DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/08 Ridgely_MD 65ft pt33961@-75.810,38.936,41ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: Highland Aerosports RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.6 - - 88.2 - - 82.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 11 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3256 - - 3244 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1740 - - 74 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3321 - - 3309 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2558 - - 3254 - - 1702 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 301 - - 196 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 238 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 181 - - -529 - - -1392 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3140 - - 3838 - - 1482 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1648 - - -2673 - - -3603 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4969 - - 5982 - - 3693 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 69 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2560 - - 1950 - - 2790 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.6 - - 88.2 - - 82.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 71.5 - - 75.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.9 - - 88.3 - - 83.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 70.1 - - 74.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 11 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3256 - - 3244 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 25 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99554 36 083 29 091 21 067 99554 92024 30 081 26 079 25 076 92024 86209 26 084 23 075 24 074 86209 81396 22 088 21 084 20 077 81396 77253 18 090 20 096 16 079 77253 73589 16 100 16 088 15 078 73589 70275 16 105 10 073 12 053 70275 67235 13 099 7 077 8 047 67235 64427 7 080 5 080 5 099 64427 61721 2 091 3 046 3 089 61721 58917 2 244 2 217 5 258 58917 56028 5 259 6 263 9 261 56028 53292 10 273 12 284 11 260 53292 50846 16 280 21 283 14 285 50846 48667 17 279 25 280 22 274 48667 46692 13 275 24 275 23 261 46692 44868 14 280 28 272 23 259 44868 43169 18 271 29 259 28 264 43169 41584 29 252 33 245 38 259 41584 40101 38 237 33 249 47 248 40101 38702 31 235 39 262 49 244 38702 37341 35 243 49 266 48 244 37341 35949 38 244 43 255 46 247 35949 34493 32 248 44 248 43 249 34493 32978 29 241 43 248 42 250 32978 31389 30 235 43 244 42 253 31389 29717 33 238 43 243 40 254 29717 27962 37 244 41 245 35 254 27962 26122 37 248 37 249 33 255 26122 24200 35 251 33 250 29 254 24200 22201 34 254 30 249 26 257 22201 20121 32 255 28 251 25 257 20121 17958 28 255 25 258 21 251 17958 15751 26 258 24 258 20 254 15751 13617 25 261 23 254 21 263 13617 11677 26 261 25 259 22 266 11677 9955 27 258 28 269 21 261 9955 8425 25 255 28 269 19 254 8425 7065 20 251 25 261 20 255 7065 5859 15 247 22 255 20 255 5859 4791 12 248 17 251 21 247 4791 3848 11*246 13*245 22 239 3848 3016 9*238 12*242 23 233 3016 2272 9 235 11 240 23 230 2272 1617 8 236 11 238 22 229 1617 1071 8 234 10 237 20 225 1071 652 8 234 10 236 18 222 652 364 7 234 9 235 14 217 364 190 7 233 8 235 11 214 190 90 6 233 7 235 5*211 90 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