DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 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 - - - - - - 76.7 - - 73.1 - - 74.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 5 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2238 - - 1115 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 73 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2303 - - 1180 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1371 - - 1670 - - 2598 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 214 - - 89 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 093 - - 055 - - 086 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 632 - - 345 - - -1133 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1671 - - 835 - - 1222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 359 - - -187 - - -2512 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1944 - - 1367 - - 2601 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 310 - - 290 - - 210 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.7 - - 73.1 - - 74.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 69.5 - - 68.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 73.4 - - 74.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.6 - - 68.9 - - 68.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 5 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2238 - - 1115 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 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] 99025 33 079 24 084 26 073 99025 91515 27 079 22 073 22 071 91515 85744 20 074 19 072 19 075 85744 80974 17 076 18 072 19 072 80974 76880 14 057 17 070 17 064 76880 73272 13 072 10 052 15 038 73272 70014 16 067 6 056 9 020 70014 67017 7 031 6 001 8 346 67017 64236 4 275 11 319 17 332 64236 61558 5 288 13 292 22 323 61558 58776 12 321 15 297 23 308 58776 55890 30 304 21 301 22 292 55890 53137 36 282 29 290 31 286 53137 50674 37 283 37 282 40 274 50674 48478 40 293 44 277 42 273 48478 46484 49 283 50 277 52 274 46484 44653 58 274 56 272 52 271 44653 42957 68 264 58 265 48 273 42957 41373 64 258 56 261 46 277 41373 39885 57 261 57 260 47 273 39885 38483 55 263 61 260 48 268 38483 37124 54 260 64 259 48 265 37124 35738 51 258 62 260 45 264 35738 34292 50 261 56 263 40 258 34292 32789 47 262 53 260 35 253 32789 31213 43 262 52 258 36 255 31213 29549 39 269 42 260 37 256 29549 27800 37 270 36 269 36 277 27800 25964 35 267 38 284 32 294 25964 24046 26 273 32 292 28 299 24046 22054 20 274 18 289 22 299 22054 19979 15 273 13 262 17 283 19979 17810 15 285 13 273 17 278 17810 15599 16 295 11 269 16 280 15599 13469 13 295 11 284 14 288 13469 11532 14 252 10 294 13 308 11532 9811 13 265 6 289 11 327 9811 8285 10 309 5 312 7 316 8285 6935 7 323 4 345 9 295 6935 5739 4 326 4 301 9 309 5739 4684 2 299 2 246 6 359 4684 3758 2 277 3 100 6 026 3758 2943 1*113 5 099 7 044 2943 2217 5*096 6 085 8 064 2217 1577 5 093 6*066 10 076 1577 1045 5 093 6*059 10 081 1045 637 5 092 6 056 10 083 637 357 5 091 6 053 9 084 357 186 5 091 5 051 8 085 186 89 4 092 5 050 5*086 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