DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.1 - - 83.1 - - 77.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 63 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3804 - - 3469 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2349 - - 1570 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3869 - - 3534 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1871 - - 2683 - - 2650 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 359 - - 268 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 073 - - 107 - - 127 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -12 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -143 - - -1175 - - -2123 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4012 - - 4709 - - 2212 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2252 - - -3121 - - -4455 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6121 - - 6655 - - 4544 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 84 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 40 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.1 - - 83.1 - - 77.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 62.9 - - 67.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.0 - - 82.7 - - 78.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 61.5 - - 66.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 63 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3804 - - 3469 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 14 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] 99014 32 097 31 092 27 074 99014 91526 30 088 30 089 23 088 91526 85754 26 082 22 085 21 084 85754 80975 21 079 18 077 19 079 80975 76872 20 068 19 066 19 085 76872 73257 15 057 18 052 19 078 73257 69991 7 061 9 021 16 045 69991 66991 4 043 5 334 12 012 66991 64210 3 340 11 348 9 354 64210 61518 5 297 16 316 16 333 61518 58730 6 293 16 298 23 311 58730 55860 15 299 16 298 23 311 55860 53143 30 306 32 302 33 298 53143 50717 44 299 39 292 29 296 50717 48548 47 276 41 296 37 299 48548 46582 44 257 43 295 40 296 46582 44779 42 260 46 285 38 292 44779 43107 52 275 48 276 40 286 43107 41547 57 272 47 275 37 282 41547 40081 56 271 40 270 27 288 40081 38692 45 276 27 274 24 296 38692 37339 39 278 31 299 25 305 37339 35954 30 291 35 313 25 313 35954 34507 30 309 37 316 26 316 34507 32999 32 315 38 315 29 321 32999 31414 31 318 37 318 34 325 31414 29740 33 324 37 328 39 332 29740 27976 32 330 38 334 42 336 27976 26122 28 327 35 336 42 337 26122 24186 25 325 28 329 39 339 24186 22170 23 312 29 330 36 347 22170 20067 22 305 26 337 31 347 20067 17877 21 307 21 335 28 343 17877 15648 19 319 18 326 20 340 15648 13501 17 327 18 328 18 331 13501 11553 15 332 17 333 19 338 11553 9832 13 341 16 350 19 347 9832 8313 12 006 16 005 15 005 8313 6966 14 033 13 017 13 022 6966 5771 12 046 10 023 12 026 5771 4713 9*055 6 037 10 027 4713 3783 6*061 4*061 7 036 3783 2963 6 067 5*092 6 055 2963 2232 6 071 5 103 5 098 2232 1588 6 075 5 107 6 128 1588 1052 6 078 6 110 7 131 1052 641 6 081 6 112 8 129 641 359 6 082 6 113 8 127 359 188 5 083 5 112 6 127 188 89 5 083 5 113 4*127 89 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