DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 39.0 - - 36.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - -6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2394 - - 21 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 899 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2459 - - 86 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 767 - - 3138 - - 3088 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 14 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 264 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 200 - - -1331 - - -726 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2260 - - 1417 - - 812 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13826 - - -1597 - - -1130 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16285 - - 1683 - - 1216 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 78 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 39.0 - - 36.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.6 - - 33.5 - - 34.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.4 - - 39.6 - - 37.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.4 - - 32.3 - - 33.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - -6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2394 - - 21 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 10 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96341 12 302 10 307 12 280 96341 89207 6 255 10 262 3 287 89207 83661 6 210 16 253 14 292 83661 79068 4 194 11 233 16 260 79068 75107 7 251 10 261 14 250 75107 71573 14 270 11 260 14 273 71573 68357 25 260 22 259 24 259 68357 65397 32 245 27 251 31 252 65397 62646 32 252 34 259 40 252 62646 59979 42 257 39 256 48 251 59979 57202 48 258 52 259 58 258 57202 54324 61 256 67 254 70 258 54324 51580 68 249 75 250 86 259 51580 49124 68 253 76 256 97 257 49124 46937 80 259 91 261 100 258 46937 44955 97 259 104 259 106 256 44955 43140 104 256 109 257 112 254 43140 41472 106 254 112 254 118 255 41472 39926 101 251 109 252 122 256 39926 38480 97 248 107 251 122 257 38480 37115 95 248 104 249 121 259 37115 35790 91 248 101 245 119 261 35790 34439 87 249 102 245 113 262 34439 33033 85 249 98 245 105 261 33033 31577 88 245 90 243 95 258 31577 30052 92 245 86 244 84 254 30052 28444 94 249 82 247 79 249 28444 26753 89 254 76 248 78 242 26753 24976 82 257 74 247 80 242 24976 23115 79 262 74 244 78 237 23115 21173 76 264 72 245 73 232 21173 19141 72 263 71 246 72 235 19141 17011 61 260 65 249 68 237 17011 14833 53 251 52 253 60 240 14833 12741 48 241 45 247 48 242 12741 10850 42 240 40 243 40 244 10850 9184 36 241 33 249 32 254 9184 7721 30 240 27 259 24 269 7721 6434 24 242 24 262 20 283 6434 5305 18 247 21 261 20 290 5305 4317 12 258 17 264 19 288 4317 3459 10 301 9 267 15 274 3459 2710 11*315 8 269 13 265 2710 2043 10*316 8 269 12 264 2043 1455 10 317 8 268 11 263 1455 966 10 317 7 268 10 262 966 590 10 317 7 267 9 259 590 332 9 316 6 265 8 253 332 176 8 316 5 265 6 244 176 86 7 316 4*264 3*232 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