DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - - - - - 34.3 - - 35.7 - - 32.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 188 - - 19 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3390 - - 2689 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2052 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3455 - - 2754 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1184 - - 1566 - - 316 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 347 - - 150 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 238 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1645 - - -1992 - - -3215 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5100 - - 4746 - - 3301 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9144 - - -9319 - - -11069 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12599 - - 12073 - - 11155 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 98 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.3 - - 35.7 - - 32.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 12.0 - - 15.1 - - 18.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.5 - - 35.8 - - 33.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 11.8 - - 14.9 - - 17.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 188 - - 19 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3390 - - 2689 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 93 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 94876 120 216 135 218 143 223 94876 87684 108 217 119 222 123 225 87684 82145 106 220 104 223 102 223 82145 77537 104 226 96 233 80 225 77537 73539 100 232 91 234 71 233 73539 69990 85 232 77 224 74 236 69990 66773 75 230 68 214 77 234 66773 63815 71 231 60 227 78 239 63815 61086 72 242 74 246 75 248 61086 58480 78 249 83 253 73 257 58480 55785 84 248 87 256 73 256 55785 52977 84 245 87 249 73 252 52977 50274 82 243 79 242 70 255 50274 47823 79 240 69 244 71 259 47823 45611 70 239 64 252 74 262 45611 43595 62 247 64 261 78 265 43595 41752 61 259 69 266 83 264 41752 40062 71 268 80 267 82 260 40062 38498 84 264 90 261 74 260 38498 37042 85 258 83 257 72 270 37042 35682 71 258 71 268 80 276 35682 34382 64 266 76 274 86 276 34382 33070 66 273 77 275 86 275 33070 31714 71 276 76 278 85 275 31714 30312 74 281 79 282 84 276 30312 28847 79 285 82 282 83 276 28847 27306 83 286 83 279 80 278 27306 25688 81 285 81 280 76 278 25688 23992 73 283 78 281 73 277 23992 22219 68 282 74 278 70 275 22219 20371 65 279 70 273 66 271 20371 18445 63 276 66 270 66 266 18445 16435 62 277 60 269 64 266 16435 14385 55 275 54 271 57 269 14385 12406 49 276 50 274 50 266 12406 10606 41 273 47 276 46 267 10606 9007 36 266 43 275 44 267 9007 7590 35 269 39 273 42 263 7590 6341 34 274 37 270 42 262 6341 5247 29 273 34 261 39 258 5247 4287 23*266 30 254 33 246 4287 3443 17*245 22*242 29 235 3443 2699 17 243 19*240 26 229 2699 2035 16 242 17 239 23 226 2035 1449 16 242 16 238 20 224 1449 960 16 242 15 238 17 220 960 586 15 242 14 237 15 212 586 329 14 242 13 237 12 198 329 175 13 242 11 237 10 189 175 86 11 242 9 236 5*182 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