DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/11 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.0 - - 90.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3444 - - 2777 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1802 - - 74 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3509 - - 2842 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2580 - - 3987 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 296 - - 179 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 278 - - 244 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 390 - - -356 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3119 - - 3198 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1399 - - -2028 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4908 - - 4870 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 78 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3130 - - 3710 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.0 - - 90.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 75.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.4 - - 90.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 74.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3444 - - 2777 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 14 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 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] 98621 24 083 20 091 98621 91172 22 081 19 084 91172 85458 21 087 18 085 85458 80733 22 080 17 079 80733 76684 23 079 16 076 76684 73107 20 070 16 078 73107 69856 15 067 16 062 69856 66869 17 078 15 055 66869 64111 19 072 13 062 64111 61445 14 053 11 047 61445 58675 13 015 6 014 58675 55824 20 352 10 005 55824 53111 22 320 18 345 53111 50669 25 312 23 319 50669 48487 29 303 21 298 48487 46521 20 314 17 313 46521 44729 19 291 14 319 44729 43067 15 303 16 286 43067 41504 16 297 12 318 41504 40025 14 301 14 318 40025 38619 12 316 16 329 38619 37251 17 326 18 342 37251 35852 18 326 17 347 35852 34393 18 327 14 337 34393 32877 19 323 13 329 32877 31288 24 312 18 321 31288 29615 27 290 22 298 29615 27857 25 283 18 289 27857 26017 24 277 23 288 26017 24105 26 281 24 295 24105 22121 24 288 21 296 22121 20056 21 291 17 281 20056 17904 21 285 15 273 17904 15713 22 279 14 275 15713 13601 21 281 15 280 13601 11678 18 279 17 281 11678 9963 21 281 20 279 9963 8436 26 272 24 269 8436 7078 24 263 26 265 7078 5872 17 272 24 264 5872 4804 13 291 19 264 4804 3862 12*292 17 263 3862 3030 10*284 14*260 3030 2285 10 281 10*250 2285 1627 9 278 9 245 1627 1078 9 276 8 243 1078 657 8 275 8 241 657 367 8 274 7 242 367 191 8 273 7 241 191 91 7 273 6 241 91 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