DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 93.1 - - 95.7 - - 88.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 115 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4097 - - 4577 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2719 - - 2706 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4162 - - 4642 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3350 - - 3556 - - 2284 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 409 - - 340 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 226 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -505 - - -1069 - - -3473 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4667 - - 5712 - - 3563 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1254 - - -2223 - - -6050 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5416 - - 6865 - - 6140 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 73 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2120 - - 1940 - - 2150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 93.1 - - 95.7 - - 88.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 70.9 - - 73.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.4 - - 94.8 - - 89.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 70.1 - - 73.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 115 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4097 - - 4577 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 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] 99362 42 098 30 090 28 074 99362 91810 30 091 24 076 32 081 91810 86016 22 081 23 067 28 076 86016 81240 21 082 21 083 20 057 81240 77115 19 081 22 100 13 064 77115 73453 12 079 22 093 16 092 73453 70140 15 087 18 080 16 089 70140 67116 16 060 13 056 16 089 67116 64338 14 047 12 035 14 084 64338 61679 6 042 9 357 9 053 61679 58935 9 121 4 334 8 012 58935 56097 12 056 5 347 7 341 56097 53409 13 348 7 273 8 282 53409 51022 11 330 11 266 9 279 51022 48900 15 322 14 275 12 285 48900 46969 17 303 9 288 12 290 46969 45182 12 290 11 318 14 301 45182 43507 5 245 9 265 12 256 43507 41930 5 258 9 269 11 271 41930 40442 12 274 9 290 10 284 40442 39029 17 254 11 305 11 287 39029 37654 16 255 13 298 12 288 37654 36247 13 286 15 295 13 282 36247 34780 16 292 13 300 15 276 34780 33256 18 286 12 298 17 275 33256 31658 16 276 10 291 17 291 31658 29974 8 274 7 277 15 295 29974 28206 9 322 6 281 10 291 28206 26356 11 327 12 321 9 314 26356 24429 13 316 12 326 8 323 24429 22423 13 314 12 331 13 332 22423 20329 13 317 14 328 18 326 20329 18143 14 321 16 333 18 316 18143 15907 15 317 20 332 21 325 15907 13747 19 322 23 331 27 338 13747 11788 24 324 24 328 28 337 11788 10053 25 317 21 327 23 329 10053 8511 21 312 19 327 19 319 8511 7137 15 300 15 318 17 304 7137 5916 14 274 12 302 16 295 5916 4834 14*266 9*264 14 285 4834 3880 12*260 10*235 12 270 3880 3039 10 253 10 228 10 242 3039 2289 10 250 11 226 12 216 2289 1628 9 248 11 225 17 198 1628 1078 9 247 11 223 18 192 1078 656 9 246 10 222 17 190 656 367 8 245 10 221 16 188 367 191 8 245 10 222 13 187 191 90 7 244 8 222 8*186 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