DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - - - - 85.3 - - 86.3 - - 76.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 320 - - 119 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8271 - - 10019 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6124 - - 6775 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8351 - - 10099 - - 100 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1787 - - 1609 - - 2727 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 564 - - 437 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 291 - - 284 - - 064 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 19 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 386 - - 1184 - - -6167 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7965 - - 8916 - - 6267 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -112 - - 527 - - -7922 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8463 - - 9572 - - 8022 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 85 - - 34 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 50 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.3 - - 86.3 - - 76.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.6 - - 47.3 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.5 - - 85.5 - - 79.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.6 - - 46.4 - - 49.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 320 - - 119 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8271 - - 10019 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 41 - - 39 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 97189 40 231 39 243 37 259 97189 89904 32 234 32 247 29 270 89904 84361 21 243 25 242 25 270 84361 79766 18 256 18 254 16 272 79766 75790 16 259 19 270 15 289 75790 72270 8 265 16 259 16 287 72270 69066 8 290 11 253 17 278 69066 66112 15 265 15 265 14 269 66112 63377 13 235 14 268 17 261 63377 60726 11 267 21 288 15 264 60726 57947 37 264 42 263 37 283 57947 55054 42 243 37 250 47 269 55054 52297 38 266 33 263 45 276 52297 49815 46 276 47 280 52 282 49815 47587 49 275 57 278 50 280 47587 45568 47 273 52 282 50 286 45568 43724 46 271 51 288 54 293 43724 42030 43 274 48 290 57 295 42030 40476 45 278 47 301 54 297 40476 39038 47 280 52 307 51 304 39038 37683 40 284 55 307 55 315 37683 36368 36 286 53 306 58 314 36368 35021 37 282 51 305 60 311 35021 33614 29 276 48 305 59 311 33614 32147 23 291 43 310 56 309 32147 30611 19 298 40 312 53 309 30611 28997 20 297 38 311 47 307 28997 27304 22 291 34 313 41 305 27304 25529 23 281 31 317 37 308 25529 23670 29 287 30 316 39 311 23670 21727 31 295 31 315 38 315 21727 19692 24 300 30 314 34 320 19692 17563 23 284 26 312 27 329 17563 15387 23 272 23 299 21 318 15387 13289 24 271 27 291 24 324 13289 11393 26 275 19*284 24 306 11393 9721 20*265 11*275 12 278 9721 8238 13*272 10 276 10 275 8238 6914 9 284 10 278 9 273 6914 5737 8 287 9 281 8 274 5737 4693 8 291 9 285 7 276 4693 3772 7 295 8 288 6 282 3772 2960 7 298 8 290 3 297 2960 2233 7 301 8 293 2 012 2233 1592 6 304 8 295 5 058 1592 1058 6 306 7 296 8 064 1058 649 6 308 7 297 10 064 649 368 5 309 7 297 9 063 368 197 5 310 6 298 8*063 197 100 4 310 5 298 5*064 100 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