DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/15 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 31.4 - - 25.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 287 - - 74 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4283 - - 4482 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2912 - - 2160 - - 69 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4348 - - 4547 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1043 - - 1076 - - 5037 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 432 - - 280 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 23 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 273 - - 275 - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1296 - - -795 - - -3846 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5644 - - 5342 - - 3932 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9499 - - -9118 - - -4525 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13847 - - 13665 - - 4611 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 72 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 31.4 - - 25.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 8.9 - - 7.8 - - 7.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.8 - - 31.1 - - 25.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 8.5 - - 7.5 - - 7.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 287 - - 74 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4283 - - 4482 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95552 48 277 41 264 46 270 95552 88761 28 291 23 277 24 304 88761 83422 23 269 29 280 28 294 83422 78947 22 269 27 278 23 292 78947 75043 17 270 22 267 24 267 75043 71542 17 270 21 273 23 268 71542 68332 17 273 19 280 25 284 68332 65341 19 259 25 265 29 268 65341 62536 21 252 25 254 27 250 62536 59796 29 251 30 247 29 249 59796 56914 37 236 32 235 30 245 56914 53902 42 229 44 237 43 241 53902 51022 54 225 59 234 49 235 51022 48433 64 223 67 224 51 231 48433 46116 68 218 65 219 53 226 46116 44015 65 216 63 217 55 223 44015 42092 64 220 62 214 59 220 42092 40319 71 223 65 213 65 216 40319 38677 82 222 75 215 67 212 38677 37146 90 216 88 216 70 212 37146 35711 92 211 99 212 75 211 35711 34331 93 210 103 207 82 208 34331 32937 96 211 104 204 89 203 32937 31501 102 212 107 203 94 201 31501 30028 112 212 114 203 101 201 30028 28501 123 211 124 203 109 198 28501 26909 138 209 134 202 116 196 26909 25251 139 207 143 200 124 195 25251 23526 127 207 144 199 127 194 23526 21733 105 207 132 201 118 195 21733 19883 93 209 105 204 100 200 19883 17973 83 210 91 209 88 205 17973 15990 78 212 81 212 78 210 15990 13970 71 214 73 215 66 215 13970 12030 65 220 61 222 47 228 12030 10275 57 227 49 233 34 242 10275 8725 46 232 38 240 29 254 8725 7356 35 235 29 243 30 257 7356 6149 24 250 24 253 29 271 6149 5090 23*270 23*269 29 282 5090 4162 23*273 24*273 30 285 4162 3347 24 273 24 274 30 285 3347 2627 24 273 24 275 29 284 2627 1983 24 274 24 275 29 284 1983 1414 24 273 23 276 28 284 1414 939 24 273 23 276 27 283 939 575 23 273 22 276 24 282 575 324 22 273 20 276 21 282 324 172 20 273 18 276 18*281 172 86 16 273 14 276 13*281 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