DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 63.1 - - 62.7 - - 60.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 32 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1191 - - 1639 - - 1049 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 82 - - 83 - - 82 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1271 - - 1719 - - 1129 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 858 - - 677 - - 887 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 178 - - 157 - - 58 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 037 - - 048 - - 062 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 388 - - 125 - - 225 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 883 - - 1594 - - 904 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 381 - - -6111 - - -75 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 890 - - 7830 - - 1204 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 20 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.1 - - 62.7 - - 60.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.7 - - 56.2 - - 56.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.8 - - 62.6 - - 60.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.2 - - 55.8 - - 56.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 32 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1191 - - 1639 - - 1049 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 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] 98324 7 185 12 102 17 104 98324 90890 4 153 9 121 9 064 90890 85154 7 111 5 163 5 009 85154 80380 11 117 7 169 3 171 80380 76287 7 110 4 198 6 217 76287 72689 5 059 4 174 6 231 72689 69445 4 340 3 259 3 311 69445 66468 8 275 4 273 5 299 66468 63711 11 246 10 277 9 289 63711 61060 10 262 14 251 13 268 61060 58310 18 289 19 263 18 273 58310 55449 24 256 30 264 25 262 55449 52712 33 245 31 251 34 253 52712 50262 36 249 38 245 39 242 50262 48099 41 256 43 255 36 255 48099 46177 47 254 49 252 44 249 46177 44433 44 253 48 245 45 246 44433 42806 38 247 44 236 43 242 42806 41273 34 248 41 233 42 237 41273 39820 33 252 38 231 40 241 39820 38438 31 251 36 233 38 245 38438 37089 30 253 33 235 37 248 37089 35707 30 261 29 233 35 251 35707 34263 29 263 29 235 34 249 34263 32760 28 259 29 236 32 245 32760 31182 26 257 29 239 30 246 31182 29518 26 255 27 250 25 250 29518 27767 25 247 19 251 23 248 27767 25929 16 247 17 246 24 248 25929 24008 15 236 21 239 25 243 24008 22006 16 233 20 231 26 236 22006 19920 16 232 17 225 25 235 19920 17746 17 219 18 221 22 238 17746 15530 18 204 22 231 19 241 15530 13395 19 221 26 239 18 254 13395 11457 16 226 23 247 15 266 11457 9738 13 233 16 243 8 257 9738 8215 10 239 12 228 10 221 8215 6865 8 228 10 228 11 219 6865 5667 10 208 7 245 8 215 5667 4611 12 213 3 247 3 229 4611 3683 11 212 3 125 2 156 3683 2872 6 199 14 064 14 083 2872 2159 12 046 18*050 22 071 2159 1538 13*040 18*048 20*064 1538 1023 13*038 17 048 19*063 1023 628 13 037 16 047 17 063 628 357 12 036 15 048 15 062 357 193 11 036 13 047 12 061 193 99 8 035 9 047 8 061 99 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