DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.2 - - 88.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3906 - - 3223 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2591 - - 84 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3986 - - 3303 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2532 - - 2352 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 403 - - 172 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 28 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 207 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 20 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 374 - - 229 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3612 - - 3074 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -713 - - -1818 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4699 - - 5121 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 94 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2760 - - 2870 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.2 - - 88.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.1 - - 88.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.7 - - 74.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3906 - - 3223 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 77 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - - 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] 99282 48 086 39 082 99282 91812 36 087 30 083 91812 86055 28 088 27 083 86055 81275 27 090 23 084 81275 77153 22 095 18 088 77153 73499 19 104 18 096 73499 70186 15 106 15 088 70186 67147 10 114 11 107 67147 64334 10 109 9 088 64334 61625 4 076 2 108 61625 58830 3 125 4 252 58830 55960 13 274 17 275 55960 53249 21 260 28 271 53249 50833 33 270 43 265 50833 48674 39 262 40 255 48674 46707 42 288 60 286 46707 44907 59 292 73 283 44907 43239 52 284 69 276 43239 41672 46 271 66 268 41672 40186 50 275 67 270 40186 38775 56 281 68 278 38775 37404 57 287 63 285 37404 36007 51 294 53 286 36007 34551 47 292 43 278 34551 33036 34 280 40 270 33036 31445 26 260 39 265 31445 29767 30 260 38 273 29767 28001 33 273 35 269 28001 26151 30 266 36 267 26151 24221 31 244 34 262 24221 22215 31 235 33 255 22215 20127 33 241 34 255 20127 17956 35 248 33 255 17956 15745 33 246 32 252 15745 13612 33 239 33 243 13612 11675 32 238 34 239 11675 9955 29 238 34 240 9955 8427 28 239 35 236 8427 7069 28 237 37 230 7069 5863 29 235 38 224 5863 4798 29*233 37 221 4798 3859 27*226 36*217 3859 3030 25 218 33*211 3030 2288 24 214 31 208 2288 1632 23 212 30 207 1632 1085 22 211 29 206 1085 665 21 210 26 205 665 377 20 210 23 204 377 201 18 209 20 204 201 101 14 209 14 203 101 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