DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.8 - - 87.9 - - 81.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 222 - - 99 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4495 - - 4927 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2999 - - 2826 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4575 - - 5007 - - 101 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2271 - - 2569 - - 4727 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 411 - - 326 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 167 - - 222 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 162 - - 139 - - -2986 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4413 - - 4868 - - 3088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -154 - - -512 - - -4591 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4729 - - 5519 - - 4692 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 87 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 810 - - 770 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.8 - - 87.9 - - 81.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 67.0 - - 68.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.4 - - 87.2 - - 83.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 66.4 - - 68.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 222 - - 99 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4495 - - 4927 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 37 - - 47 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 15 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] 99086 19 108 19 083 13 045 99086 91631 21 074 15 078 14 064 91631 85870 20 063 15 093 17 071 85870 81093 17 068 13 083 17 073 81093 76988 14 087 9 059 14 079 76988 73365 10 103 7 063 11 050 73365 70094 8 134 5 032 10 011 70094 67099 5 112 4 031 7 017 67099 64324 1 239 7 336 10 339 64324 61636 4 229 7 290 12 305 61636 58846 8 302 7 271 11 278 58846 55967 16 297 10 282 12 292 55967 53236 19 270 18 292 17 301 53236 50797 16 254 20 288 18 285 50797 48626 22 267 25 283 21 289 48626 46657 25 259 28 268 27 280 46657 44853 24 249 25 259 24 261 44853 43190 28 242 22 254 27 257 43190 41640 37 239 20 255 39 249 41640 40178 32 240 16 267 39 246 40178 38789 20 241 13 275 22 251 38789 37435 10 234 9 287 12 280 37435 36050 6 289 11 307 10 304 36050 34602 9 284 13 304 7 324 34602 33093 10 254 13 269 4 319 33093 31509 11 308 15 297 4 322 31509 29838 12 311 18 302 8 292 29838 28081 6 262 13 278 11 288 28081 26232 7 288 11 268 12 281 26232 24294 8 321 8 251 12 275 24294 22278 6 255 9 244 16 267 22278 20176 10 264 10 286 19 295 20176 17981 9 260 8 294 12 291 17981 15743 10 278 7 291 8 287 15743 13593 8 277 8 282 7 269 13593 11647 9 276 12 281 7 269 11647 9925 6 268 11 278 7 308 9925 8397 5 242 4 253 10 324 8397 7041 6 188 3 226 8 315 7041 5839 6 169 3*226 5 301 5839 4775 6*168 4*224 2 269 4775 3838 6*166 4 222 2 210 3838 3011 5 167 5 222 4 198 3011 2272 5 167 5 223 6 197 2272 1619 5 167 5 223 7 196 1619 1076 5 169 5 222 8 193 1076 659 5 168 5 222 8 191 659 373 4 169 5 222 8 189 373 200 4 168 4 223 6*186 200 101 4 170 4 222 4*183 101 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