DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 45.1 - - 46.8 - - 38.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 266 - - 48 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2831 - - 3433 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1795 - - 81 - - 81 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2911 - - 3513 - - 97 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 963 - - 878 - - 181 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 364 - - 222 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 201 - - 225 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3504 - - -3701 - - -5977 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6415 - - 7214 - - 6074 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14717 - - -14967 - - -18737 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17628 - - 18480 - - 18834 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 50 - - 44 - - 29 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.1 - - 46.8 - - 38.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.5 - - 15.8 - - 12.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.7 - - 46.7 - - 40.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.2 - - 15.4 - - 12.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 266 - - 48 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2831 - - 3433 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95109 99 245 97 243 97 244 95109 88228 82 245 79 248 74 251 88228 82963 61 244 65 254 58 256 82963 78545 44 243 52 250 50 258 78545 74702 37 246 42 249 45 261 74702 71286 34 248 36 253 39 264 71286 68159 36 250 34 251 38 263 68159 65250 38 258 36 252 43 254 65250 62536 43 260 42 251 45 253 62536 59899 49 254 48 252 54 263 59899 57137 54 254 54 254 61 256 57137 54259 55 253 55 252 68 255 54259 51513 54 254 60 254 79 254 51513 49035 59 255 67 254 83 253 49035 46799 67 252 70 253 86 253 46799 44766 73 254 75 252 87 251 44766 42918 86 253 83 251 90 251 42918 41237 97 249 95 250 96 253 41237 39694 103 249 102 247 99 252 39694 38254 101 252 98 249 99 254 38254 36899 103 255 98 251 102 256 36899 35590 102 251 99 250 109 256 35590 34256 94 248 92 248 108 253 34256 32870 86 249 81 250 96 250 32870 31431 87 253 82 252 90 250 31431 29922 89 256 83 252 86 253 29922 28330 88 255 86 255 82 255 28330 26657 84 254 81 256 72 257 26657 24902 72 256 71 254 67 259 24902 23060 61 257 59 251 66 258 23060 21135 53 259 53 254 61 256 21135 19122 46 260 48 256 55 255 19122 17017 43 264 44 258 49 258 17017 14868 41 268 41 260 43 264 14868 12800 38 267 37 266 37 269 12800 10923 33 267 32 272 31 273 10923 9262 28 274 29 278 27 281 9262 7798 26 273 26 280 25 289 7798 6508 23 264 25 277 23 290 6508 5375 19 252 26 270 23 283 5375 4383 14 239 22 257 24 270 4383 3518 7*213 14*230 22 247 3518 2759 6*204 14*228 20 241 2759 2082 6 203 13 226 19 234 2082 1484 6 201 13 225 18 227 1484 987 6 199 12 225 18 220 987 606 5 199 12 224 17 214 606 345 5 197 11 223 14 207 345 187 5 197 10 223 12 204 187 97 4 196 7 222 5*194 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