DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 78.0 - - 76.4 - - 71.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 56 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4734 - - 3932 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3038 - - 1771 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4799 - - 3997 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1107 - - 1200 - - 4448 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 386 - - 268 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 085 - - 078 - - 090 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -680 - - -282 - - -1726 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5479 - - 4280 - - 1815 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8716 - - -7135 - - -2674 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13515 - - 11132 - - 2763 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 92 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.0 - - 76.4 - - 71.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.5 - - 58.1 - - 64.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.0 - - 76.1 - - 73.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.2 - - 56.8 - - 63.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 56 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4734 - - 3932 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 69 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 13 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] 99428 46 083 36 088 34 070 99428 91933 41 074 35 079 33 071 91933 86155 29 074 29 073 31 074 86155 81349 27 081 26 074 27 071 81349 77211 25 076 22 073 24 072 77211 73565 20 062 22 076 20 071 73565 70271 16 072 18 061 18 071 70271 67241 13 068 13 045 16 063 67241 64435 5 056 4 034 12 022 64435 61726 7 041 6 049 8 027 61726 58911 9 318 16 327 20 339 58911 56020 11 317 20 308 20 315 56020 53287 27 302 26 300 26 301 53287 50839 35 290 29 284 30 285 50839 48637 42 289 32 291 30 293 48637 46629 46 289 44 300 40 297 46629 44798 49 290 57 293 45 286 44798 43123 56 299 62 290 51 277 43123 41569 76 305 65 284 55 268 41569 40103 78 299 61 278 55 271 40103 38707 68 305 59 272 56 272 38707 37344 49 295 58 275 55 270 37344 35944 49 279 52 280 54 269 35944 34482 55 275 50 275 50 271 34482 32960 53 275 51 273 45 270 32960 31360 48 278 43 273 43 265 31360 29671 45 281 34 268 43 259 29671 27894 40 279 30 267 40 254 27894 26038 38 279 33 263 27 251 26038 24109 33 287 34 263 24 250 24109 22096 21 275 30 253 32 258 22096 19989 21 248 30 256 32 264 19989 17792 11 240 21 270 21 269 17792 15561 6 219 6 224 12 252 15561 13420 6 217 5 168 8 227 13420 11477 4 213 5 149 5 177 11477 9756 2 191 6 129 4 163 9756 8232 2 118 7 121 2 162 8232 6884 7 056 9 106 2 074 6884 5696 8*062 11 084 9 057 5696 4653 9*082 11*079 11 059 4653 3738 9 084 11*079 10 080 3738 2932 9 086 11 078 11 094 2932 2210 10 085 11 078 12 095 2210 1573 10 085 11 078 13 095 1573 1042 10 086 11 077 13 094 1042 635 9 086 11 077 12 093 635 356 9 085 10 077 10 092 356 186 8 085 9 077 8 091 186 89 7 085 8 077 5*090 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