DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 91.8 - - 86.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 205 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7217 - - 9023 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5316 - - 6437 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7297 - - 9103 - - 101 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2178 - - 1510 - - 9310 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 550 - - 501 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 245 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 120 - - 39 - - -7467 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7177 - - 9064 - - 7569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -458 - - -625 - - -8801 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7755 - - 9728 - - 8902 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 75 - - 32 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 91.8 - - 86.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.8 - - 52.1 - - 53.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.1 - - 90.6 - - 88.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.2 - - 51.4 - - 53.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 205 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7217 - - 9023 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 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] 98829 28 097 26 089 21 080 98829 91298 22 073 26 087 18 110 91298 85524 18 082 20 079 16 083 85524 80761 16 099 13 091 18 052 80761 76663 13 099 10 097 14 060 76663 73044 7 097 6 066 11 068 73044 69770 9 144 1 175 3 037 69770 66762 8 147 2 193 2 248 66762 63983 2 215 7 295 7 329 63983 61292 11 256 14 249 12 278 61292 58490 18 263 19 270 21 274 58490 55594 30 251 26 269 30 269 55594 52835 41 258 42 263 39 265 52835 50366 53 251 50 257 54 274 50366 48165 60 250 63 256 67 258 48165 46173 71 251 66 249 64 249 46173 44348 74 251 67 252 69 248 44348 42672 78 258 77 250 68 246 42672 41121 85 259 82 247 59 256 41121 39668 86 255 85 250 60 269 39668 38290 82 252 89 253 59 272 38290 36947 78 253 81 252 55 270 36947 35571 76 251 70 248 51 269 35571 34136 76 249 66 245 50 272 34136 32643 73 250 65 247 48 280 32643 31077 68 252 65 248 45 281 31077 29427 61 248 63 247 39 275 29427 27694 57 243 60 248 39 264 27694 25875 59 241 55 251 42 263 25875 23971 58 246 49 252 46 267 23971 21985 51 250 44 252 41 266 21985 19912 48 252 40 252 38 260 19912 17748 41 253 36 260 38 254 17748 15545 34 256 31 268 33 259 15545 13431 31 260 27 273 27 267 13431 11514 28 267 21 273 23 268 11514 9820 19 265 14*268 19 252 9820 8321 10*244 10*248 13 231 8321 6987 7*236 10 247 11 229 6987 5800 6 232 10 246 10 227 5800 4747 6 230 10 245 9 227 4747 3818 5 229 9 244 9 226 3818 2997 4 230 9 243 8 225 2997 2263 4 229 9 243 8 223 2263 1614 3 231 8 242 7 221 1614 1073 3 231 8 242 7 219 1073 658 3 233 7 241 6 217 658 373 2 233 7 241 5 213 373 199 2 233 7 241 4*211 199 101 2 232 6 241 3*208 101 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