DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - - - - - 90.6 - - 90.5 - - 80.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 243 - - 98 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4857 - - 5512 - - 624 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3325 - - 3268 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4937 - - 5592 - - 704 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2166 - - 1848 - - 2505 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 437 - - 341 - - 54 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 326 - - 321 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -254 - - -64 - - -626 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5191 - - 5656 - - 1330 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1165 - - -795 - - -2065 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6102 - - 6387 - - 2769 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 94 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 300 - - 80 - - 1460 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.6 - - 90.5 - - 80.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 65.9 - - 74.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.2 - - 89.9 - - 81.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 65.1 - - 74.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 243 - - 98 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4857 - - 5512 - - 624 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 72 - - 74 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 18 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] 99378 33 088 30 089 14 076 99378 91861 24 083 27 086 22 083 91861 86051 21 096 22 090 24 084 86051 81234 22 097 15 090 24 081 81234 77091 20 092 14 107 17 076 77091 73439 17 106 16 114 12 098 73439 70140 22 119 11 113 13 113 70140 67117 22 124 7 119 9 110 67117 64323 17 123 6 152 3 086 64323 61620 5 131 7 180 6 194 61620 58819 10 262 7 230 11 215 58819 55968 17 256 15 255 17 258 55968 53300 22 244 21 255 28 253 53300 50920 32 256 30 258 32 254 50920 48794 43 243 39 251 40 252 48794 46859 46 229 42 247 43 249 46859 45070 42 245 43 250 44 247 45070 43396 45 259 43 251 44 246 43396 41820 47 261 42 249 45 248 41820 40329 48 266 41 247 44 252 40329 38912 53 271 41 249 42 254 38912 37531 40 269 43 259 43 255 37531 36118 29 268 39 263 43 255 36118 34645 27 272 27 266 39 252 34645 33119 31 273 24 270 31 247 33119 31524 27 270 23 262 22 249 31524 29845 23 269 19 262 20 248 29845 28079 22 271 19 260 19 243 28079 26225 20 278 18 253 17 246 26225 24288 16 274 16 247 16 252 24288 22268 17 271 17 260 16 254 22268 20161 19 272 18 273 14 260 20161 17966 19 263 18 279 15 265 17966 15736 15 251 13 279 14 267 15736 13592 13 236 10 279 7 273 13592 11644 12 243 10 283 7 277 11644 9915 11 251 9 288 10 282 9915 8382 8 264 7 279 11 285 8382 7022 5 262 6 260 10 280 7022 5821 5*262 5*273 8 290 5821 4760 5*302 4*295 8 322 4760 3826 6 319 5 309 9 346 3826 3001 7 324 5 318 9 006 3001 2264 7 328 6 323 7 026 2264 1613 8 331 6 327 5 045 1613 1072 8 332 6 330 6*078 1072 657 8 333 6 331 7*088 657 373 8 334 6 333 6 093 373 199 7 333 6 333 5 095 199 100 6 334 5 333 4 098 100 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