DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 76.0 - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -20 - - -11 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 524 - - 123 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 83 - - 83 - - 84 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 604 - - 203 - - 100 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4353 - - 4330 - - 3551 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 71 - - 39 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 8 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 226 - - 227 - - 329 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1408 - - -1548 - - -609 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2012 - - 1751 - - 709 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2278 - - -2632 - - -1953 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2882 - - 2835 - - 2053 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 83 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 720 - - 1160 - - 1490 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 76.0 - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 68.1 - - 70.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.8 - - 76.8 - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.9 - - 67.3 - - 69.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -20 - - -11 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 524 - - 123 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 32 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 16 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] 98388 6 266 9 307 6 272 98388 90892 14 203 11 229 7 234 90892 85104 16 198 9 219 9 230 85104 80311 11 210 18 214 11 261 80311 76191 6 197 8 219 10 265 76191 72573 5 201 6 286 5 239 72573 69323 8 273 11 289 9 288 69323 66356 10 306 11 273 15 299 66356 63616 14 284 18 259 22 272 63616 60955 22 282 21 265 27 274 60955 58172 41 279 35 280 35 290 58172 55277 49 267 53 275 60 270 55277 52501 51 258 58 258 57 254 52501 49994 53 257 55 256 49 261 49994 47748 48 263 54 265 56 265 47748 45726 51 273 55 270 62 262 45726 43894 54 268 55 266 62 261 43894 42218 65 266 55 259 62 261 42218 40665 68 260 55 256 67 257 40665 39210 56 254 56 250 77 243 39210 37835 47 241 59 251 73 232 37835 36500 45 240 62 252 69 239 36500 35135 45 242 61 252 67 242 35135 33711 46 247 60 253 63 241 33711 32229 47 252 61 255 64 242 32229 30677 50 254 61 259 66 244 30677 29041 50 255 58 259 63 247 29041 27323 48 254 53 260 62 254 27323 25524 44 249 48 255 59 261 25524 23648 45 256 46 251 49 267 23648 21701 48 260 46 253 38 265 21701 19669 49 263 45 259 35 261 19669 17546 45 253 36 276 40 268 17546 15381 46 252 32 265 37 270 15381 13295 51 257 30 249 35 271 13295 11398 48 252 26 251 34 272 11398 9714 38 246 30 256 33 279 9714 8218 30 247 35 259 28 283 8218 6892 24 247 33 260 25 277 6892 5716 21 247 26 264 24 266 5716 4676 20 243 21 266 24 257 4676 3760 19 238 18 263 22 253 3760 2951 17 232 15 257 19 249 2951 2228 16 229 14 252 17 249 2228 1589 15 227 13 248 14 251 1589 1056 14 227 12 243 11 253 1056 648 13*226 10 238 8 255 648 367 12*226 9*233 4 263 367 197 10 226 7*230 3 268 197 100 7 225 5 226 0*329 100 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