DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - - - - 25.2 - - 26.2 - - 23.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 63 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2629 - - 2612 - - 323 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1457 - - 80 - - 79 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2709 - - 2692 - - 403 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 659 - - 641 - - 2534 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 221 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 351 - - 354 - - 357 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1124 - - -1177 - - -2096 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3833 - - 3869 - - 2499 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10316 - - -10174 - - -10059 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13025 - - 12866 - - 10462 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 87 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 26.2 - - 23.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 8.9 - - 9.9 - - 13.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.3 - - 25.9 - - 23.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 8.0 - - 9.2 - - 13.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 63 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2629 - - 2612 - - 323 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 49 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 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] 96473 56 203 47 236 48 228 96473 89094 53 221 63 231 66 239 89094 83435 45 236 50 235 66 229 83435 78736 55 242 51 244 57 239 78736 74671 56 241 57 245 58 250 74671 71076 58 249 63 247 65 255 71076 67826 62 259 65 252 70 256 67826 64846 68 259 69 257 70 250 64846 62087 73 253 73 257 70 250 62087 59414 77 249 77 254 73 254 59414 56621 80 250 82 252 79 255 56621 53713 84 253 82 250 84 249 53713 50916 89 253 82 251 84 249 50916 48376 94 252 88 255 90 252 48376 46090 99 252 98 254 99 252 46090 44021 106 252 106 253 106 249 44021 42129 113 253 108 253 106 246 42129 40382 117 253 110 253 100 246 40382 38766 116 251 112 252 99 250 38766 37269 110 250 113 250 102 251 37269 35872 108 248 111 247 107 249 35872 34531 103 246 105 247 108 247 34531 33179 97 246 100 250 106 246 33179 31787 92 249 96 254 102 244 31787 30355 84 251 91 256 92 244 30355 28871 73 256 83 258 84 247 28871 27322 71 252 79 260 84 249 27322 25695 68 248 74 263 83 250 25695 23986 67 249 69 260 77 250 23986 22196 66 253 65 258 71 248 22196 20330 63 254 62 254 66 247 20330 18391 60 254 58 251 58 244 18391 16373 57 251 54 249 48 241 16373 14313 55 252 50 251 43 245 14313 12328 56 254 51 251 43 248 12328 10526 53 256 51 252 43 245 10526 8929 46 262 46 257 40 245 8929 7515 37 262 36 262 33 252 7515 6266 29 269 29 265 26 262 6266 5169 23 275 23 270 20 280 5169 4206 15 280 16 276 16 296 4206 3368 8*299 7*321 8 307 3368 2638 7*351 8*354 6 359 2638 1991 7 351 8 355 8 004 1991 1422 7 351 8 354 9 001 1422 947 7 351 8 354 10 360 947 584 7 351 8 354 9*358 584 334 7 351 8 353 9*357 334 183 6 351 7 353 7 357 183 96 5 351 6 353 5 357 96 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