DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.2 - - 90.1 - - 81.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 306 - - 163 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3714 - - 2769 - - 694 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2531 - - 1565 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3794 - - 2849 - - 774 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1926 - - 2028 - - 888 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 425 - - 313 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 024 - - 046 - - 070 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -6 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1098 - - -1280 - - -1135 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4892 - - 4129 - - 1909 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3204 - - -3430 - - -4732 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6998 - - 6279 - - 5506 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 73 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1930 - - 2170 - - 1780 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.2 - - 90.1 - - 81.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 72.2 - - 73.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.4 - - 89.0 - - 82.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 71.9 - - 73.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 306 - - 163 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3714 - - 2769 - - 694 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 18 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] 99056 19 129 18 143 6 126 99056 91593 19 098 14 127 5 052 91593 85807 17 075 11 104 7 090 85807 81011 11 047 10 070 14 093 81011 76894 4 056 10 042 16 078 76894 73268 3 072 5 020 10 039 73268 70003 3 169 5 023 4 020 70003 67011 4 073 9 351 7 339 67011 64240 4 023 8 346 7 309 64240 61569 8 345 11 334 10 335 61569 58799 11 316 10 300 16 325 58799 55963 20 314 15 294 20 304 55963 53289 25 305 21 288 22 301 53289 50890 29 305 28 302 28 305 50890 48742 29 300 34 303 32 297 48742 46791 25 293 31 289 32 285 46791 44992 21 288 25 276 28 269 44992 43319 20 282 23 268 25 252 43319 41751 23 278 23 266 25 248 41751 40272 26 273 22 274 25 252 40272 38871 26 267 22 276 25 257 38871 37507 27 257 22 263 21 260 37507 36112 27 256 25 249 21 259 36112 34657 21 262 25 241 22 257 34657 33141 18 256 23 246 19 270 33141 31552 21 264 23 268 20 278 31552 29878 23 275 20 280 20 276 29878 28122 18 287 16 291 19 287 28122 26282 14 300 16 311 19 303 26282 24357 16 325 17 324 19 319 24357 22347 18 332 20 333 20 323 22347 20248 18 332 21 332 21 323 20248 18061 18 339 21 333 22 335 18061 15835 17 340 21 342 23 349 15835 13691 16 318 20 345 21 351 13691 11739 12 312 14 341 19 352 11739 10002 10 326 10 343 20 353 10002 8459 12 331 9 343 18 350 8459 7088 14 328 10 332 15 350 7088 5873 13 327 10 328 11 350 5873 4798 9 337 8 329 9 343 4798 3852 7*359 5 348 7 325 3852 3018 7*011 4*011 6 322 3018 2273 7 020 7*039 5 341 2273 1618 8 024 8 046 6 065 1618 1074 8 027 9 047 10*073 1074 659 8 028 9 047 10*071 659 373 8 028 9 048 9 070 373 199 8 029 8 048 8 069 199 101 7 030 7 048 5 068 101 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