DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 41.6 - - 40.2 - - 33.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - -3 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3096 - - 3433 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1593 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3161 - - 3498 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 949 - - 531 - - 151 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 291 - - 84 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 351 - - 337 - - 045 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -41 - - 268 - - -917 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3202 - - 3230 - - 1003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10153 - - -10332 - - -12134 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13314 - - 13830 - - 12220 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 86 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 40.2 - - 33.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.3 - - 26.7 - - 29.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.0 - - 40.6 - - 35.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 25.6 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - -3 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3096 - - 3433 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 9 - - 43 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95869 25 338 19 001 21 344 95869 88888 10 353 12 348 15 349 88888 83392 8 320 13 319 16 320 83392 78792 9 279 11 326 12 347 78792 74782 18 237 23 271 18 290 74782 71220 13 235 23 261 17 271 71220 67995 25 258 30 270 29 289 67995 65028 37 243 40 254 44 264 65028 62286 40 240 46 241 50 249 62286 59631 47 251 46 244 53 252 59631 56844 60 256 51 255 60 253 56844 53945 69 255 65 256 66 249 53945 51199 77 254 70 256 65 253 51199 48740 82 257 77 261 83 260 48740 46544 90 257 93 262 100 256 46544 44565 91 257 101 258 104 258 44565 42764 94 260 107 260 107 258 42764 41110 100 263 111 261 111 259 41110 39582 107 265 109 260 114 260 39582 38158 112 265 107 261 114 258 38158 36815 105 260 102 261 109 258 36815 35514 97 260 88 257 98 258 35514 34186 92 263 82 256 87 257 34186 32805 90 265 79 258 75 253 32805 31367 89 265 78 257 73 254 31367 29858 88 264 79 253 73 254 29858 28265 85 264 79 253 68 253 28265 26588 81 263 79 256 65 253 26588 24826 76 257 75 258 64 255 24826 22983 73 253 70 258 63 254 22983 21060 66 254 66 259 59 252 21060 19053 59 258 60 254 56 252 19053 16954 54 260 53 250 54 253 16954 14807 47 261 45 254 48 253 14807 12738 39 262 37 252 39 248 12738 10863 32 266 30 250 35 242 10863 9202 22 273 19 246 32 241 9202 7736 14 291 10 236 26 239 7736 6447 11 293 6 242 17 219 6447 5318 10 294 6 264 11 198 5318 4331 10 349 4*352 6 157 4331 3471 11*351 5*342 6 104 3471 2720 11*351 5 338 7 080 2720 2050 11 351 6 338 7 068 2050 1460 11 351 6 336 7 059 1460 967 11 351 6 336 7 050 967 591 10 350 6 334 7 044 591 332 10 350 6 334 7 041 332 175 9 350 5 333 5 044 175 86 8 350 4 332 4*045 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