DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/21 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0656z - - 0958z - - 1330z - - 1558z - - 1858z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 66.5 - - 71.1 - - 74.0 - - 75.6 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 39 - - 119 - - 141 - - 64 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 938 - - 1901 - - 3042 - - 3399 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit 52 - - 865 - - 1756 - - 1529 - - 52 Hcrit BL Top 1003 - - 1966 - - 3107 - - 3464 - - 69 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1062 - - 917 - - 873 - - 1249 - - 1503 Hgt.Variab. W* 146 - - 264 - - 325 - - 267 - - 11 W* B/S 2 - - 4 - - 11 - - 14 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 13 - - 11 - - 5 - - 3 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 054 - - 057 - - 064 - - 093 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 4 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - -1 - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -312 - - -443 - - 280 - - 511 - - -1624 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1315 - - 2409 - - 2827 - - 2953 - - 1693 sfcLCL ODpotential -5096 - - -4785 - - -4103 - - -183 - - -6417 ODpotential blCL 6099 - - 6751 - - 7210 - - 3647 - - 6486 blCL maxRH 85 - - 94 - - 84 - - 94 - - 72 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 66.5 - - 71.1 - - 74.0 - - 75.6 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 61.0 - - 60.9 - - 61.9 - - 62.9 - - 61.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.0 - - 70.2 - - 73.0 - - 75.0 - - 68.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 60.1 - - 58.9 - - 60.0 - - 61.3 - - 60.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 39 - - 119 - - 141 - - 64 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 938 - - 1901 - - 3042 - - 3399 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 40 - - 74 - - 35 - - 78 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 11 - - 10 - - 10 - - 11 - - 11 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] 98010 4 272 11 201 10 256 7 245 3 279 98010 90445 8 260 9 212 10 243 11 252 13 262 90445 84654 6 237 7 226 9 230 13 257 14 243 84654 79869 4 221 9 249 8 237 12 278 11 269 79869 75767 1 150 6 265 6 232 11 283 12 301 75767 72170 8 352 8 290 5 288 9 301 11 308 72170 68937 8 320 7 290 7 279 10 294 13 308 68937 65988 8 325 9 311 7 287 11 284 15 300 65988 63271 15 313 13 299 10 282 13 259 17 282 63271 60646 21 294 20 290 18 281 16 261 19 277 60646 57915 24 276 28 284 27 281 23 274 24 267 57915 55081 29 269 36 275 37 278 33 284 28 271 55081 52368 33 264 41 263 44 270 43 281 32 276 52368 49922 39 263 42 257 47 262 49 272 42 276 49922 47740 46 261 43 261 48 259 50 261 49 268 47740 45783 48 262 43 261 45 256 45 256 45 254 45783 44010 43 266 38 251 35 245 40 243 38 251 44010 42371 42 270 37 248 29 241 40 239 40 255 42371 40830 45 275 36 257 27 248 40 237 47 250 40830 39374 43 273 37 264 29 252 41 239 50 248 39374 37995 39 270 37 264 32 249 41 242 49 246 37995 36652 34 264 38 262 35 246 40 245 48 245 36652 35277 31 262 38 262 36 246 39 249 46 247 35277 33841 31 267 36 260 36 248 38 252 43 253 33841 32347 31 273 32 257 33 251 38 253 38 261 32347 30781 29 268 30 254 30 251 38 253 32 270 30781 29130 31 259 30 257 29 250 36 254 32 276 29130 27395 30 256 31 259 30 252 33 258 33 275 27395 25577 29 257 32 264 29 258 31 263 33 273 25577 23681 29 261 32 272 29 265 29 266 31 273 23681 21712 29 263 30 275 29 268 28 265 28 276 21712 19663 30 266 28 269 31 270 29 270 26 280 19663 17528 30 265 30 264 33 275 28 281 25 283 17528 15349 30 258 31 267 34 284 29 297 25 289 15349 13249 29 262 28 272 31 290 31 302 26 302 13249 11342 26 275 24 279 24 296 21 300 21 309 11342 9652 23 288 20 290 18 293 15 297 10 286 9652 8154 22 294 18 294 15 292 12 293 8 264 8154 6823 20 296 14 299 12 295 9 296 5 268 6823 5642 16 302 11 306 8 288 8 284 5 279 5642 4600 12 315 9 314 7 278 7 280 5 269 4600 3685 13 343 9 337 3*331 3*292 5 267 3685 2881 12 016 10 019 5*057 1*073 4 270 2881 2163 14 054 13*057 5 061 3 091 1 212 2163 1531 18*058 12*058 5 064 4 093 8 128 1531 1007 16*056 12 057 6 066 4 094 13 126 1007 607 14 054 12 056 6 067 5 095 13 123 607 331 12 054 11 056 6 070 5 094 12 121 331 164 11 053 10 056 5 068 5 095 10*120 164 69 9 053 9 055 5 069 4 095 6*118 69 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