DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.8 - - 68.8 - - 59.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 27 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1992 - - 2458 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 884 - - 83 - - 82 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2072 - - 2538 - - 99 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 905 - - 1677 - - 383 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 259 - - 178 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 246 - - 075 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 150 - - 87 - - -370 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1922 - - 2451 - - 469 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2274 - - -1123 - - -3097 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4346 - - 3661 - - 3196 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 90 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.8 - - 68.8 - - 59.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.9 - - 58.6 - - 57.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.2 - - 68.7 - - 60.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.8 - - 57.7 - - 57.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 27 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1992 - - 2458 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 61 - - 58 - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 96458 25 241 29 237 30 251 96458 89289 22 228 26 231 23 258 89289 83765 26 231 28 250 26 252 83765 79173 23 210 27 240 30 246 79173 75195 23 240 23 261 22 254 75195 71673 28 264 26 273 33 280 71673 68519 22 267 30 268 38 265 68519 65631 23 274 25 270 30 271 65631 62935 37 284 33 278 28 285 62935 60310 47 279 38 280 47 288 60310 57586 49 272 53 275 57 279 57586 54768 55 268 58 267 60 274 54768 52065 58 267 53 269 62 273 52065 49616 57 270 58 275 64 273 49616 47409 59 274 62 272 66 272 47409 45400 59 277 62 272 71 275 45400 43564 63 279 65 277 70 271 43564 41893 65 273 65 277 63 271 41893 40381 65 268 63 273 66 277 40381 38983 64 266 62 270 63 276 38983 37655 60 267 59 270 58 277 37655 36359 60 274 59 272 56 278 36359 35032 61 277 59 275 55 279 35032 33641 59 275 60 276 56 279 33641 32192 55 275 60 275 57 277 32192 30669 54 278 58 272 57 277 30669 29060 53 280 57 272 56 276 29060 27364 53 282 54 275 53 276 27364 25579 51 281 51 280 50 273 25579 23706 52 279 47 279 47 272 23706 21750 55 273 44 274 43 273 21750 19707 51 268 48 275 43 273 19707 17573 45 265 54 274 47 282 17573 15393 43 265 52 273 50 289 15393 13288 45 266 47 268 48 287 13288 11366 41 263 42 271 44 279 11366 9659 35 258 35 279 39 270 9659 8150 30 261 30 279 35 272 8150 6820 24 269 26 274 29 279 6820 5645 17 261 21 268 23 277 5645 4609 15 254 17 259 16 265 4609 3699 15 263 15 254 14 242 3699 2899 16 263 13*251 13 232 2899 2186 15*255 9*244 9 233 2186 1557 12*245 8 244 6 235 1557 1033 11 244 7 245 3 224 1033 633 11 243 7 247 3 095 633 359 10 243 6 247 6 078 359 193 9 242 6 248 6*076 193 99 7 242 5 248 4*075 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