DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.7 - - 81.6 - - 73.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5018 - - 4416 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3060 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5083 - - 4481 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2146 - - 2319 - - 781 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 356 - - 182 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 19 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 220 - - 187 - - 142 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -837 - - -1335 - - -2239 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5920 - - 5816 - - 2328 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7713 - - -7136 - - -4976 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12796 - - 11617 - - 5065 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 77 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.7 - - 81.6 - - 73.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 56.6 - - 64.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.9 - - 81.6 - - 75.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 55.3 - - 63.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5018 - - 4416 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 99212 18 091 19 070 24 063 99212 91721 22 084 20 092 21 066 91721 85960 21 081 19 091 16 082 85960 81188 17 093 14 076 15 084 81188 77075 16 081 12 084 10 069 77075 73437 14 076 12 088 8 075 73437 70142 12 092 7 106 9 061 70142 67099 9 117 5 113 5 048 67099 64274 10 124 2 168 1 066 64274 61540 7 126 5 227 5 185 61540 58692 6 225 10 254 7 231 58692 55761 10 242 17 255 14 248 55761 52983 16 258 21 249 18 243 52983 50488 24 258 24 245 26 255 50488 48259 29 256 27 249 34 253 48259 46249 33 266 30 259 36 253 46249 44419 40 269 38 266 38 256 44419 42733 43 268 42 263 36 256 42733 41165 43 269 43 263 38 255 41165 39700 44 267 42 261 49 253 39700 38322 44 264 44 261 53 249 38322 36983 41 265 47 265 50 248 36983 35613 33 263 48 270 45 243 35613 34181 30 261 39 273 45 241 34181 32688 27 259 30 253 43 242 32688 31121 25 256 31 242 41 241 31121 29467 26 245 30 235 39 240 29467 27729 30 253 29 240 38 239 27729 25904 30 263 29 245 36 237 25904 23996 26 262 26 244 32 237 23996 22007 23 257 23 241 27 236 22007 19931 22 255 21 238 24 226 19931 17764 22 254 22 239 24 221 17764 15553 19 250 21 242 21 230 15553 13422 16 247 19 243 18 240 13422 11489 14 253 17 246 17 245 11489 9779 11 263 15 256 18 245 9779 8267 12 288 12 269 15 244 8267 6929 14 295 10 267 13 241 6929 5743 10*279 9 244 14 229 5743 4693 7*258 7*227 15 220 4693 3768 5 239 6*197 14 213 3768 2953 4 218 6 192 13 202 2953 2225 3 207 6 188 12 187 2225 1583 3 198 6 185 12 176 1583 1049 3 191 6 183 11 169 1049 639 3 186 6 183 10 164 639 357 3 186 6 182 9 159 357 187 3 183 5 181 7 153 187 89 2 184 5 181 4*142 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