DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - - - - 38.5 - - 37.3 - - 30.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 132 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2758 - - 2786 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1827 - - 1436 - - 80 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2838 - - 2866 - - 96 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 744 - - 999 - - 2663 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 392 - - 288 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 011 - - 018 - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2684 - - -2654 - - -3386 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5523 - - 5520 - - 3482 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11337 - - -11229 - - -12688 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14175 - - 14095 - - 12784 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 81 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.5 - - 37.3 - - 30.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.7 - - 13.4 - - 15.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.1 - - 36.5 - - 31.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.3 - - 13.2 - - 15.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 132 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2758 - - 2786 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 25 - - 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] 96311 51 219 50 239 39 241 96311 89052 35 229 35 243 33 239 89052 83467 24 251 29 252 28 246 83467 78853 23 259 26 236 33 250 78853 74883 19 261 22 230 30 244 74883 71348 27 274 24 258 30 256 71348 68131 33 262 27 257 32 263 68131 65168 34 257 27 254 35 266 65168 62414 41 264 32 253 41 264 62414 59743 48 256 38 252 46 258 59743 56945 49 246 44 252 47 256 56945 54024 51 247 54 255 52 255 54024 51220 58 249 63 253 56 247 51220 48685 67 246 65 247 59 238 48685 46404 75 243 65 242 59 233 46404 44323 81 240 66 239 59 235 44323 42413 82 236 67 237 60 240 42413 40652 81 235 67 237 62 243 40652 39022 83 234 71 237 68 242 39022 37506 86 233 78 236 72 239 37506 36089 89 231 81 232 73 236 36089 34730 89 229 80 228 70 232 34730 33364 86 226 76 226 66 233 33364 31964 82 224 73 225 59 228 31964 30531 77 223 69 224 49 220 30531 29045 72 223 62 223 40 214 29045 27488 66 225 47 226 31 214 27488 25851 64 227 35 231 23 219 25851 24132 58 229 33 233 15 227 24132 22335 43 234 34 231 13 248 22335 20469 34 234 33 234 16 252 20469 18528 35 227 30 240 19 249 18528 16501 34 231 30 240 23 246 16501 14430 34 233 31 237 24 242 14430 12436 32 236 26 234 19 244 12436 10628 23 238 18 240 13 251 10628 9028 18 244 15 250 10 262 9028 7609 15 250 15 266 13 279 7609 6349 14 250 14 278 13 291 6349 5237 9 268 9 301 11 301 5237 4263 10 002 10 005 9 330 4263 3417 15*010 13*008 13 350 3417 2679 15*009 13*010 16 351 2679 2022 15 010 14 014 19 356 2022 1443 15 011 14 018 20 004 1443 961 15 012 14 020 19 009 961 592 14 012 13 022 17 011 592 338 13 013 13 022 14 011 338 184 12 013 11 023 11 012 184 96 10 013 9 023 7*012 96 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