DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 75.9 - - 68.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 58 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4595 - - 4266 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2893 - - 1930 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4675 - - 4346 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 533 - - 799 - - 3368 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 370 - - 268 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 043 - - 058 - - 079 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 61 - - -403 - - -2483 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4614 - - 4750 - - 2582 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9034 - - -9650 - - -12159 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13709 - - 13996 - - 12258 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 81 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 75.9 - - 68.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 55.8 - - 57.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.6 - - 75.6 - - 70.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.7 - - 54.7 - - 57.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 58 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4595 - - 4266 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 23 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 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] 98956 20 079 20 094 17 083 98956 91574 21 088 20 100 18 081 91574 85870 23 107 14 094 17 084 85870 81124 27 112 7 121 16 077 81124 77020 21 095 13 124 13 089 77020 73392 15 095 18 098 15 100 73392 70116 13 096 15 097 17 101 70116 67113 8 088 10 088 17 102 67113 64341 9 127 3 096 11 100 64341 61668 12 098 5 103 8 100 61668 58913 12 090 9 069 13 052 58913 56083 13 035 11 058 15 025 56083 53391 17 016 19 028 19 022 53391 50988 33 027 36 026 32 022 50988 48858 37 007 35 002 38 356 48858 46930 29 010 25 025 26 348 46930 45152 35 029 31 049 26 059 45152 43488 48 035 36 042 29 052 43488 41922 50 027 33 020 33 038 41922 40447 37 013 31 002 33 028 40447 39047 39 002 33 001 32 030 39047 37682 38 004 33 001 25 030 37682 36281 34 009 30 356 21 019 36281 34815 29 005 25 001 19 359 34815 33287 31 353 20 004 17 341 33287 31681 32 344 20 358 19 335 31681 29985 33 337 23 346 21 330 29985 28201 31 334 28 337 22 331 28201 26327 25 335 29 332 26 330 26327 24367 26 341 29 335 30 332 24367 22324 29 346 36 340 35 342 22324 20191 23 343 35 340 41 348 20191 17964 18 339 27 335 36 346 17964 15699 20 344 23 344 27 345 15699 13524 18 349 20 358 21 355 13524 11554 17 348 19 360 19 008 11554 9809 17 350 18 358 20 013 9809 8265 17 352 16 001 18 016 8265 6903 18 359 15 021 13 030 6903 5704 10*014 8 035 8 023 5704 4654 7*039 7*053 4 022 4654 3738 7 040 7*055 4 053 3738 2932 7 042 7 057 5 073 2932 2212 7 044 8 057 7 079 2212 1577 7 045 8 058 9 081 1577 1048 7 046 8 059 10 082 1048 643 6 047 8 059 10 082 643 364 6 047 7 058 10 081 364 196 6 047 7 059 8 080 196 99 5 047 6 059 4*079 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