DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.1 - - 76.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 58 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1815 - - 1857 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 530 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1880 - - 1922 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 850 - - 702 - - 2194 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 204 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 069 - - 103 - - 088 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 417 - - 28 - - -965 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1463 - - 1894 - - 1054 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 378 - - -5444 - - -6493 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1502 - - 7366 - - 6582 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 420 - - 660 - - 990 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.1 - - 76.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 70.8 - - 71.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.7 - - 78.7 - - 76.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.5 - - 70.2 - - 71.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 58 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1815 - - 1857 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 70 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 16 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] 99090 19 125 12 164 5 218 99090 91631 12 095 6 164 4 335 91631 85846 9 081 5 122 5 043 85846 81038 8 018 6 050 9 075 81038 76916 2 353 5 049 6 073 76916 73295 4 057 9 046 6 085 73295 70022 5 205 11 341 5 018 70022 67010 5 120 8 320 9 350 67010 64228 7 338 6 338 12 337 64228 61553 6 319 8 319 16 308 61553 58781 14 323 11 288 14 297 58781 55921 25 300 23 298 25 306 55921 53205 32 303 34 296 33 293 53205 50784 41 307 34 294 28 294 50784 48630 45 299 36 298 29 302 48630 46678 43 289 40 302 37 294 46678 44881 40 286 43 286 45 282 44881 43204 38 281 44 271 47 274 43204 41631 37 275 43 267 45 257 41631 40155 38 278 46 275 41 254 40155 38759 40 282 49 279 42 263 38759 37400 41 283 49 280 45 262 37400 36008 39 282 44 280 45 264 36008 34553 36 278 38 280 44 274 34553 33040 35 276 31 279 37 280 33040 31457 33 280 30 284 33 283 31457 29790 31 290 28 287 32 287 29790 28040 27 298 24 289 31 293 28040 26204 27 308 21 289 34 295 26204 24283 26 313 21 296 35 294 24283 22278 25 307 23 298 31 298 22278 20183 27 308 22 298 24 309 20183 17998 28 312 26 303 21 320 17998 15771 23 315 30 311 24 324 15771 13628 17 311 25 320 24 323 13628 11680 13 291 23 334 22 325 11680 9945 13 285 18 337 21 326 9945 8401 14 293 14 323 20 321 8401 7028 18 309 14 313 14 301 7028 5812 22 326 14 317 10 296 5812 4739 19 330 12 330 11 283 4739 3796 10 342 4 317 10 261 3796 2967 5 021 3 163 8 220 2967 2233 8*070 8*116 8 156 2233 1588 8*070 9*105 10 118 1588 1052 8 069 9 104 11 102 1052 641 8 068 9 102 11 095 641 359 8 068 9 102 10 092 359 188 7 068 9 101 9 090 188 89 6 068 7 101 6*088 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