DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.2 - - 84.9 - - 79.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 417 - - 214 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7442 - - 8754 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5574 - - 6236 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7507 - - 8819 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1782 - - 2534 - - 8544 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 592 - - 502 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 269 - - 281 - - 287 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -17 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1421 - - 132 - - -7609 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8929 - - 8688 - - 7699 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3994 - - -459 - - -9176 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11501 - - 9278 - - 9265 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 60 - - 83 - - 28 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.2 - - 84.9 - - 79.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.0 - - 46.9 - - 46.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.1 - - 83.8 - - 81.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.1 - - 46.2 - - 46.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 417 - - 214 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7442 - - 8754 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 32 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98894 28 086 35 085 22 087 98894 91359 22 079 22 079 22 074 91359 85563 21 080 17 069 18 058 85563 80779 15 083 17 060 16 075 80779 76667 14 097 10 081 14 059 76667 73034 17 111 10 079 11 069 73034 69743 12 104 3 104 11 044 69743 66715 6 079 8 185 4 006 66715 63903 6 264 4 209 4 214 63903 61188 10 216 13 242 13 247 61188 58363 9 290 14 274 11 251 58363 55436 34 267 36 274 39 277 55436 52665 38 247 39 254 48 249 52665 50167 40 262 38 265 42 252 50167 47911 60 264 50 261 51 259 47911 45869 71 257 65 260 64 260 45869 44005 80 252 78 256 71 259 44005 42285 88 251 85 253 74 256 42285 40688 99 252 89 250 77 253 40688 39198 104 251 90 248 80 251 39198 37800 101 249 87 250 81 252 37800 36451 95 249 85 253 81 253 36451 35082 90 252 84 255 77 254 35082 33661 88 256 79 255 71 255 33661 32190 84 258 73 253 69 256 32190 30649 80 257 71 255 70 257 30649 29023 78 257 71 256 71 258 29023 27310 78 258 72 258 70 258 27310 25509 76 259 72 261 68 258 25509 23622 73 259 71 266 67 264 23622 21657 72 259 71 269 65 271 21657 19611 70 264 70 270 62 277 19611 17477 62 273 64 275 57 280 17477 15312 47 277 50 280 47 281 15312 13241 42 283 42 283 40 277 13241 11363 42 287 36 285 37 275 11363 9692 36 283 28*282 33 281 9692 8207 26*280 24*280 28 279 8207 6886 20*268 21 279 23 278 6886 5712 19 267 21 279 21 281 5712 4672 19 268 20 280 20 285 4672 3755 18 268 19 281 20 288 3755 2946 18 270 19 281 20 289 2946 2221 18 270 18 282 20 290 2221 1581 17 271 17 282 19 291 1581 1048 17 272 17 283 18 291 1048 639 16 272 16 283 16 290 639 357 16 272 16 283 13 289 357 187 15 273 14 283 10 288 187 89 12 273 12 283 6*287 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