DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/21 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 - - - - - - 79.1 - - 81.1 - - 77.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 115 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2633 - - 3027 - - 178 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1222 - - 1581 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2713 - - 3107 - - 258 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 800 - - 1162 - - 2740 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 268 - - 292 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 028 - - 063 - - 051 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 344 - - -136 - - -2183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2369 - - 3243 - - 2442 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 71 - - -3346 - - -6796 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2642 - - 6453 - - 7054 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 90 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 330 - - 420 - - 430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 81.1 - - 77.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 67.1 - - 67.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.5 - - 80.4 - - 78.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 66.4 - - 66.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 115 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2633 - - 3027 - - 178 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 59 - - 33 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 14 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] 99227 23 084 21 083 20 086 99227 91766 20 069 22 095 20 077 91766 86004 21 092 18 099 20 074 86004 81221 21 092 18 089 18 072 81221 77109 18 083 16 083 17 073 77109 73477 14 076 15 070 15 078 73477 70185 12 078 13 070 11 079 70185 67153 7 098 8 076 9 081 67153 64349 10 140 4 153 4 116 64349 61642 8 148 6 198 2 200 61642 58828 14 201 10 213 11 236 58828 55935 22 226 13 224 17 228 55935 53201 27 225 23 243 23 234 53201 50764 38 221 35 233 33 228 50764 48603 43 217 44 227 40 231 48603 46650 46 217 45 219 44 227 46650 44854 46 210 44 212 46 218 44854 43179 41 210 42 213 41 211 43179 41608 35 202 40 215 33 226 41608 40128 30 196 39 211 37 235 40128 38722 28 222 37 194 38 229 38722 37354 25 226 31 194 33 216 37354 35955 24 230 28 207 34 214 35955 34498 27 224 28 221 37 217 34498 32982 29 224 25 229 39 211 32982 31393 29 220 25 230 37 213 31393 29715 29 224 29 222 36 222 29715 27952 30 228 31 218 37 227 27952 26102 33 228 26 219 36 225 26102 24172 34 231 24 230 31 220 24172 22168 31 236 24 230 25 225 22168 20082 31 238 25 227 22 229 20082 17910 32 235 28 231 19 230 17910 15698 31 236 28 234 20 231 15698 13567 31 235 26 245 20 225 13567 11627 30 240 21 257 23 219 11627 9902 25 245 16 272 25 215 9902 8369 17 249 14 267 22 214 8369 7006 12 244 14 236 14 212 7006 5796 8 242 12 210 8 211 5796 4726 4 233 7 188 6 207 4726 3789 0 328 2*074 2 168 3789 2968 4*028 5*056 5 079 2968 2238 4*029 5 059 8 065 2238 1596 4 028 6 062 12 058 1596 1061 4 028 6 064 13 056 1061 651 4 028 6 066 13 054 651 369 4 027 6 066 12*052 369 198 4 029 6 066 10*051 198 100 3 027 5 067 6 050 100 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