DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.2 - - 85.6 - - 78.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 45 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2423 - - 3224 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1334 - - 892 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2488 - - 3289 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1368 - - 2386 - - 1767 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 232 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 31 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 142 - - 221 - - 089 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -99 - - -92 - - -987 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2587 - - 3381 - - 1077 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1961 - - -1713 - - -2725 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4449 - - 5002 - - 2815 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 91 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1500 - - 1550 - - 1590 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.2 - - 85.6 - - 78.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.9 - - 70.9 - - 73.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.2 - - 85.3 - - 78.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.9 - - 70.0 - - 73.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 45 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2423 - - 3224 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 65 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99006 12 126 1 228 15 010 99006 91591 13 077 6 080 9 026 91591 85851 13 053 11 070 7 068 85851 81073 7 068 11 062 7 063 81073 76966 9 079 7 066 7 039 76966 73347 7 111 2 008 6 017 73347 70071 11 076 2 004 1 328 70071 67059 6 027 12 337 10 350 67059 64279 4 327 11 313 13 314 64279 61596 11 329 14 327 16 320 61596 58816 20 304 19 304 21 313 58816 55952 19 312 17 302 23 309 55952 53225 33 336 24 316 30 306 53225 50775 41 323 36 313 33 302 50775 48586 41 299 44 302 40 301 48586 46613 39 279 41 287 38 295 46613 44817 36 288 36 294 34 304 44817 43157 39 304 37 304 36 311 43157 41603 43 307 40 306 36 310 41603 40137 47 305 39 305 35 306 40137 38745 47 300 37 305 35 297 38745 37388 44 296 36 307 36 285 37388 35997 38 291 38 305 34 285 35997 34544 35 288 39 300 28 292 34544 33031 36 289 39 295 25 302 33031 31441 37 294 36 291 25 305 31441 29763 31 295 32 298 28 308 29763 28000 26 297 27 302 30 311 28000 26152 26 293 20 295 29 309 26152 24221 25 290 17 290 21 290 24221 22214 25 295 18 283 19 288 22214 20122 21 301 16 286 23 301 20122 17936 16 303 15 290 20 299 17936 15708 14 306 15 283 18 282 15708 13565 12 319 13 285 15 277 13565 11620 11 306 13 302 13 283 11620 9893 13 294 17 299 14 296 9893 8363 13 287 17 296 15 300 8363 7007 12 274 14 300 15 285 7007 5806 10 270 10 290 13 278 5806 4743 7 290 7 278 12 270 4743 3808 3 244 3*240 9 252 3808 2983 5*155 2*234 7 237 2983 2247 5*146 2 228 6 211 2247 1597 5 143 1 217 5 173 1597 1057 5 141 1 216 8 124 1057 644 5 141 1 206 9 102 644 360 5 139 1 213 8 096 360 188 5 139 1 211 7*092 188 90 4 139 1 207 5*089 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