DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/11 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 84.4 - - 82.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 64 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1544 - - 2816 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 84 - - 1047 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1624 - - 2896 - - 101 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1191 - - 2115 - - 5040 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 245 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 259 - - 236 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 626 - - 524 - - -1576 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 998 - - 2372 - - 1677 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 261 - - -57 - - -2692 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1363 - - 2953 - - 2793 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 88 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1670 - - 2150 - - 2510 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 84.4 - - 82.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 73.9 - - 74.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.4 - - 84.0 - - 83.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.7 - - 73.1 - - 74.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 64 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1544 - - 2816 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 51 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 18 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] 98848 40 087 37 086 38 082 98848 91429 35 081 33 073 38 080 91429 85723 32 083 29 080 33 076 85723 80989 25 082 26 082 26 077 80989 76906 21 084 20 079 22 067 76906 73288 18 083 18 086 17 062 73288 70009 18 081 19 085 12 069 70009 67000 17 089 17 070 13 092 67000 64220 18 092 11 066 15 079 64220 61545 15 075 11 076 13 051 61545 58780 13 018 11 064 8 040 58780 55927 8 319 8 338 6 004 55927 53219 8 265 13 312 9 357 53219 50796 15 252 19 295 11 338 50796 48632 12 266 17 258 12 324 48632 46667 14 299 10 231 13 289 46667 44859 18 277 12 276 14 262 44859 43181 22 259 21 276 14 253 43181 41609 26 237 23 264 13 263 41609 40127 33 233 25 246 15 277 40127 38721 37 226 25 229 11 290 38721 37353 36 217 32 218 10 319 37353 35955 35 214 38 215 11 343 35955 34497 33 209 38 215 13 357 34497 32980 30 206 38 215 7 336 32980 31392 27 204 37 219 7 280 31392 29723 26 204 30 223 13 261 29723 27971 25 212 23 215 16 257 27971 26133 21 236 16 238 14 260 26133 24211 14 245 10 261 10 265 24211 22208 12 231 12 278 8 325 22208 20122 11 228 11 310 12 346 20122 17945 10 245 12 325 10 340 17945 15726 12 301 11 336 7 326 15726 13595 11 349 11 332 7 327 13595 11660 8 028 5 352 4 319 11660 9939 7 023 5 021 5 323 9939 8405 6 350 8 351 10 343 8405 7042 5 322 10 338 11 354 7042 5835 6 294 9 325 9 336 5835 4771 7 284 9 309 6 301 4771 3837 7 265 8 298 5 292 3837 3011 6 260 7*286 4 282 3011 2273 6*265 5*264 3 268 2273 1620 5*264 4 238 2 237 1620 1077 5 262 4 232 2 173 1077 660 5 258 4 224 2 148 660 374 4 255 3 220 3 139 374 200 4 254 3 219 3*134 200 101 3 253 3 217 2*130 101 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