DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - - - - - 73.4 - - 73.9 - - 67.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3710 - - 3760 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1888 - - 72 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3775 - - 3825 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1243 - - 1017 - - 517 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 290 - - 167 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 23 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 252 - - 232 - - 139 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 735 - - 697 - - -933 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3040 - - 3128 - - 1022 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 135 - - 136 - - -3014 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3640 - - 3689 - - 3103 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 96 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 73.9 - - 67.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 60.6 - - 63.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 73.9 - - 70.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.0 - - 59.4 - - 63.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3710 - - 3760 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 76 - - 83 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 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] 98017 18 220 22 253 24 261 98017 90707 4 216 10 274 7 215 90707 85081 1 147 9 288 1 302 85081 80408 3 311 3 287 8 326 80408 76366 5 309 4 320 10 339 76366 72794 3 268 5 305 9 338 72794 69576 3 048 2 324 7 354 69576 66637 3 006 5 303 7 002 66637 63918 6 339 10 316 11 354 63918 61285 12 299 16 297 17 307 61285 58541 8 287 10 295 11 293 58541 55692 18 315 21 311 18 307 55692 52980 23 300 23 291 24 295 52980 50538 15 290 18 289 23 288 50538 48336 15 307 21 310 20 291 48336 46336 20 317 33 313 25 310 46336 44526 33 313 32 305 39 329 44526 42874 30 332 23 324 58 334 42874 41329 34 351 32 339 56 334 41329 39872 43 348 47 333 42 326 39872 38489 43 347 42 336 36 317 38489 37143 36 357 31 337 31 322 37143 35764 34 353 28 330 24 325 35764 34321 32 344 24 330 23 314 34321 32821 28 340 23 325 20 301 32821 31245 27 333 23 326 21 297 31245 29580 26 333 21 324 21 299 29580 27828 21 332 20 317 19 298 27828 25989 16 330 17 308 18 289 25989 24064 15 319 15 289 19 278 24064 22058 14 312 13 277 19 270 22058 19963 5 324 11 266 20 273 19963 17779 2 313 10 268 19 274 17779 15551 4 271 11 268 17 277 15551 13408 5 288 12 278 14 295 13408 11466 7 280 12 295 10 313 11466 9747 7 265 12 287 9 305 9747 8228 8 267 11 270 12 283 8228 6883 9 276 10 281 14 276 6883 5697 7 310 10 284 14 271 5697 4654 5*310 6*258 12 262 4654 3737 3*276 4*240 9 250 3737 2929 3 255 4 236 6 219 2929 2208 2 248 3 233 6 191 2208 1571 2 246 3 229 5 180 1571 1041 2 244 3 230 5 170 1041 634 2 240 3 228 5 160 634 355 2 241 2 225 5 148 355 186 2 235 2 227 5 141 186 89 1 235 2 226 4*139 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