DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 0959z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 74.0 - - 66.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 10 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3956 - - 5000 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2383 - - 73 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4021 - - 5065 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2277 - - 1400 - - 4562 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 347 - - 210 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 333 - - 335 - - 339 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 269 - - 1083 - - -2302 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3752 - - 3983 - - 2392 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -812 - - -510 - - -3837 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4833 - - 5575 - - 3926 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 72 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 74.0 - - 66.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 57.0 - - 56.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 74.0 - - 67.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.5 - - 55.6 - - 55.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 10 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3956 - - 5000 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 9 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] 98795 10 064 17 073 23 068 98795 91487 12 074 12 087 13 079 91487 85825 11 095 10 101 10 048 85825 81090 12 100 9 106 10 075 81090 76985 7 089 5 098 6 078 76985 73351 4 120 4 024 5 073 73351 70061 8 137 4 287 5 026 70061 67033 8 159 5 228 6 253 67033 64230 3 274 4 285 6 253 64230 61520 6 261 8 239 7 260 61520 58714 9 288 12 276 10 271 58714 55821 22 280 17 283 17 312 55821 53071 22 262 24 288 29 305 53071 50608 22 274 29 286 29 292 50608 48395 35 275 34 276 27 288 48395 46380 42 268 34 276 29 304 46380 44532 47 273 38 289 50 307 44532 42823 55 274 46 291 50 303 42823 41231 58 267 45 287 46 306 41231 39737 59 261 46 288 49 315 39737 38329 59 259 47 285 57 324 38329 36963 60 260 45 288 65 333 36963 35571 60 262 51 294 71 338 35571 34124 62 264 55 291 67 334 34124 32625 65 266 53 293 57 326 32625 31058 68 267 54 302 50 319 31058 29409 71 267 58 304 47 315 29409 27673 70 268 59 301 46 316 27673 25844 66 269 58 297 46 318 25844 23925 63 270 56 295 46 317 23925 21923 58 270 54 295 46 317 21923 19833 53 270 51 297 45 318 19833 17655 50 272 48 299 41 319 17655 15438 44 273 44 299 38 319 15438 13303 37 276 36 296 35 319 13303 11368 29 281 31 295 30 323 11368 9656 24 281 26 300 23 323 9656 8146 21 291 20 296 18 315 8146 6814 16 306 14 300 13 319 6814 5642 14 321 13*329 12 352 5642 4611 15*330 15*334 16 003 4611 3705 16*332 16 335 17 002 3705 2904 16 333 16 335 18 001 2904 2189 17 333 16 335 19 358 2189 1558 17 333 16 335 19 355 1558 1032 16 333 16 335 18 352 1032 628 16 333 15 335 17 349 628 352 15 333 15 335 13 345 352 184 14 334 13 334 11*343 184 89 11 333 10 334 5*339 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