DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - 87.9 - - 80.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 97 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6081 - - 7101 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4280 - - 4428 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6161 - - 7181 - - 100 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1466 - - 1191 - - 6628 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 474 - - 370 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 183 - - 165 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2026 - - -882 - - -4617 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8187 - - 8063 - - 4717 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7682 - - -6641 - - -6196 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13843 - - 13822 - - 6296 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 61 - - 86 - - 45 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - 87.9 - - 80.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 52.9 - - 60.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.9 - - 87.2 - - 82.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.6 - - 51.9 - - 60.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 97 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6081 - - 7101 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 45 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 11 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] 99098 26 096 27 070 30 075 99098 91601 26 079 24 088 25 071 91601 85856 25 077 21 093 19 075 85856 81110 23 075 17 088 15 070 81110 77017 19 070 18 086 14 064 77017 73391 14 088 14 077 11 070 73391 70095 15 100 8 079 7 098 70095 67057 13 111 1 054 8 093 67057 64240 11 105 4 202 3 024 64240 61529 4 122 4 237 3 284 61529 58716 5 229 9 253 7 213 58716 55808 13 248 16 254 11 252 55808 53054 16 237 21 237 20 263 53054 50585 20 240 20 240 26 257 50585 48375 25 256 23 257 28 259 48375 46377 28 266 28 270 29 261 46377 44557 38 273 34 273 30 261 44557 42877 39 269 39 271 34 258 42877 41317 38 266 41 266 35 249 41317 39860 37 263 39 262 38 248 39860 38484 37 263 38 261 38 255 38484 37141 37 268 34 265 37 258 37141 35764 36 277 31 272 37 256 35764 34324 32 281 31 273 37 252 34324 32825 23 274 28 269 36 246 32825 31251 20 264 25 261 35 241 31251 29591 23 258 24 244 34 237 29591 27846 26 246 27 243 32 241 27846 26015 24 238 26 246 27 248 26015 24100 22 233 25 239 22 250 24100 22104 24 241 25 239 19 242 22104 20023 23 242 24 237 18 232 20023 17854 17 231 23 229 17 215 17854 15640 14 227 20 224 19 218 15640 13503 13 232 16 231 19 231 13503 11561 12 232 13 241 19 227 11561 9844 10 239 11 237 15 247 9844 8330 7 249 8*214 16 263 8330 6990 4*225 7*190 10 249 6990 5799 5*182 7 188 8 228 5799 4744 5 178 7 187 8 218 4744 3814 5 175 7 184 9 210 3814 2993 5 173 7 182 9 204 2993 2259 5 172 7 180 10 197 2259 1610 5 171 7 179 10 190 1610 1070 5 171 7 179 10 184 1070 656 5 170 6 177 10 179 656 371 5 171 6 177 8 173 371 199 5 170 6 177 7 168 199 100 4 169 5 176 4*165 100 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