 279 64 280 41787 40273 55 285 57 291 58 283 40273 38855 52 292 55 300 54 288 38855 37514 50 296 50 303 51 291 37514 36209 47 293 45 303 48 293 36209 34874 42 293 45 305 42 294 34874 33483 40 298 41 303 37 299 33483 32037 39 298 37 296 35 299 32037 30519 36 293 33 290 34 292 30519 28916 35 290 30 280 29 283 28916 27226 33 290 29 277 25 276 27226 25453 30 291 27 275 22 274 25453 23596 29 289 25 274 22 275 23596 21658 31 283 25 272 23 275 21658 19632 29 282 25 275 21 283 19632 17512 31 284 24 283 20 295 17512 15340 30 272 27 278 18 293 15340 13241 28 256 27 268 20 282 13241 11333 27 249 28 268 21 274 11333 9639 21 246 27 261 21 270 9639 8137 14 242 23 251 19 265 8137 6808 15 249 21 243 21 246 6808 5636 19*242 23*228 26 230 5636 4605 23*225 23*219 30 223 4605 3700 24 221 23 217 32 219 3700 2902 24 219 23 216 32 217 2902 2189 24 218 23 215 31 215 2189 1561 23 217 23 214 30 213 1561 1037 23 216 22 214 28 211 1037 635 22 216 21 213 25 208 635 360 21 216 20 213 19 203 360 194 18 215 17 212 15 202 194 99 14 215 13 212 8*200 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