DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 78.9 - - 77.5 - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 63 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3220 - - 3174 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1938 - - 1337 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3300 - - 3254 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1023 - - 848 - - 3067 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 257 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 065 - - 049 - - 066 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -555 - - -559 - - -2159 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3855 - - 3813 - - 2258 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6638 - - -6425 - - -7026 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9938 - - 9679 - - 7125 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 30 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 77.5 - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.5 - - 61.2 - - 64.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.1 - - 77.2 - - 74.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.1 - - 60.0 - - 63.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 63 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3220 - - 3174 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 74 - - 100 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99300 45 089 40 082 39 074 99300 91806 39 079 36 081 35 071 91806 86035 34 074 32 077 30 074 86035 81246 32 075 27 077 28 071 81246 77119 25 068 23 072 26 069 77119 73481 20 068 21 074 23 069 73481 70201 21 068 19 066 20 073 70201 67194 17 065 13 063 16 059 67194 64410 12 046 12 046 14 056 64410 61720 7 033 12 018 14 013 61720 58936 7 001 12 001 13 358 58936 56066 11 332 15 328 16 331 56066 53344 24 320 22 312 20 309 53344 50913 28 301 26 310 22 305 50913 48743 31 291 33 308 29 305 48743 46772 28 296 37 302 32 304 46772 44965 41 303 40 303 33 294 44965 43298 46 299 44 291 34 279 43298 41742 52 312 46 284 38 271 41742 40271 55 315 45 280 39 276 40271 38870 53 320 41 282 40 276 38870 37505 41 313 36 279 38 273 37505 36106 36 299 31 272 35 271 36106 34643 40 293 30 271 34 271 34643 33121 41 296 30 275 30 277 33121 31523 36 293 29 279 28 278 31523 29834 29 280 26 271 28 265 29834 28059 24 272 28 265 30 255 28059 26199 23 268 34 267 29 257 26199 24256 26 265 34 269 25 259 24256 22233 28 266 28 271 23 255 22233 20122 29 261 25 267 25 259 20122 17923 28 261 26 264 25 258 17923 15688 26 265 23 262 26 253 15688 13537 24 260 20 263 24 254 13537 11581 21 258 20 270 20 255 11581 9846 18 258 17 269 17 260 9846 8310 11 254 11 253 11 258 8310 6949 5 229 2 226 7 199 6949 5742 4 187 1 141 7 206 5742 4680 6 080 5 055 5 216 4680 3752 13*066 11*046 5 072 3752 2941 13*066 11*047 10 056 2941 2219 13 065 12 048 11 052 2219 1583 13 065 12 049 11 055 1583 1052 13 065 11 050 11 059 1052 646 13 065 11 050 10 063 646 366 12 065 10 051 8 065 366 197 11 065 9 051 6 065 197 99 9 065 7 051 4*066 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