DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - - - - - 57.6 - - 57.0 - - 45.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 15 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2188 - - 1535 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1226 - - 82 - - 81 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2268 - - 1615 - - 98 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 874 - - 1493 - - 725 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 120 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 069 - - 068 - - 076 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3115 - - -5352 - - -3660 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5383 - - 6968 - - 3758 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12001 - - -15461 - - -15473 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14269 - - 17076 - - 15571 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 78 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 57.0 - - 45.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.7 - - 27.3 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.4 - - 57.0 - - 46.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.3 - - 26.6 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 15 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2188 - - 1535 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96740 46 258 49 271 43 271 96740 89441 31 266 30 264 25 264 89441 83862 22 269 23 258 20 273 83862 79265 15 259 18 246 18 271 79265 75320 10 228 11 252 12 265 75320 71836 8 263 12 271 12 293 71836 68694 8 230 12 257 18 283 68694 65801 6 311 12 280 16 273 65801 63101 29 301 24 290 22 278 63101 60478 41 289 32 287 21 287 60478 57727 53 289 44 283 40 290 57727 54857 61 283 52 278 53 277 54857 52106 60 286 54 287 57 276 52106 49615 76 284 65 286 59 283 49615 47393 76 274 70 276 67 282 47393 45415 62 267 69 275 69 280 45415 43641 59 290 69 285 70 287 43641 42012 80 293 74 289 69 288 42012 40486 92 291 82 286 68 287 40486 39048 93 291 80 284 72 282 39048 37690 89 288 75 279 76 278 37690 36374 85 286 67 275 77 277 36374 35027 81 289 62 279 68 276 35027 33618 72 286 58 288 64 272 33618 32148 68 285 56 282 59 272 32148 30603 57 285 59 273 51 279 30603 28969 56 280 61 272 51 280 28969 27245 49 276 57 272 49 278 27245 25433 47 273 49 271 48 283 25433 23537 43 273 45 273 38 283 23537 21559 37 276 38 268 37 271 21559 19502 35 291 37 268 41 264 19502 17370 36 290 38 271 30 255 17370 15198 39 288 35 283 27 264 15198 13097 36 291 32 297 20 276 13097 11184 29 306 27 312 16 283 11184 9490 21 314 17 323 10 281 9490 7993 15 317 9 319 5 283 7993 6674 12 321 4 326 1 276 6674 5511 11 307 3 307 1 171 5511 4488 11 303 5 276 2 208 4488 3592 5 309 4 232 2 225 3592 2807 2*033 3 148 0 194 2807 2110 7*073 5*104 3 093 2110 1500 8 071 7*078 9 083 1500 996 8 069 8 070 14 083 996 611 8 067 8 066 15 083 611 348 8 066 8 064 13 081 348 189 8 065 8 063 10*079 189 98 7 064 6 062 4*076 98 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