DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 CherryValley_AR 280ft pt26070@35.307,-90.816,234ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 degF SPONSORED BY: The Mid-South Soaring Foundation RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1004z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 56.6 - - 53.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 129 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 5103 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 3366 - - 258 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 5383 - - 275 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1402 - - 5636 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 363 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 025 - - 020 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -259 - - -3139 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5642 - - 3414 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -2752 - - -4360 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 8135 - - 4635 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 87 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 56.6 - - 53.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 33.1 - - 39.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 55.9 - - 54.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 30.4 - - 37.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 129 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 5103 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 48 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 5 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] 96865 29 262 26 269 96865 89539 15 250 16 264 89539 83918 3 220 10 274 83918 79250 4 225 9 260 79250 75222 5 295 11 272 75222 71656 12 272 15 269 71656 68422 15 260 19 282 68422 65451 23 284 27 286 65451 62698 34 278 34 276 62698 60029 39 273 37 270 60029 57234 43 271 41 270 57234 54322 50 269 48 272 54322 51537 56 266 56 273 51537 49028 61 264 63 269 49028 46783 66 267 66 265 46783 44758 72 268 67 263 44758 42922 71 264 71 261 42922 41243 65 262 70 254 41243 39699 63 261 66 252 39699 38267 62 262 63 249 38267 36925 59 265 59 251 36925 35625 52 263 57 256 35625 34299 47 262 54 261 34299 32918 46 266 47 265 32918 31484 46 268 43 269 31484 29982 46 272 43 272 29982 28399 48 278 43 276 28399 26734 50 285 44 289 26734 24984 51 288 43 299 24984 23151 43 296 39 304 23151 21236 36 296 36 308 21236 19234 33 291 34 305 19234 17147 29 299 30 304 17147 15015 27 305 21 314 15015 12961 29 315 21 315 12961 11099 33 315 26 309 11099 9464 31 309 23 307 9464 8030 23 312 19 315 8030 6760 15 328 15 325 6760 5634 10*007 11 336 5634 4638 8*027 8 348 4638 3762 8 029 7 011 3762 2990 8 027 7 030 2990 2300 8 026 8 034 2300 1692 7 023 8 032 1692 1185 7 021 9 030 1185 796 7 019 9 027 796 529 7 019 8 026 529 367 7 018 7*024 367 274 6 017 5*020 274 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