DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 39.1 - - 38.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - -2 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1502 - - 433 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1567 - - 498 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 509 - - 1289 - - 1372 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 220 - - 35 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 177 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -258 - - -945 - - -713 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1825 - - 1443 - - 799 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12081 - - -13263 - - -14298 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13648 - - 13761 - - 14384 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 39.1 - - 38.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.8 - - 33.4 - - 35.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.6 - - 39.4 - - 39.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.1 - - 32.9 - - 35.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - -2 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1502 - - 433 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 101 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95684 73 245 70 252 58 259 95684 88719 42 258 44 255 35 263 88719 83313 27 255 28 261 23 265 83313 78816 19 258 16 275 18 269 78816 74920 14 280 13 286 16 276 74920 71459 14 293 15 265 20 276 71459 68316 13 298 17 277 20 278 68316 65414 3 301 16 268 19 278 65414 62696 11 320 18 277 20 279 62696 60053 37 293 31 290 32 284 60053 57309 49 275 49 283 50 281 57309 54480 53 285 57 282 58 282 54480 51780 73 290 69 289 73 286 51780 49334 82 281 82 281 82 283 49334 47131 78 279 83 277 86 280 47131 45143 74 278 81 280 81 281 45143 43343 78 282 87 284 89 286 43343 41700 90 285 93 280 96 285 41700 40185 98 284 88 276 93 288 40185 38764 97 284 86 273 94 292 38764 37416 87 284 83 274 85 293 37416 36107 79 283 80 273 69 291 36107 34768 81 278 77 271 63 283 34768 33368 83 277 72 273 64 276 33368 31908 83 277 69 274 67 273 31908 30376 81 277 67 272 66 275 30376 28760 80 279 64 271 62 278 28760 27058 80 281 59 279 59 280 27058 25269 71 281 56 285 59 282 25269 23395 58 280 52 289 59 283 23395 21441 59 280 56 294 57 281 21441 19402 64 283 67 286 55 279 19402 17275 70 284 69 273 53 277 17275 15104 65 279 55 269 49 270 15104 13014 36 266 42 266 45 254 13014 11113 19 268 36 266 40 245 11113 9428 19 273 30 261 33 237 9428 7936 23 271 20 247 31 225 7936 6617 22 264 16 233 29 219 6617 5451 20 249 19 227 32 220 5451 4425 18 236 22 223 37 226 4425 3528 14 226 26 224 41 231 3528 2745 13 214 27 221 39 224 2745 2058 13*195 20 197 35 209 2058 1461 10*166 16 182 30 195 1461 968 10 165 13 180 25 187 968 591 10 164 12*179 20 181 591 332 9 163 11*178 15 177 332 176 8 163 9 177 13 176 176 86 7 162 6 177 8*174 86 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