DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1331z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.6 - - 93.8 - - 88.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 251 - - 135 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4767 - - 5630 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3253 - - 3574 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4832 - - 5695 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2350 - - 2809 - - 5381 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 438 - - 381 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 21 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 280 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -11 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 63 - - -65 - - -4213 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4770 - - 5760 - - 4304 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1144 - - -924 - - -6276 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5976 - - 6619 - - 6366 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 85 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1790 - - 1750 - - 1570 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.6 - - 93.8 - - 88.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.6 - - 68.6 - - 69.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.1 - - 93.1 - - 89.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 68.1 - - 69.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 251 - - 135 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4767 - - 5630 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 39 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 15 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] 98864 28 087 13 073 16 070 98864 91333 19 089 20 083 15 066 91333 85538 18 089 23 093 23 070 85538 80770 20 077 16 084 22 071 80770 76694 23 078 12 074 17 063 76694 73094 17 079 14 079 13 057 73094 69835 11 067 16 074 13 074 69835 66847 9 053 18 058 16 085 66847 64086 7 077 13 044 11 068 64086 61429 13 073 7 016 7 061 61429 58668 11 065 5 307 7 005 58668 55811 7 036 3 069 11 309 55811 53090 12 333 4 009 14 286 53090 50650 19 302 10 286 15 285 50650 48483 10 258 13 213 21 281 48483 46530 4 145 16 211 23 227 46530 44741 3 233 22 241 25 209 44741 43079 22 242 29 242 32 222 43079 41517 19 223 35 227 33 225 41517 40038 16 210 33 220 30 233 40038 38634 17 198 33 217 34 233 38634 37266 18 198 33 212 36 226 37266 35865 19 204 32 208 33 220 35865 34403 20 207 30 208 31 219 34403 32882 21 206 26 223 28 226 32882 31289 20 209 25 228 28 226 31289 29617 24 224 24 234 27 228 29617 27871 24 235 15 242 22 230 27871 26051 17 278 9 269 21 247 26051 24146 16 286 13 270 24 260 24146 22151 20 280 20 282 26 270 22151 20070 26 280 26 281 30 286 20070 17906 25 289 29 281 31 280 17906 15706 31 289 29 280 31 271 15706 13590 33 291 29 277 32 270 13590 11664 28 293 23 273 33 276 11664 9948 21 292 19 269 34 281 9948 8422 17 278 19 271 31 273 8422 7066 19 273 19 273 27 261 7066 5860 19*275 20*276 24 262 5860 4792 18*274 20*277 22 271 4792 3851 17 272 21 279 19 285 3851 3021 17 271 21 280 18 294 3021 2277 17 270 22 280 18 300 2277 1621 16 270 22 280 18 304 1621 1074 16 269 22 281 17 307 1074 654 15 269 22 281 16 308 654 366 14 269 21 281 13 308 366 190 13 269 19 281 10 308 190 90 11 268 15 281 6*305 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