DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 82.1 - - 75.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 26 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3044 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 74 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 3109 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 2021 - - 1882 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 200 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 269 - - 228 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 888 - - -441 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 2222 - - 531 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - 300 - - -2209 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 2809 - - 2299 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 98 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 1370 - - 1310 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 82.1 - - 75.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 72.2 - - 73.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 81.8 - - 77.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 71.5 - - 73.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 26 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3044 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 91 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 16 - - 18 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] 98800 2 097 12 034 98800 91469 9 090 9 076 91469 85773 9 084 10 093 85773 81011 5 074 8 061 81011 76897 2 233 6 002 76897 73255 7 232 10 300 73255 69960 6 209 7 257 69960 66925 6 235 11 228 66925 64111 11 248 15 213 64111 61403 18 242 19 239 61403 58604 22 239 23 240 58604 55725 34 247 37 261 55725 53015 44 239 46 245 53015 50594 48 243 44 251 50594 48438 55 248 57 259 48438 46502 49 261 57 251 46502 44721 48 262 49 252 44721 43058 50 259 47 255 43058 41498 51 258 45 256 41498 40025 50 256 45 259 40025 38626 49 255 47 263 38626 37262 46 259 49 267 37262 35866 44 263 47 266 35866 34409 42 266 41 261 34409 32894 38 266 39 248 32894 31307 32 263 41 245 31307 29636 35 256 45 258 29636 27881 39 260 42 266 27881 26043 34 265 39 266 26043 24121 31 260 34 268 24121 22120 32 265 31 276 22120 20037 31 267 26 270 20037 17863 26 265 24 265 17863 15647 22 269 22 271 15647 13516 17 277 15 278 13516 11581 16 299 13 304 11581 9860 16 312 12 305 9860 8336 15 293 14 292 8336 6984 19 273 20 289 6984 5787 19 272 22 293 5787 4730 15 268 20 299 4730 3799 13*266 17 299 3799 2978 12*266 14 295 2978 2244 11 268 10 290 2244 1597 11 269 8 286 1597 1058 10 270 6 280 1058 644 10 271 6 270 644 360 9 271 5 256 360 188 9 272 5*243 188 90 7 272 3*228 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