DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/16 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.9 - - 78.0 - - 70.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 23 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2725 - - 2956 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1507 - - 73 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2790 - - 3021 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 614 - - 560 - - 1519 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 309 - - 189 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 188 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -605 - - -167 - - -1536 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3395 - - 3188 - - 1625 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6479 - - -6522 - - -8811 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9269 - - 9543 - - 8900 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 90 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.9 - - 78.0 - - 70.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.6 - - 64.5 - - 63.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.8 - - 71.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.4 - - 63.6 - - 63.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 23 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2725 - - 2956 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 27 - - 59 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 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] 99067 15 100 5 087 2 069 99067 91699 15 085 10 075 8 030 91699 85999 13 091 9 085 13 032 85999 81244 11 079 8 069 13 043 81244 77134 11 083 7 076 10 054 77134 73503 13 097 4 094 5 062 73503 70224 10 097 2 103 3 052 70224 67215 5 103 5 130 4 125 67215 64433 1 099 5 121 7 133 64433 61757 4 163 5 166 5 165 61757 58992 4 187 6 296 2 334 58992 56155 2 194 15 313 15 333 56155 53492 2 131 13 296 19 311 53492 51122 12 053 4 104 9 333 51122 49000 23 018 15 048 10 014 49000 47060 22 018 16 046 10 046 47060 45266 21 010 14 033 12 041 45266 43598 20 359 14 023 14 025 43598 42034 18 351 13 029 17 016 42034 40556 18 351 13 034 13 009 40556 39150 16 005 13 027 9 027 39150 37779 12 033 11 022 8 052 37779 36372 11 047 8 031 8 052 36372 34901 10 043 8 036 7 052 34901 33367 10 037 8 033 7 051 33367 31756 11 027 9 027 8 036 31756 30054 11 019 9 030 10 021 30054 28265 10 018 7 015 10 358 28265 26388 8 020 7 357 8 343 26388 24427 8 341 11 341 9 325 24427 22385 11 312 13 312 17 307 22385 20261 12 323 13 304 17 310 20261 18051 13 332 13 311 13 321 18051 15801 13 324 14 310 10 327 15801 13635 13 317 15 314 12 332 13635 11668 16 315 18 321 12 339 11668 9921 18 312 21 324 15 342 9921 8370 18 313 22 321 18 345 8370 6994 17 322 20 321 19 347 6994 5774 16 334 15 329 17 352 5774 4699 10 345 8 338 12 355 4699 3760 4 277 4*231 7 313 3760 2939 7*210 7*195 6 246 2939 2212 7*206 8 191 7 210 2212 1573 7 204 8 188 8 190 1573 1041 7 201 8 187 9 184 1041 634 7 199 8 187 10 184 634 355 6 198 7 184 10 183 355 186 6 198 7 184 9*180 186 89 5 198 6 184 4*174 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