DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 55.3 - - 53.5 - - 47.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - -26 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2545 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2610 - - 87 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1207 - - 4702 - - 200 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 242 - - 16 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 297 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 65 - - -2231 - - -735 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2545 - - 2318 - - 822 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1719 - - -2786 - - -2817 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4329 - - 2873 - - 2904 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 65 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 53.5 - - 47.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.4 - - 43.8 - - 44.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 54.7 - - 49.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.4 - - 43.2 - - 43.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - -26 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2545 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96409 50 258 53 264 59 261 96409 89181 26 253 27 253 33 265 89181 83657 20 264 20 274 20 261 83657 79074 15 264 19 276 11 289 79074 75102 13 260 21 297 25 297 75102 71613 17 253 23 277 21 284 71613 68465 11 240 9 226 12 274 68465 65530 30 305 21 314 29 305 65530 62766 46 279 42 285 42 292 62766 60069 46 265 47 266 39 275 60069 57253 43 267 44 268 40 256 57253 54308 48 273 41 274 42 279 54308 51481 48 267 49 272 54 279 51481 48948 51 266 52 272 56 281 48948 46687 54 266 57 275 63 282 46687 44643 55 267 62 278 68 280 44643 42786 58 269 68 279 67 278 42786 41095 64 273 76 277 66 281 41095 39540 72 274 76 275 73 283 39540 38095 78 272 75 284 79 283 38095 36740 78 274 83 289 80 286 36740 35435 79 277 85 290 74 293 35435 34112 80 278 81 293 75 302 34112 32741 80 280 81 294 79 303 32741 31318 82 282 82 292 79 301 31318 29824 87 283 82 291 76 298 29824 28245 90 282 80 293 73 293 28245 26581 91 284 76 293 73 291 26581 24829 94 288 71 293 71 291 24829 22992 92 288 65 292 68 293 22992 21074 72 282 61 290 62 292 21074 19072 47 284 61 290 56 289 19072 16980 44 286 54 290 50 284 16980 14850 45 282 41 282 42 281 14850 12808 42 281 36 278 34 276 12808 10960 37 277 37 285 32 280 10960 9323 34 279 29 284 33 291 9323 7871 30 286 26 282 32 292 7871 6585 27 289 26 290 30 278 6585 5448 24 287 27 294 28 275 5448 4449 24 286 27 292 21 291 4449 3575 25 289 26 292 17 303 3575 2803 24*287 25 293 18 306 2803 2113 20*282 25 295 18 311 2113 1504 19 281 23 296 18 316 1504 997 18 280 21 297 16 320 997 608 17 280 18 297 14 322 608 341 16 280 15 297 12 318 341 179 14 280 12 298 9 312 179 87 11 279 8*297 4*303 87 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