DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.4 - - 41.6 - - 34.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 136 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4246 - - 3780 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2976 - - 2163 - - 80 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4326 - - 3860 - - 97 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 518 - - 1048 - - 2043 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 459 - - 322 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 312 - - 042 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1229 - - -1385 - - -3562 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5555 - - 5245 - - 3659 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6407 - - -5870 - - -13117 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10733 - - 9730 - - 13214 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 74 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.4 - - 41.6 - - 34.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.4 - - 19.0 - - 19.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 40.9 - - 36.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.0 - - 18.7 - - 18.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 136 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4246 - - 3780 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96120 22 263 14 287 20 297 96120 89197 7 324 5 304 10 325 89197 83755 6 346 5 242 10 320 83755 79151 9 311 12 277 11 323 79151 75137 10 266 17 271 16 298 75137 71573 7 301 11 260 11 265 71573 68333 13 301 11 288 18 312 68333 65355 16 289 22 261 26 290 65355 62580 21 298 26 291 28 290 62580 59865 33 287 42 290 39 290 59865 57025 42 282 53 287 54 286 57025 54080 55 283 61 284 63 284 54080 51256 65 281 67 280 69 284 51256 48703 69 281 70 280 73 285 48703 46414 70 283 75 284 76 286 46414 44347 70 286 80 288 78 288 44347 42461 71 287 84 288 82 289 42461 40723 71 287 86 286 84 290 40723 39112 71 287 86 285 86 291 39112 37614 71 289 81 285 85 290 37614 36216 74 293 75 289 82 292 36216 34879 76 292 74 292 78 294 34879 33537 75 292 76 295 75 297 33537 32156 76 295 80 296 75 305 32156 30740 76 297 78 297 75 308 30740 29271 73 297 71 302 73 308 29271 27727 70 299 69 308 68 306 27727 26101 71 300 68 309 63 304 26101 24392 70 299 66 308 60 308 24392 22600 67 300 62 308 58 310 22600 20727 61 303 56 311 55 310 20727 18764 55 302 52 313 52 307 18764 16703 49 300 49 312 49 308 16703 14595 44 296 47 310 43 308 14595 12564 39 295 40 309 38 308 12564 10727 35 297 33 308 34 308 10727 9109 32 301 28 307 29 307 9109 7681 30 307 27 308 26 309 7681 6417 28 311 26 310 26 308 6417 5304 23*313 22 306 24 296 5304 4328 14*310 13*307 17 285 4328 3476 14 310 12*308 11 286 3476 2726 13 311 12 310 8 300 2726 2057 13 312 11 312 6 321 2057 1467 13 312 11 313 6 338 1467 977 13 313 11 313 6 357 977 600 12 313 10 314 6 022 600 342 11 314 10 315 7 035 342 186 11 314 9 315 6*041 186 97 9 313 7 316 4*042 97 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