DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/01 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 - - 1331z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.4 - - 72.6 - - 62.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 250 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8512 - - 2918 - - 1447 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6409 - - 1836 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8577 - - 2983 - - 1512 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1614 - - 5008 - - 901 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 608 - - 365 - - 112 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 024 - - 085 - - 083 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 15 - - -3 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 140 - - -3191 - - -1627 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8437 - - 6175 - - 3139 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -884 - - -3996 - - -4471 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9461 - - 6979 - - 5983 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 83 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 30 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.4 - - 72.6 - - 62.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 45.9 - - 49.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.3 - - 71.2 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.4 - - 45.4 - - 49.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 250 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8512 - - 2918 - - 1447 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 31 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98410 11 076 13 080 11 080 98410 90974 12 074 10 060 17 067 90974 85255 11 099 10 101 11 053 85255 80487 16 107 11 107 9 033 80487 76376 12 071 10 082 7 058 76376 72731 7 065 8 057 6 057 72731 69426 6 053 4 071 3 003 69426 66378 14 009 13 020 5 347 66378 63544 11 322 15 352 13 302 63544 60815 15 344 12 346 5 000 60815 57950 28 311 24 318 18 342 57950 54973 32 302 38 302 35 311 54973 52169 42 297 51 294 51 302 52169 49681 51 289 57 287 62 294 49681 47472 54 281 58 279 71 279 47472 45477 57 282 59 280 72 273 45477 43651 66 283 63 281 68 273 43651 41962 75 283 64 282 67 278 41962 40395 79 281 64 282 72 279 40395 38937 79 280 60 278 78 279 38937 37566 80 279 61 273 77 277 37566 36236 80 274 62 271 72 275 36236 34876 80 272 61 273 66 274 34876 33458 80 272 62 274 64 273 33458 31983 80 274 66 274 63 273 31983 30437 73 275 70 275 64 274 30437 28806 65 276 68 274 63 273 28806 27089 62 278 61 273 59 275 27089 25289 59 279 56 276 53 279 25289 23409 58 282 53 280 48 281 23409 21452 57 286 49 284 42 282 21452 19412 50 287 46 287 41 283 19412 17282 40 290 46 286 38 290 17282 15117 32 295 37 291 25 294 15117 13042 29 297 28 298 19 304 13042 11167 23 299 22 310 17 308 11167 9512 12*324 17 320 14 317 9512 8047 11*002 16 324 13 329 8047 6742 11 006 13 334 12 338 6742 5580 13 021 11 350 10 349 5580 4552 13 024 9 017 8 028 4552 3649 14 027 10*053 11 067 3649 2854 14 029 13*075 22 076 2854 2148 15 030 17 085 26 080 2148 1529 15 031 18 087 25*082 1529 1013 15 032 18 087 23*083 1013 619 14 032 18 087 21 083 619 347 14 033 17 087 19 083 347 182 13 032 16 087 16 084 182 88 11 033 13 087 12 084 88 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