DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.1 - - 70.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 401 - - 217 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5700 - - 5802 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4179 - - 3965 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5780 - - 5882 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 694 - - 962 - - 5551 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 534 - - 439 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 23 - - 15 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 223 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 14 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1500 - - -1967 - - -5033 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7280 - - 7849 - - 5132 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9844 - - -9813 - - -12540 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15624 - - 15695 - - 12639 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 67 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.1 - - 70.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.1 - - 42.0 - - 48.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 74.8 - - 71.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.1 - - 41.1 - - 48.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 401 - - 217 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5700 - - 5802 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 98473 8 030 11 060 14 066 98473 90995 12 134 3 052 8 018 90995 85252 12 138 2 169 12 335 85252 80481 9 110 11 088 4 336 80481 76347 4 059 9 084 6 033 76347 72684 6 053 5 056 7 053 72684 69372 6 011 7 347 9 035 69372 66339 7 004 9 297 12 003 66339 63539 8 316 12 313 15 340 63539 60839 20 321 22 321 23 316 60839 58042 26 322 27 315 29 304 58042 55161 36 312 33 311 33 303 55161 52418 43 300 41 306 39 305 52418 49952 51 296 49 300 48 299 49952 47763 58 297 59 298 59 293 47763 45803 65 296 67 293 64 290 45803 44023 68 300 72 292 67 289 44023 42383 76 302 74 293 67 286 42383 40849 82 300 75 295 66 285 40849 39403 83 298 76 295 62 292 39403 38030 81 298 76 296 60 295 38030 36691 79 298 74 299 59 293 36691 35321 76 298 72 298 60 289 35321 33889 73 300 69 298 60 287 33889 32398 67 304 66 301 60 286 32398 30835 57 304 59 302 57 290 30835 29189 52 302 50 299 50 296 29189 27461 49 304 45 296 44 291 27461 25650 44 306 40 295 41 288 25650 23759 40 306 36 296 37 286 23759 21791 36 302 33 296 31 284 21791 19736 34 300 32 296 28 287 19736 17585 31 301 30 297 26 286 17585 15385 26 307 26 298 22 281 15385 13266 20 319 19 285 18 272 13266 11341 15 324 15 273 19 277 11341 9639 13 322 13 286 21 289 9639 8139 11 311 13 303 19 291 8139 6816 10*300 9*286 17 275 6816 5650 6*292 5*250 15 264 5650 4620 5 292 5 245 14 260 4620 3713 5 292 5 233 14 248 3713 2913 4 292 5 223 14 233 2913 2198 4 293 5 215 15 218 2198 1567 4 292 6 210 15 207 1567 1042 3 293 6 206 15 201 1042 640 3 292 6 203 14 196 640 363 3 292 5 202 13 194 363 195 3 293 5 201 10 192 195 99 2 291 4 200 7*191 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