DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/05 Eagleville_TN 780ft pt26992@-86.599,35.687,786ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Bill Staley RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0700z - - 1009z - - 1335z - - 1608z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 75.6 - - 87.9 - - 95.4 - - 95.6 - - 90.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 11 - - 212 - - 349 - - 179 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 178 - - 1920 - - 5959 - - 6380 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 725 - - 1789 - - 5048 - - 5052 - - 725 Hcrit BL Top 958 - - 2700 - - 6739 - - 7160 - - 743 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 375 - - 3137 - - 2067 - - 975 - - 6124 Hgt.Variab. W* 54 - - 307 - - 527 - - 439 - - 18 W* B/S 2 - - 5 - - 14 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 10 - - 7 - - 9 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 218 - - 248 - - 266 - - 275 - - 217 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 9 - - 10 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -2 - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1083 - - -1734 - - 821 - - 955 - - -3463 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2041 - - 4434 - - 5918 - - 6205 - - 4207 sfcLCL ODpotential -5335 - - -3554 - - -225 - - -2982 - - -4306 ODpotential blCL 6293 - - 6254 - - 6964 - - 10142 - - 5049 blCL maxRH 81 - - 79 - - 84 - - 80 - - 75 maxRH CAPE 203 - - 687 - - 2514 - - 2041 - - 1583 CAPE Temp@2m 75.6 - - 87.9 - - 95.4 - - 95.6 - - 90.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 68.9 - - 70.7 - - 71.7 - - 70.6 - - 73.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 75.2 - - 85.8 - - 92.1 - - 93.4 - - 89.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 68.9 - - 70.7 - - 71.7 - - 70.6 - - 73.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 11 - - 212 - - 349 - - 179 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 178 - - 1920 - - 5959 - - 6380 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 24 - - 15 - - 36 - - 20 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 15 - - 15 - - 15 - - 14 - - 18 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] 70762 14 070 15 085 12 092 15 095 15 083 70762 62916 20 103 10 054 17 088 4 064 4 132 62916 58260 15 103 15 074 13 056 6 021 8 062 58260 55546 5 031 14 056 16 029 12 005 11 017 55546 54158 5 147 3 107 10 317 8 334 11 357 54158 51951 18 072 14 092 4 196 10 212 6 253 51951 49843 22 055 18 079 7 109 9 173 11 239 49843 47453 24 050 20 083 13 084 10 160 20 215 47453 45810 26 052 22 076 15 105 14 156 23 187 45810 44076 29 042 24 060 17 109 14 139 21 172 44076 40649 30 025 20 045 16 099 14 122 18 163 40649 37254 18 058 13 037 10 061 11 118 13 168 37254 33776 13 074 11 062 5 051 5 132 3 241 33776 31410 5 072 6 022 5 051 2 141 4 266 31410 27962 4 076 3 331 3 355 2 291 7 267 27962 24931 4 031 4 263 6 306 5 289 8 284 24931 23233 6 323 7 289 9 275 7 289 9 312 23233 21778 9 302 10 311 9 277 8 312 9 310 21778 19200 12 315 13 329 10 312 12 337 12 333 19200 16236 10 313 13 336 14 326 13 342 15 332 16236 14874 7 289 10 323 13 315 14 337 15 325 14874 14191 4 224 10 261 12 285 15 310 16 317 14191 13558 6 227 11 253 12 280 13 273 17 310 13558 12937 6 227 11 251 12 279 14 262 18 303 12937 12327 5 228 11 250 13 278 14 262 17 295 12327 11727 5 227 12 246 13 278 14 261 16 289 11727 11136 5 221 11 244 13 278 14 269 16 288 11136 10555 4 202 12 241 13 280 14 285 15 295 10555 9983 3 195 12 242 12 284 15 292 13 310 9983 9421 3 204 11 246 12 294 17 306 14 322 9421 8867 3 219 9 254 11 305 16 315 15 329 8867 8321 4 234 7 267 12 313 14 322 14 337 8321 7783 4 237 6 287 12 313 11 328 11 341 7783 7255 5 248 7 300 12 313 10*331 5 340 7255 6738 6 263 8 301 12*313 10*308 3 320 6738 6229 7 281 8 291 11*312 10 291 5 289 6229 5728 10 294 9 285 8 289 10 286 6 281 5728 5233 11 296 9 281 8 276 10 283 7 275 5233 4744 11 301 9 280 7 272 10 280 7 272 4744 4262 10 301 9 279 7 269 10 276 7 270 4262 3785 10 292 10 279 7 266 10 273 7 267 3785 3314 9 279 12 280 7 261 10 271 7 264 3314 2848 10 264 13*273 7 258 10 268 7 261 2848 2387 10 258 14*266 7 254 10 265 7 256 2387 1932 11 255 12 250 7 250 9 263 7 252 1932 1481 16 248 10 245 6 247 9 261 7 246 1481 1184 12*234 10 242 6 246 8 259 6 240 1184 962 7*220 9 241 6 244 7 258 5 234 962 815 5 218 7 239 5 243 6 256 4*226 815 742 4 215 6 238 5 241 5 255 2*217 742 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