DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - - - - - 81.8 - - 82.4 - - 75.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 365 - - 159 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7146 - - 7374 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5274 - - 4962 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7211 - - 7439 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2817 - - 3648 - - 6186 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 559 - - 431 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 221 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -887 - - -1125 - - -6310 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8098 - - 8565 - - 6399 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2276 - - -1982 - - -7623 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9487 - - 9421 - - 7712 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 77 - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 40 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.8 - - 82.4 - - 75.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.3 - - 45.0 - - 48.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.8 - - 81.3 - - 76.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.4 - - 44.1 - - 48.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 365 - - 159 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7146 - - 7374 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98077 15 136 8 166 6 272 98077 90655 4 167 10 179 8 234 90655 84946 7 205 6 260 5 241 84946 80215 9 217 10 240 4 252 80215 76128 11 224 15 233 13 277 76128 72500 12 208 16 240 23 251 72500 69214 10 207 15 232 20 237 69214 66187 10 218 16 223 19 238 66187 63379 16 227 21 229 28 235 63379 60663 22 239 25 239 26 245 60663 57841 33 254 34 250 35 255 57841 54931 43 252 38 250 37 252 54931 52158 51 254 42 252 41 253 52158 49664 55 256 47 254 50 254 49664 47433 57 257 51 257 57 251 47433 45417 64 254 60 259 60 257 45417 43573 73 248 78 250 73 254 43573 41884 88 241 88 243 87 240 41884 40334 100 241 97 243 86 236 40334 38886 104 241 99 238 83 237 38886 37519 81 240 100 241 88 256 37519 36200 78 259 92 245 85 254 36200 34859 86 261 88 250 80 247 34859 33460 90 255 92 253 82 247 33460 32002 88 253 95 254 85 253 32002 30471 81 246 93 252 79 257 30471 28856 77 240 85 246 73 255 28856 27158 72 239 75 248 68 252 27158 25378 67 239 67 257 64 248 25378 23516 60 243 65 258 59 245 23516 21567 54 250 59 259 56 245 21567 19526 51 253 51 259 55 252 19526 17403 43 251 43 258 43 267 17403 15254 34 250 38 253 35 266 15254 13192 30 252 31 256 28 253 13192 11316 26 255 25 258 22 247 11316 9649 23 256 21 258 20 247 9649 8169 18*257 17*251 18 247 8169 6851 12*252 13*235 15 243 6851 5680 10 242 11 221 13 240 5680 4643 9 231 11 220 12 243 4643 3730 9 229 11 219 11 253 3730 2924 9 229 11 219 11 267 2924 2204 9 229 10 219 11 282 2204 1569 9 228 10 219 13 294 1569 1039 8 228 10 220 13 298 1039 634 8 228 9 219 13 301 634 355 8 229 9 219 13 305 355 186 8 229 8 220 11 308 186 89 7 230 7 219 8*311 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