DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/23 TSA_TX 660ft pt21226@32.461,-96.932,636ft SPONSORED BY: Texas Soaring Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - - - - 1902z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 64.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 68 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - - - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - - - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - - - - 916 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - - - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - - - - -492 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 1220 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - - - - -2759 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 3487 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - - - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - 1020 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 64.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 61.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 65.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 61.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 68 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96752 30 261 96752 89511 12 281 89511 83967 5 326 83967 79371 5 280 79371 75409 6 245 75409 71907 9 245 71907 68744 5 248 68744 65839 12 292 65839 63136 22 291 63136 60529 18 283 60529 57791 22 285 57791 54919 37 271 54919 52176 44 277 52176 49701 53 277 49701 47472 56 269 47472 45441 53 265 45441 43572 48 267 43572 41846 45 272 41846 40257 49 281 40257 38793 57 280 38793 37437 60 269 37437 36138 56 267 36138 34816 53 273 34816 33437 50 277 33437 32004 49 276 32004 30506 49 270 30506 28931 49 265 28931 27277 50 264 27277 25541 51 268 25541 23725 50 270 23725 21836 47 267 21836 19865 43 263 19865 17804 40 261 17804 15699 37 260 15699 13667 32 259 13667 11819 28 260 11819 10179 25 268 10179 8719 22 272 8719 7415 19 262 7415 6255 18 233 6255 5230 30 210 5230 4328 35 205 4328 3531 39 197 3531 2819 40 189 2819 2190 37 183 2190 1667 33 178 1667 1266 27 174 1266 990 21 171 990 823 18*170 823 728 9*169 728 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 21Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography