DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.4 - - 86.8 - - 83.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 421 - - 205 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7767 - - 8270 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5837 - - 5825 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7832 - - 8335 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1515 - - 1895 - - 9066 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 601 - - 485 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 276 - - 274 - - 328 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -16 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -138 - - -458 - - -7519 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7970 - - 8793 - - 7610 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3271 - - -1932 - - -8942 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11103 - - 10267 - - 9032 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 78 - - 30 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.4 - - 86.8 - - 83.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.5 - - 48.4 - - 50.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.2 - - 85.5 - - 84.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.8 - - 47.7 - - 49.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 421 - - 205 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7767 - - 8270 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 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] 99084 28 095 32 094 27 081 99084 91563 27 098 28 102 22 091 91563 85743 27 093 20 096 20 101 85743 80918 23 094 14 098 19 083 80918 76782 23 100 11 102 16 074 76782 73138 18 100 10 095 10 079 73138 69846 11 104 8 091 7 081 69846 66826 8 149 3 159 2 311 66826 64024 12 171 8 185 7 224 64024 61311 9 292 7 295 13 284 61311 58492 19 248 14 280 16 273 58492 55581 26 284 25 283 27 275 55581 52812 35 269 26 272 28 283 52812 50326 45 293 54 298 64 305 50326 48117 75 286 87 286 85 283 48117 46130 73 265 93 267 80 260 46130 44318 61 260 67 267 53 293 44318 42649 72 293 67 307 84 310 42649 41100 90 300 86 312 86 297 41100 39644 90 292 75 296 81 293 39644 38260 90 285 64 280 81 287 38260 36913 92 287 65 279 77 281 36913 35534 88 288 68 277 71 278 35534 34096 83 278 72 278 64 270 34096 32597 89 270 71 280 66 266 32597 31023 92 272 70 280 68 268 31023 29361 85 280 66 275 67 267 29361 27612 72 276 65 272 63 269 27612 25776 70 270 62 275 53 272 25776 23859 75 272 61 275 50 274 23859 21865 70 284 61 276 51 278 21865 19794 53 286 51 285 46 279 19794 17644 43 282 38 288 34 281 17644 15459 39 272 34 277 32 277 15459 13358 41 270 38 277 31 277 13358 11452 36 271 32 279 28 269 11452 9766 26 273 21*269 22 250 9766 8271 18*266 14*267 18 247 8271 6940 16*268 13 268 12 254 6940 5757 15 270 13 269 8 267 5757 4708 15 272 10 273 6 284 4708 3783 14 275 9 275 5 297 3783 2968 14 277 9 278 5 307 2968 2237 13 279 8 280 5 315 2237 1592 13 281 8 282 5 320 1592 1055 13 282 7 283 6 324 1055 643 12 283 7 284 6 325 643 360 12 284 7 285 5 326 360 188 11 284 7 285 5*327 188 90 10 284 6 285 3*328 90 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