DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 77.6 - - 71.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 70 - - 109 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3036 - - 3681 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1207 - - 1966 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3101 - - 3746 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1197 - - 2564 - - 2623 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 302 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 27 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 222 - - 239 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1089 - - -1377 - - -2925 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4190 - - 5123 - - 3014 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4078 - - -2323 - - -4862 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7179 - - 6069 - - 4951 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 96 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 60 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 77.6 - - 71.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.9 - - 55.3 - - 58.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.9 - - 77.0 - - 72.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.3 - - 55.0 - - 58.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 70 - - 109 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3036 - - 3681 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 85 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 97884 8 252 14 295 15 321 97884 90574 10 273 14 301 13 310 90574 84930 14 258 18 280 18 313 84930 80217 13 261 14 246 15 298 80217 76123 11 272 9 278 15 258 76123 72475 14 266 12 263 13 240 72475 69167 13 255 17 264 20 250 69167 66143 19 257 17 245 15 250 66143 63337 24 262 23 284 24 275 63337 60611 40 270 43 282 37 284 60611 57781 50 263 54 268 52 272 57781 54877 42 253 49 253 56 259 54877 52117 38 261 49 264 50 264 52117 49621 45 273 67 272 67 274 49621 47393 67 271 81 268 95 265 47393 45410 88 269 95 265 103 259 45410 43625 101 271 101 267 105 263 43625 41984 113 272 110 270 113 267 41984 40455 117 270 115 268 119 268 40455 39016 113 268 112 265 116 266 39016 37654 106 266 108 263 110 264 37654 36330 100 264 100 259 106 261 36330 34977 95 263 90 253 104 259 34977 33567 91 260 84 247 101 258 33567 32100 89 260 84 248 96 257 32100 30564 86 261 83 249 88 255 30564 28944 81 263 81 250 82 254 28944 27242 77 263 77 249 81 256 27242 25455 74 264 74 247 83 258 25455 23586 72 268 73 247 80 257 23586 21638 61 272 73 252 71 259 21638 19608 49 256 71 253 62 261 19608 17491 49 249 66 271 52 259 17491 15331 44 255 43 270 47 262 15331 13249 40 254 41 246 41 253 13249 11351 42 241 42 240 39 248 11351 9666 44 228 43 241 38 247 9666 8173 42 223 42 246 37 243 8173 6850 46 223 39 245 36 238 6850 5676 49 222 39 240 35 237 5676 4638 47 220 37*235 32 235 4638 3726 32*205 31*225 28 236 3726 2920 29*202 30 223 25 238 2920 2201 28 202 29 222 22 239 2201 1567 27 202 27 222 19 240 1567 1038 26 202 26 222 17 239 1038 633 25 202 25 221 14 239 633 354 23 202 23 221 11 239 354 186 20 202 21 221 9 239 186 89 15 202 16 221 4*239 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