DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/10 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.1 - - 86.7 - - 77.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 373 - - 152 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3830 - - 3919 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2670 - - 2367 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3895 - - 3984 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2298 - - 2048 - - 2641 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 456 - - 348 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 230 - - 229 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 15 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -702 - - 316 - - -340 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4598 - - 3668 - - 430 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1412 - - -195 - - -949 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5307 - - 4179 - - 1038 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 96 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 560 - - 1210 - - 1870 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.1 - - 86.7 - - 77.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.0 - - 70.5 - - 74.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.3 - - 85.7 - - 77.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.7 - - 69.4 - - 74.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 373 - - 152 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3830 - - 3919 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 85 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 19 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] 98689 29 071 19 058 19 080 98689 91216 16 077 15 072 17 065 91216 85494 11 096 14 074 15 049 85494 80781 15 085 11 074 14 040 80781 76732 19 074 17 070 12 057 76732 73138 14 077 18 061 14 065 73138 69866 9 082 15 049 14 055 69866 66854 13 080 12 031 16 042 66854 64070 19 070 11 040 14 044 64070 61396 23 043 17 036 16 045 61396 58641 27 019 23 022 18 037 58641 55820 31 009 26 018 21 025 55820 53145 34 358 30 004 26 002 53145 50734 35 353 33 347 32 340 50734 48566 35 355 29 334 35 322 48566 46593 38 353 29 327 31 310 46593 44779 41 343 39 317 29 308 44779 43087 40 335 36 319 35 303 43087 41500 31 332 30 324 32 297 41500 40010 25 329 31 320 28 282 40010 38607 21 325 27 310 27 267 38607 37244 11 314 20 283 26 263 37244 35850 11 286 16 267 25 262 35850 34393 13 288 16 265 22 267 34393 32880 20 277 20 260 21 264 32880 31294 18 265 26 255 22 255 31294 29623 14 278 25 250 24 249 29623 27865 14 277 25 256 24 254 27865 26023 15 274 24 263 24 268 26023 24097 16 273 22 268 22 276 24097 22093 18 278 20 269 17 292 22093 20004 22 285 18 264 17 302 20004 17826 26 289 17 264 17 302 17826 15607 24 289 19 259 12 280 15607 13478 20 284 21 257 12 266 13478 11549 18 268 21 247 14 252 11549 9835 22 253 22 246 16 248 9835 8316 23 240 21 252 19 247 8316 6968 24 231 21 249 23 244 6968 5775 27 229 21 249 26 242 5775 4719 27*229 20*243 28 240 4719 3790 24*228 19*234 28 236 3790 2971 24 228 18 230 26 233 2971 2239 23 230 18 228 23 227 2239 1593 23 231 18 227 22 224 1593 1055 22 231 17 227 19 218 1055 643 21 232 17 226 16 212 643 360 20 233 16 226 13 210 360 188 19 233 14 226 11 209 188 89 15 234 12 226 7*207 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