DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/13 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.5 - - 73.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 400 - - 80 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5008 - - 4688 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3616 - - 2429 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5073 - - 4753 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2468 - - 2641 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 511 - - 296 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 23 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 189 - - 196 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3192 - - -2080 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8265 - - 6834 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6850 - - -3158 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11923 - - 7911 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.5 - - 73.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.3 - - 43.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.7 - - 73.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.4 - - 43.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 400 - - 80 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5008 - - 4688 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 91 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - - 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] 98030 3 123 5 214 98030 90608 2 083 9 181 90608 84887 3 201 1 310 84887 80129 9 167 7 312 80129 76013 3 194 5 260 76013 72371 1 272 10 191 72371 69079 6 252 3 170 69079 66054 7 248 6 277 66054 63240 12 261 16 263 63240 60520 15 251 21 263 60520 57686 20 265 20 253 57686 54738 31 261 32 256 54738 51919 36 252 34 247 51919 49376 44 261 38 256 49376 47098 57 253 50 255 47098 45042 58 242 58 249 45042 43174 55 234 64 240 43174 41466 57 240 64 234 41466 39894 74 242 66 237 39894 38439 86 233 76 236 38439 37081 82 227 82 229 37081 35777 78 229 83 225 35777 34451 73 228 81 225 34451 33072 69 226 78 225 33072 31637 65 227 75 226 31637 30132 61 230 72 229 30132 28543 58 232 70 232 28543 26869 57 233 69 234 26869 25109 57 233 63 232 25109 23267 56 232 55 230 23267 21348 51 228 54 234 21348 19344 49 228 56 231 19344 17251 48 229 52 228 17251 15116 47 232 44 233 15116 13057 42 235 37 238 13057 11186 35 237 32 236 11186 9530 28 230 29 235 9530 8064 24 224 28 232 8064 6760 24 219 26 219 6760 5605 23*209 25*209 5605 4583 22*194 25*205 4583 3684 23 191 25 201 3684 2890 23 189 24 196 2890 2179 23 188 24 193 2179 1552 23 187 24 192 1552 1029 23 187 23 191 1029 628 22 186 22 191 628 352 21 186 21 190 352 185 19 186 18 190 185 89 16 186 14 190 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