DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.1 - - 35.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 1 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 951 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1085 - - 1016 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 572 - - 674 - - 180 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 191 - - 72 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 165 - - 175 - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2860 - - -1161 - - -871 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3945 - - 2177 - - 957 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13616 - - -10818 - - -12528 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14701 - - 11834 - - 12614 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 68 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.1 - - 35.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.0 - - 35.1 - - 31.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.9 - - 44.3 - - 37.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.9 - - 33.9 - - 31.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 1 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 951 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96104 27 257 27 300 24 303 96104 89154 17 347 16 347 18 340 89154 83707 22 006 14 343 20 332 83707 79139 26 007 13 348 21 340 79139 75181 19 350 12 349 17 344 75181 71654 15 338 15 311 13 330 71654 68433 16 325 18 315 16 317 68433 65450 29 322 26 315 23 317 65450 62680 40 301 32 303 35 308 62680 60008 37 291 36 298 41 302 60008 57226 41 297 43 295 42 294 57226 54341 52 290 44 289 47 287 54341 51581 55 286 49 289 49 291 51581 49081 54 292 53 291 59 290 49081 46832 60 296 60 281 74 290 46832 44797 63 295 60 283 81 288 44797 42938 74 296 70 298 80 290 42938 41233 96 292 99 291 89 291 41233 39665 94 293 99 284 92 289 39665 38219 101 295 88 288 92 287 38219 36875 100 292 88 289 89 285 36875 35576 101 294 86 286 86 285 35576 34249 101 296 82 288 81 286 34249 32864 100 296 80 290 77 286 32864 31425 99 295 79 287 74 283 31425 29917 100 294 80 283 72 282 29917 28329 100 293 80 281 73 281 28329 26660 97 294 80 282 73 280 26660 24909 87 294 78 287 70 276 24909 23081 74 294 74 294 65 272 23081 21177 68 295 65 296 61 273 21177 19186 66 292 55 292 59 278 19186 17101 57 288 53 289 57 281 17101 14970 51 295 50 279 56 279 14970 12916 50 299 47 266 51 269 12916 11053 47 300 43 265 44 261 11053 9399 37 290 39 271 38 262 9399 7931 30 279 35 277 33 264 7931 6629 19 268 31 276 32 263 6629 5475 17 257 29 268 33 262 5475 4456 15 241 26 251 32 262 4456 3562 15 222 24 227 28 254 3562 2776 15 215 23 219 30 239 2776 2081 12 200 19 204 32 230 2081 1474 10*183 16*184 27 211 1474 974 8*168 14*177 25 192 974 593 7 164 13 175 23 181 593 333 6 164 11 173 18 176 333 176 6 164 10 173 15 174 176 86 5 163 7 172 6*169 86 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