DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - - - - 77.1 - - 83.0 - - 78.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - 10 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 671 - - 3789 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 73 - - 73 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 736 - - 3854 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2314 - - 1564 - - 4793 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 101 - - 187 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 240 - - 267 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1 - - 1417 - - -444 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 737 - - 2437 - - 534 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -969 - - 628 - - -1382 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1705 - - 3226 - - 1472 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 850 - - 1050 - - 2110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 83.0 - - 78.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 72.1 - - 76.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.0 - - 82.9 - - 79.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 71.2 - - 75.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - 10 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 671 - - 3789 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 93 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 19 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] 99398 34 086 27 087 33 075 99398 91914 28 079 25 086 26 081 91914 86157 30 087 26 084 25 086 86157 81383 31 086 26 080 26 078 81383 77274 26 086 23 078 25 073 77274 73646 20 081 17 077 21 070 73646 70360 16 075 13 081 15 066 70360 67334 15 083 13 099 8 068 67334 64528 13 097 12 110 5 097 64528 61818 11 120 7 129 5 161 61818 59009 6 147 7 176 8 181 59009 56112 6 218 8 196 10 211 56112 53359 17 208 17 220 16 212 53359 50900 26 212 31 220 26 214 50900 48718 36 215 38 218 35 218 48718 46750 44 208 43 214 43 219 46750 44940 48 203 50 211 46 218 44940 43254 52 212 54 208 48 217 43254 41670 58 221 56 206 49 214 41670 40174 54 208 56 208 52 214 40174 38757 56 203 58 215 56 216 38757 37378 58 207 61 215 57 217 37378 35967 58 207 63 210 58 217 35967 34495 56 205 64 205 59 220 34495 32967 55 204 63 207 58 223 32967 31366 52 205 59 210 56 222 31366 29677 49 206 56 212 53 224 29677 27904 49 206 53 217 43 225 27904 26053 47 209 46 220 37 230 26053 24131 45 211 39 224 30 243 24131 22136 44 215 29 229 20 259 22136 20055 35 224 25 234 16 279 20055 17885 31 223 23 245 14 287 17885 15670 29 224 22 248 14 262 15670 13534 28 226 18 250 10 254 13534 11591 25 231 17 264 8 259 11591 9868 25 239 17 263 11 256 9868 8341 24 243 19 257 12 268 8341 6986 21 240 19 259 13 274 6986 5788 18 239 16 266 11 290 5788 4732 17 244 12*274 9 317 4732 3804 15 262 10*273 9 323 3804 2983 14 276 10 272 8 316 2983 2250 13 278 9 268 5 296 2250 1601 12 271 9 266 5 263 1601 1061 10*256 8 264 5 229 1061 646 9*244 8 264 6 216 646 361 8 240 8 263 5 210 361 189 7 237 7 262 4*205 189 90 5 235 6 261 3*201 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