DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 92.1 - - 93.3 - - 88.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 336 - - 182 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3806 - - 4814 - - 228 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2638 - - 3134 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3886 - - 4894 - - 308 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2230 - - 1662 - - 4394 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 443 - - 393 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 210 - - 200 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1485 - - -1034 - - -3763 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5371 - - 5929 - - 4071 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5468 - - -4458 - - -7654 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9354 - - 9352 - - 7962 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 76 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 770 - - 710 - - 1110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.1 - - 93.3 - - 88.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 67.7 - - 70.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.2 - - 92.2 - - 89.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 67.1 - - 70.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 336 - - 182 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3806 - - 4814 - - 228 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 22 - - 4 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 16 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] 99223 40 088 20 085 30 074 99223 91743 31 088 29 075 30 072 91743 85968 24 088 29 076 29 064 85968 81154 24 092 23 091 22 058 81154 77002 23 083 21 091 17 078 77002 73352 15 054 21 079 19 096 73352 70072 10 082 15 071 16 104 70072 67075 15 103 12 062 19 088 67075 64315 18 077 14 060 20 069 64315 61664 9 062 10 048 19 050 61664 58915 13 105 2 312 6 022 58915 56079 22 087 8 140 4 220 56079 53403 22 041 10 092 4 125 53403 51027 16 026 11 047 6 064 51027 48900 9 050 9 071 10 049 48900 46960 11 100 11 127 9 116 46960 45172 15 112 11 161 10 170 45172 43503 13 123 11 165 13 187 43503 41933 14 145 10 155 18 187 41933 40448 14 169 9 146 20 193 40448 39037 9 169 9 144 21 193 39037 37662 7 165 10 152 16 195 37662 36256 8 167 10 154 12 181 36256 34788 8 162 6 175 11 173 34788 33263 7 129 4 207 6 196 33263 31665 6 119 2 287 3 237 31665 29979 9 142 1 219 4 178 29979 28207 7 120 3 230 1 196 28207 26350 5 116 3 323 7 356 26350 24414 8 012 11 357 11 026 24414 22401 10 022 10 008 11 023 22401 20304 14 003 15 352 15 360 20304 18117 18 351 18 346 17 355 18117 15883 20 350 19 348 21 359 15883 13730 23 355 21 356 28 004 13730 11772 24 357 23 002 25 003 11772 10033 21 353 22 001 21 006 10033 8487 18 352 17 353 19 358 8487 7114 11 330 11 328 17 346 7114 5896 6 286 7*287 13 329 5896 4819 5*245 7*221 8 289 4819 3872 6*228 8 210 7 251 3872 3037 7 215 9 203 9 207 3037 2291 8 210 9 197 10 194 2291 1633 8 208 9 195 12 179 1633 1085 9 206 9 192 13 169 1085 665 8 204 9 191 12 165 665 376 8 203 9 190 11*162 376 201 8 204 8 190 10*161 201 101 7 203 7 188 7 159 101 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