DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 79.0 - - 73.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 30 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5052 - - 4149 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3174 - - 1233 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5117 - - 4214 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2254 - - 3574 - - 4681 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 373 - - 235 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 275 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 466 - - -307 - - -1955 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4651 - - 4521 - - 2044 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -439 - - -1339 - - -3345 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5556 - - 5553 - - 3434 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 90 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 70 - - 220 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 79.0 - - 73.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.9 - - 59.6 - - 64.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.1 - - 78.9 - - 74.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.5 - - 58.2 - - 64.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 30 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5052 - - 4149 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 61 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99333 35 097 25 089 20 086 99333 91822 22 097 24 082 19 075 91822 86020 19 087 16 084 20 075 86020 81223 12 086 12 084 19 068 81223 77111 11 093 7 081 17 059 77111 73479 12 083 6 112 11 042 73479 70191 11 091 9 103 4 075 70191 67160 9 087 7 086 4 111 67160 64334 4 148 1 008 2 317 64334 61584 4 169 5 164 8 250 61584 58712 8 248 6 309 6 280 58712 55739 13 248 11 298 12 260 55739 52916 19 263 23 281 21 286 52916 50402 27 262 29 273 32 281 50402 48174 25 259 29 278 30 273 48174 46151 33 276 33 281 26 274 46151 44289 44 274 40 269 31 274 44289 42573 46 259 39 259 37 279 42573 40992 42 252 38 258 37 285 40992 39527 38 263 38 262 36 288 39527 38152 46 276 38 263 37 286 38152 36820 52 275 38 269 34 276 36820 35460 53 271 39 274 29 271 35460 34038 53 270 40 275 28 269 34038 32558 53 267 42 273 31 264 32558 31002 54 268 44 275 34 269 31002 29358 54 279 46 280 34 277 29358 27628 45 284 43 287 34 287 27628 25813 37 284 37 285 31 289 25813 23918 34 287 33 283 27 287 23918 21946 33 289 33 285 25 290 21946 19886 30 292 32 289 25 292 19886 17730 29 300 30 295 23 294 17730 15523 25 298 26 291 21 289 15523 13390 24 283 25 286 22 291 13390 11450 24 274 27 283 22 296 11450 9733 24 278 25 284 19 305 9733 8224 22 288 22 296 20 300 8224 6896 18 295 21 299 20 297 6896 5718 15*299 19 299 17 300 5718 4674 10*296 14*295 13 298 4674 3755 8 292 9*288 10 290 3755 2944 8 292 6 278 8 277 2944 2219 8 291 6 274 7 259 2219 1579 7 291 6 271 6 246 1579 1047 7 290 5 270 6 236 1047 637 6 290 5 269 6 228 637 357 6 291 5 269 6 221 357 187 6 291 4 268 5 214 187 89 5 290 4 268 3*210 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