DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/29 Waynesboro_VA 1437ft pt32142@38.180,-78.911,1424ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Shenandoah Valley Soaring www.svsoar.org RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 76.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 113 - - -17 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3642 - - 4434 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3493 - - 1278 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5079 - - 5871 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1185 - - 1653 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 331 - - 203 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 245 - - 264 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 12 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1412 - - -642 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6491 - - 6513 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8877 - - -7648 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13956 - - 13519 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 56 - - 58 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 76.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.1 - - 52.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 77.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.9 - - 51.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 113 - - -17 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3642 - - 4434 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 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] 98180 8 124 2 165 98180 90785 11 073 11 100 90785 85093 11 063 19 091 85093 80349 12 078 18 062 80349 76252 13 056 12 057 76252 72632 10 056 7 045 72632 69351 10 019 8 019 69351 66342 12 348 14 340 66342 63571 15 342 17 340 63571 60893 21 328 21 332 60893 58102 25 317 30 323 58102 55215 35 302 38 305 55215 52480 40 295 46 300 52480 50051 50 301 54 302 50051 47909 62 298 67 295 47909 45989 76 297 75 290 45989 44226 82 294 77 292 44226 42582 76 294 79 291 42582 41034 72 301 76 289 41034 39571 69 304 71 291 39571 38184 66 305 67 295 38184 36838 63 307 64 298 36838 35470 60 311 60 299 35470 34051 56 311 55 294 34051 32583 52 304 54 290 32583 31048 49 294 54 288 31048 29436 48 294 52 289 29436 27752 48 300 47 294 27752 25997 49 296 41 297 25997 24173 49 293 42 292 24173 22279 44 300 43 294 22279 20305 40 302 37 290 20305 18247 38 302 33 292 18247 16150 35 307 31 303 16150 14130 30 309 30 310 14130 12292 25 305 29 312 12292 10659 24 306 27 312 10659 9211 23 311 25 312 9211 7929 22 313 21 305 7929 6793 18 300 17*284 6793 5785 12*263 15*270 5785 4895 10*249 15 269 4895 4104 10 247 14 265 4104 3396 9 244 13 263 3396 2768 8 243 13 261 2768 2242 7 243 12 259 2242 1838 6 242 12 258 1838 1560 6 242 11 257 1560 1391 5 242 10 257 1391 1294 5 242 8 256 1294 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