DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/13 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 - - - - - - 83.8 - - 85.4 - - 81.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 38 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3581 - - 3992 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2050 - - 1495 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3646 - - 4057 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1734 - - 2581 - - 4540 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 324 - - 248 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 297 - - 292 - - 297 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 269 - - 127 - - -2071 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3377 - - 3931 - - 2161 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -816 - - -1058 - - -3682 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4462 - - 5115 - - 3772 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 81 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 800 - - 630 - - 1390 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.8 - - 85.4 - - 81.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 68.3 - - 71.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.2 - - 83.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.9 - - 67.1 - - 71.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 38 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3581 - - 3992 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 17 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] 99470 39 091 31 088 29 068 99470 91964 32 090 32 091 25 082 91964 86176 26 090 24 089 24 092 86176 81356 21 096 18 082 22 091 81356 77193 19 104 14 082 18 098 77193 73517 15 111 9 090 14 099 73517 70187 10 100 7 108 12 099 70187 67132 4 060 4 067 7 047 67132 64312 6 280 3 290 7 273 64312 61593 18 297 16 309 13 304 61593 58781 24 270 25 277 24 297 58781 55899 24 281 23 284 32 291 55899 53158 35 287 31 285 32 286 53158 50703 47 296 44 305 39 302 50703 48540 63 294 64 293 58 288 48540 46589 73 284 65 281 52 297 46589 44781 62 287 59 290 63 310 44781 43107 81 323 73 315 78 313 43107 41546 101 320 88 311 84 309 41546 40076 99 318 82 308 81 302 40076 38681 98 317 75 305 72 290 38681 37323 94 317 74 301 68 286 37323 35932 70 315 78 302 65 284 35932 34478 56 293 83 306 66 282 34478 32965 62 280 70 307 69 279 32965 31375 63 282 52 297 66 279 31375 29699 61 286 52 284 58 277 29699 27939 58 277 62 286 52 290 27939 26091 55 270 66 288 48 292 26091 24156 54 270 64 281 52 290 24156 22141 48 274 58 276 59 295 22141 20044 45 289 53 285 52 295 20044 17863 41 296 39 292 41 297 17863 15647 32 296 31 291 29 293 15647 13520 24 291 27 292 27 291 13520 11592 22 290 25 289 28 291 11592 9881 20 286 24 285 28 288 9881 8361 24 278 27 281 27 282 8361 7011 28 278 25 278 25 276 7011 5812 25 286 22 280 22 276 5812 4751 17 291 18*285 18 282 4751 3817 11*296 13*290 13 290 3817 2994 11*296 11 292 8 299 2994 2257 11 297 10 292 6 306 2257 1606 10 297 10 293 5 308 1606 1064 10 297 9 292 5 309 1064 649 10 297 9 293 5 309 649 363 9 297 9 293 4 308 363 189 8 297 8 292 3 305 189 90 7 297 7 292 2*297 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