DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 86.5 - - 87.4 - - 82.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 354 - - 165 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7188 - - 7657 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5296 - - 5212 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7253 - - 7722 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3749 - - 3176 - - 8411 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 556 - - 443 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 215 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 29 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -290 - - 169 - - -6408 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7543 - - 7553 - - 6497 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1471 - - -813 - - -7841 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8724 - - 8535 - - 7930 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 65 - - 83 - - 35 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 140 - - 110 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.5 - - 87.4 - - 82.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.5 - - 54.4 - - 54.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.4 - - 86.3 - - 83.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.6 - - 53.6 - - 53.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 354 - - 165 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7188 - - 7657 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 31 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 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] 98932 23 090 23 076 20 074 98932 91409 21 086 23 088 21 077 91409 85636 20 079 21 084 18 079 85636 80853 14 092 15 079 16 066 80853 76735 10 111 13 063 13 075 76735 73094 9 120 7 063 8 068 73094 69801 7 114 7 144 5 047 69801 66773 5 160 4 180 7 303 66773 63969 7 209 7 237 8 259 63969 61265 4 325 6 239 9 274 61265 58436 20 263 17 255 13 260 58436 55500 28 257 33 273 28 278 55500 52716 40 252 42 255 43 270 52716 50224 43 251 49 253 48 261 50224 47984 52 254 55 247 45 254 47984 45942 63 252 55 250 45 252 45942 44083 67 253 66 257 53 265 44083 42404 75 258 78 253 65 260 42404 40868 85 255 80 250 52 252 40868 39428 91 251 75 250 34 260 39428 38061 93 251 67 251 42 280 38061 36725 91 253 62 253 55 293 36725 35360 84 258 58 256 63 296 35360 33938 78 260 53 259 59 292 33938 32461 75 261 50 258 50 282 32461 30909 69 257 42 249 45 268 30909 29270 60 258 31 238 45 254 29270 27542 56 258 29 248 42 246 27542 25727 58 254 30 253 32 238 25727 23828 59 250 32 258 33 241 23828 21848 56 249 37 266 36 239 21848 19782 53 252 39 264 35 240 19782 17627 48 252 37 261 34 255 17627 15436 42 255 36 272 35 267 15436 13333 34 259 34 276 34 276 13333 11433 27 256 20 265 30 270 11433 9753 23 257 16 251 24 258 9753 8262 16*250 14*242 21 250 8262 6934 10*233 12*225 18 240 6934 5751 10 230 11 219 17 228 5751 4704 9 229 11 216 16 218 4704 3781 9 230 11 215 15 208 3781 2965 9 230 11 213 15 201 2965 2236 8 230 10 213 16 196 2236 1592 8 230 10 212 16 194 1592 1055 8 231 10 211 16 192 1055 643 8 232 9 211 15 190 643 360 7 232 9 210 13 189 360 188 7 232 8 210 10 188 188 89 6 233 7 210 6*186 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