DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 85.6 - - 86.5 - - 77.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 287 - - 83 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5748 - - 6161 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4074 - - 3593 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5828 - - 6241 - - 100 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2070 - - 1961 - - 301 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 482 - - 335 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 227 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2469 - - -2320 - - -4850 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8297 - - 8561 - - 4950 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5598 - - -5352 - - -8227 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11426 - - 11593 - - 8327 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 83 - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.6 - - 86.5 - - 77.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.6 - - 49.3 - - 56.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.1 - - 86.0 - - 80.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.5 - - 48.4 - - 56.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 287 - - 83 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5748 - - 6161 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 31 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 96854 40 239 44 249 40 262 96854 89620 30 238 38 250 35 255 89620 84097 27 255 28 262 30 257 84097 79533 24 266 24 274 23 268 79533 75614 18 275 18 269 14 281 75614 72140 15 282 15 256 18 275 72140 68974 14 271 18 255 19 272 68974 66058 13 278 11 269 16 285 66058 63347 16 278 17 294 21 277 63347 60718 23 264 25 273 22 272 60718 57972 25 264 25 270 29 283 57972 55125 29 280 32 276 34 282 55125 52416 37 278 32 274 35 274 52416 49988 38 278 31 282 36 275 49988 47828 36 280 40 286 45 279 47828 45885 41 281 53 283 49 281 45885 44113 45 279 56 279 57 289 44113 42477 46 281 55 271 61 289 42477 40951 45 280 52 266 57 286 40951 39510 43 278 50 268 53 279 39510 38142 44 279 46 270 51 275 38142 36808 47 282 46 271 51 274 36808 35443 50 283 51 274 51 275 35443 34017 49 281 52 276 47 277 34017 32534 45 279 50 279 42 279 32534 30979 43 275 47 281 40 278 30979 29339 45 271 41 278 40 277 29339 27615 44 268 40 273 40 278 27615 25806 43 267 42 268 38 282 25806 23916 39 269 40 269 35 289 23916 21948 36 272 32 274 32 296 21948 19894 34 277 25 284 28 298 19894 17745 30 270 24 291 22 289 17745 15553 29 256 29 283 19 275 15553 13444 27 261 31 272 22 277 13444 11527 25 261 28 267 24 279 11527 9822 24 259 25 264 23 279 9822 8310 19 251 23 256 20 271 8310 6969 18*249 17*244 20 252 6969 5781 12*239 14*233 20 239 5781 4729 10 234 14 230 20 233 4729 3802 10 230 14 229 19 230 3802 2983 10 227 14 227 19 229 2983 2251 10 225 13 226 18 227 2251 1605 10 223 13 225 17 224 1605 1066 10 221 12 224 16 220 1066 653 9 220 12 223 15 215 653 370 9 220 11 223 12 207 370 198 8 219 10 222 10*200 198 100 7 219 8 221 4*191 100 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