DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.3 - - 67.0 - - 59.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - -41 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2773 - - 24 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1428 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2838 - - 89 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 738 - - 3990 - - 250 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 290 - - 29 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 007 - - 353 - - 343 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -954 - - -4306 - - -2165 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3792 - - 4395 - - 2253 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9838 - - -11331 - - -10572 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12676 - - 11420 - - 10660 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 44 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.3 - - 67.0 - - 59.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.2 - - 48.2 - - 50.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.8 - - 68.2 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.9 - - 47.0 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - -41 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2773 - - 24 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98534 10 129 6 044 4 039 98534 91178 10 094 9 022 5 063 91178 85463 4 080 8 351 9 018 85463 80715 4 094 10 313 16 010 80715 76627 5 072 7 343 10 351 76627 73023 6 066 4 025 5 321 73023 69779 6 033 2 052 6 312 69779 66805 6 020 4 016 5 299 66805 64046 7 348 4 337 2 298 64046 61377 7 279 5 303 2 356 61377 58602 8 246 2 252 6 304 58602 55733 5 219 5 220 12 277 55733 53000 3 210 7 225 16 252 53000 50543 6 240 3 193 14 220 50543 48337 10 214 2 262 10 196 48337 46329 11 188 10 248 8 216 46329 44483 10 198 15 223 11 222 44483 42770 6 204 14 186 11 180 42770 41178 15 275 6 235 1 251 41178 39697 23 135 14 219 12 272 39697 38301 24 118 27 136 19 167 38301 36942 23 123 29 129 21 132 36942 35552 23 124 21 136 13 136 35552 34102 20 128 12 145 5 151 34102 32594 15 132 11 151 3 124 32594 31010 11 138 9 137 1 150 31010 29337 9 136 4 145 6 287 29337 27573 2 147 18 276 7 311 27573 25718 15 292 17 319 5 014 25718 23789 15 305 8 029 11 027 23789 21790 15 008 13 013 15 028 21790 19707 26 032 19 007 22 024 19707 17539 23 032 15 011 19 018 17539 15330 19 027 14 020 15 016 15330 13210 20 031 17 026 16 010 13210 11291 19 031 14 027 21 000 11291 9593 25 035 19 019 30 019 9593 8093 34 037 30 027 35 022 8093 6769 36 033 36 030 36 023 6769 5603 37 032 34 030 38 028 5603 4578 36 030 34 025 37 024 4578 3678 32 024 30 007 35 015 3678 2883 25*008 28 001 34 014 2883 2173 25*008 27 359 34 013 2173 1546 24 007 25 358 33 010 1546 1023 23 007 23 357 32 006 1023 623 22 007 21 356 28 001 623 349 21 007 18 355 20 351 349 183 18 007 15*354 17 348 183 88 14 006 11*353 8*343 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