DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 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 - - - - - - 82.5 - - 81.2 - - 78.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 49 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2383 - - 1847 - - 263 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 84 - - 84 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2463 - - 1927 - - 343 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2392 - - 2852 - - 2762 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 205 - - 203 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 138 - - 156 - - 087 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 776 - - 53 - - -293 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1687 - - 1874 - - 636 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 290 - - -829 - - -784 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2173 - - 2756 - - 1127 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1810 - - 860 - - 1300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.5 - - 81.2 - - 78.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 73.0 - - 75.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.2 - - 80.9 - - 78.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.2 - - 72.1 - - 74.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 49 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2383 - - 1847 - - 263 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 101 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 19 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] 99275 37 086 35 084 33 093 99275 91837 35 086 31 086 31 084 91837 86102 30 078 25 092 28 080 86102 81329 29 077 23 094 24 075 81329 77216 27 075 25 084 22 071 77216 73584 22 073 23 076 21 066 73584 70303 18 080 18 078 18 057 70303 67290 16 083 15 075 14 063 67290 64502 15 075 13 075 14 075 64502 61815 12 075 11 093 12 081 61815 59032 13 092 11 087 12 090 59032 56167 15 083 7 087 12 095 56167 53457 6 050 1 047 5 117 53457 51036 10 190 13 187 10 189 51036 48874 19 177 23 169 23 174 48874 46914 19 167 20 164 21 172 46914 45115 21 180 17 180 16 165 45115 43441 22 189 17 205 14 165 43441 41867 19 203 23 213 15 189 41867 40381 23 214 24 199 18 192 40381 38973 28 205 28 180 19 185 38973 37603 33 196 29 176 18 184 37603 36202 33 183 29 177 17 185 36202 34736 33 173 27 177 19 185 34736 33210 33 167 25 179 22 180 33210 31607 33 166 24 185 22 179 31607 29916 32 167 23 192 22 182 29916 28139 26 166 23 198 22 190 28139 26273 18 158 22 200 23 190 26273 24321 15 153 19 188 22 178 24321 22287 11 153 21 180 22 177 22287 20168 10 161 21 172 22 176 20168 17963 7 144 18 158 22 172 17963 15721 11 133 15 163 22 162 15721 13573 16 144 15 158 20 156 13573 11625 14 158 15 150 18 155 11625 9895 8 142 14 138 18 149 9895 8361 5 118 13 134 17 144 8361 7003 5 127 10 130 15 148 7003 5800 5 135 7 127 15 157 5800 4738 6 137 7 138 15 153 4738 3805 7 139 8 145 14 139 3805 2984 7*139 9 150 13 124 2984 2250 7*139 10*152 11 109 2250 1604 7 138 10*154 10 102 1604 1066 7 139 11 155 9 093 1066 654 7 138 11 157 8 089 654 371 6 138 10 157 7*087 371 198 6 138 9 157 6*087 198 100 5 137 7 157 4 087 100 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