DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 72.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - -22 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1447 - - 158 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 73 - - 73 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1512 - - 223 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1006 - - 1513 - - 304 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 183 - - 46 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 191 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -856 - - -1372 - - -467 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2368 - - 1595 - - 556 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4500 - - -7529 - - -8685 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6012 - - 7752 - - 8774 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 40 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 72.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.6 - - 65.3 - - 63.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.5 - - 73.1 - - 67.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.2 - - 64.5 - - 63.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - -22 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1447 - - 158 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 12 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] 97353 46 245 40 238 35 242 97353 90178 29 248 33 255 23 252 90178 84631 25 244 28 262 21 263 84631 80016 18 238 23 247 24 277 80016 76056 6 302 13 233 19 285 76056 72570 10 337 3 289 14 287 72570 69427 11 343 4 003 7 306 69427 66553 14 328 8 008 4 325 66553 63889 17 323 15 330 8 330 63889 61318 14 320 20 322 16 328 61318 58649 18 315 23 313 19 313 58649 55881 28 308 26 297 25 283 55881 53228 32 318 27 287 32 282 53228 50822 39 317 33 291 35 288 50822 48646 45 309 42 297 36 297 48646 46653 51 299 43 303 41 314 46653 44813 51 300 44 320 57 323 44813 43102 47 304 66 330 69 326 43102 41497 45 303 84 331 81 326 41497 39983 48 312 89 330 87 322 39983 38549 56 319 86 329 87 319 38549 37155 58 322 76 329 87 320 37155 35732 58 320 64 322 84 325 35732 34251 50 314 56 317 67 325 34251 32717 38 302 49 313 55 312 32717 31117 25 281 42 308 51 301 31117 29442 22 274 35 296 43 295 29442 27692 23 263 30 279 38 286 27692 25870 25 269 29 273 37 281 25870 23973 28 279 29 278 36 284 23973 22002 26 290 27 282 35 288 22002 19946 25 290 25 280 29 282 19946 17801 24 286 22 284 22 281 17801 15611 21 281 17 304 17 293 15611 13494 16 281 21 317 22 308 13494 11560 14 267 24 314 24 310 11560 9836 14 279 22 307 19 310 9836 8302 21 269 17 292 21 296 8302 6943 19 257 20 277 23 281 6943 5742 17 253 24 263 25 275 5742 4685 16 255 23 246 23 268 4685 3758 18 250 22 236 23 249 3758 2941 19 238 22 230 26 237 2941 2213 18 220 24 217 29 230 2213 1572 16*206 23 208 28 221 1572 1040 14*201 19 198 26 217 1040 632 13 201 17 195 23 208 632 353 12 200 14*193 16 198 353 185 11 200 12*192 13*197 185 89 9 199 8 190 6*194 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