DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 78.7 - - 67.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 13 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1819 - - 1642 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 846 - - 84 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1899 - - 1722 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 800 - - 1005 - - 132 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 264 - - 128 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 212 - - 197 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1634 - - -2198 - - -655 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3533 - - 3920 - - 754 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5423 - - -6669 - - -7314 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7322 - - 8391 - - 7413 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 64 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 78.7 - - 67.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.0 - - 62.0 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 78.7 - - 69.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.0 - - 61.4 - - 64.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 13 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1819 - - 1642 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 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] 97514 42 240 40 241 39 238 97514 90257 29 246 31 248 22 257 90257 84689 17 235 22 249 16 256 84689 80070 9 249 15 230 14 254 80070 76078 7 260 10 224 16 288 76078 72571 6 295 7 225 19 296 72571 69439 13 329 3 344 9 309 69439 66575 14 319 9 342 7 039 66575 63920 7 340 9 336 9 033 63920 61358 12 003 10 349 5 026 61358 58695 23 334 23 336 16 343 58695 55945 24 319 24 311 20 304 55945 53315 24 326 22 296 28 299 53315 50926 25 315 31 304 32 299 50926 48766 32 308 39 306 32 310 48766 46784 39 309 42 313 35 326 46784 44951 46 311 45 327 46 340 44951 43245 44 313 57 338 60 343 43245 41646 38 314 71 341 69 342 41646 40137 38 316 80 342 72 337 40137 38705 44 323 79 342 73 335 38705 37312 51 330 72 341 74 337 37312 35889 55 332 64 336 71 339 35889 34405 52 329 55 331 57 339 34405 32865 48 326 47 329 49 332 32865 31255 38 318 41 330 44 324 31255 29565 22 293 33 325 36 318 29565 27803 23 286 25 304 29 310 27803 25970 23 289 30 291 28 297 25970 24066 21 301 23 291 29 294 24066 22085 21 312 19 292 23 298 22085 20015 21 309 18 305 20 294 20015 17848 19 303 16 317 18 293 17848 15632 13 279 15 323 15 312 15632 13496 7 257 13 327 18 337 13496 11557 9 295 11 321 21 349 11557 9835 17 303 9 329 17 353 9835 8307 12 301 14 327 14 001 8307 6954 7 268 22 301 14 329 6954 5759 6 259 20 290 16 298 5759 4705 6 302 15 281 15 284 4705 3777 7 305 13 266 14 273 3777 2959 6 277 13 253 14 264 2959 2230 5*223 13*230 17 252 2230 1588 5*214 11*217 17 233 1588 1055 5 210 11 213 15 219 1055 647 5 209 10 211 13 213 647 366 5 207 9 210 11 207 366 196 4 205 8 209 9 202 196 99 4 204 6 209 4*197 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