DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/24 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.0 - - 64.4 - - 62.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -41 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3626 - - 19 - - 254 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 83 - - 82 - - 83 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3706 - - 99 - - 334 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1954 - - 5329 - - 3125 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 164 - - 24 - - 42 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 022 - - 010 - - 008 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 0 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1172 - - -1782 - - -677 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2534 - - 1881 - - 1011 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 105 - - -2420 - - -1100 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3601 - - 2519 - - 1434 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 76 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 60 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.0 - - 64.4 - - 62.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 56.7 - - 58.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.5 - - 65.7 - - 63.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 55.9 - - 58.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -41 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3626 - - 19 - - 254 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 3 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 10 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] 98666 14 095 10 111 8 058 98666 91267 10 125 4 070 10 049 91267 85540 9 138 2 360 8 055 85540 80786 11 118 4 129 4 047 80786 76692 9 094 9 107 1 020 76692 73077 6 091 8 042 7 100 73077 69808 6 097 4 058 5 017 69808 66817 3 075 4 091 5 322 66817 64056 2 087 4 352 3 023 64056 61392 3 068 4 344 5 359 61392 58617 4 003 1 083 5 306 58617 55741 9 286 5 301 6 286 55741 52998 14 253 16 281 7 318 52998 50524 10 210 18 242 12 276 50524 48303 9 174 14 207 15 242 48303 46286 6 197 9 197 16 210 46286 44433 13 231 8 220 16 183 44433 42711 20 228 13 221 15 171 42711 41101 27 218 21 216 16 183 41101 39590 41 200 34 212 26 190 39590 38178 61 191 49 206 43 189 38178 36825 72 184 64 194 56 184 36825 35449 66 172 54 186 51 179 35449 34011 58 165 42 178 43 169 34011 32512 56 162 40 166 38 155 32512 30937 58 169 44 154 39 152 30937 29275 63 181 46 148 44 148 29275 27526 47 182 39 156 47 141 27526 25692 26 173 24 196 32 145 25692 23781 8 136 2 188 11 197 23781 21801 3 158 5 084 5 032 21801 19739 1 267 9 086 9 035 19739 17582 10 065 9 091 4 079 17582 15377 10 075 6 088 4 080 15377 13254 8 027 10 036 12 035 13254 11330 8 026 10 017 10 011 11330 9623 9 060 8 023 9 014 9623 8106 13 061 11 031 13 031 8106 6770 17 038 19 036 19 043 6770 5604 19 031 24 037 22 043 5604 4575 22*028 25 035 28 037 4575 3672 23*026 27 029 31 032 3672 2878 23 024 27 026 32 026 2878 2171 23 023 27 023 32 020 2171 1548 22 022 26 020 30 017 1548 1030 21 021 24 017 27 013 1030 632 20 020 21 014 24 011 632 359 18 019 18 012 21*010 359 194 15 019 15*011 17*008 194 99 11 017 11*010 12 008 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