DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 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 - - - 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 53.5 - - 51.3 - - 46.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 70 - - -29 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 299 - - 1013 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - 364 - - 1078 - - 87 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 367 - - 561 - - 1458 - - 480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 81 - - 174 - - 19 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 10 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 223 - - 198 - - 170 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2602 - - -2612 - - -2710 - - -1407 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2966 - - 3691 - - 2797 - - 1494 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9300 - - -7644 - - -6024 - - -4565 ODpotential blCL - - - 9664 - - 8722 - - 6111 - - 4652 blCL maxRH - - - 57 - - 89 - - 57 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 53.5 - - 51.3 - - 46.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.7 - - 37.5 - - 39.2 - - 39.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.4 - - 53.0 - - 52.3 - - 47.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.6 - - 36.3 - - 38.4 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 70 - - -29 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 299 - - 1013 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 57 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95265 56 255 60 277 44 265 62 265 95265 88457 41 281 41 279 37 279 40 287 88457 83136 38 301 29 281 34 283 41 299 83136 78653 36 298 28 286 33 291 37 298 78653 74737 35 282 32 284 35 301 33 299 74737 71231 34 279 35 282 32 286 31 293 71231 68030 38 272 38 280 32 274 35 283 68030 65069 39 261 38 265 34 266 39 275 65069 62314 37 260 36 255 34 263 40 265 62314 59632 41 261 39 259 35 267 38 255 59632 56819 50 248 48 249 42 260 41 242 56819 53888 54 244 52 238 51 246 50 237 53888 51086 58 243 55 238 60 239 55 235 51086 48565 61 240 63 238 66 236 61 234 48565 46306 67 239 68 237 71 235 61 233 46306 44254 68 235 72 237 77 235 62 233 44254 42381 61 232 70 234 82 227 76 234 42381 40675 54 234 65 232 78 219 87 225 40675 39115 61 241 66 235 74 222 86 218 39115 37669 75 241 78 232 78 230 80 218 37669 36314 89 244 86 223 91 223 80 223 36314 35008 95 242 87 218 92 213 83 223 35008 33682 88 244 89 218 94 209 83 221 33682 32302 79 238 89 217 90 210 84 217 32302 30879 83 233 87 219 91 210 98 208 30879 29396 86 234 85 221 91 212 105 204 29396 27832 80 232 82 224 88 214 110 205 27832 26185 72 228 78 225 84 216 109 209 26185 24454 66 224 78 221 81 217 99 209 24454 22640 61 221 80 217 78 215 91 211 22640 20751 59 221 76 209 75 214 71 212 20751 18780 55 221 66 206 69 214 65 211 18780 16723 52 223 52 209 58 214 60 213 16723 14625 50 228 50 221 46 211 55 213 14625 12611 51 229 51 224 41 213 42 208 12611 10793 52 225 50 225 40 212 26 226 10793 9191 51 220 47 226 35 222 22 240 9191 7775 47 220 44 221 34 233 22 234 7775 6517 39 219 38 216 35 231 21 228 6517 5402 32 208 30 212 36 222 25 225 5402 4415 23 198 21 196 38 215 29 216 4415 3547 12 207 11 192 38 208 32 206 3547 2780 12 246 9 223 36 200 33 204 2780 2096 14 254 10 236 35 195 35 202 2096 1491 16 254 11*223 32 191 34 199 1491 988 19 244 10*200 27 182 32 196 988 602 17*238 10 198 22 176 27 191 602 338 11*224 9 197 18 173 18 183 338 178 10 223 9 197 15 172 15 181 178 87 8 221 7 195 10*170 8*179 87 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