DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - - - - - 52.2 - - 51.3 - - 47.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 64 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1082 - - 1026 - - 832 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1147 - - 1091 - - 897 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 461 - - 478 - - 397 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 165 - - 114 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 062 - - 081 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 114 - - 80 - - 126 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1033 - - 1011 - - 771 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 264 - - 175 - - 157 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 883 - - 916 - - 740 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 140 - - 340 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.2 - - 51.3 - - 47.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.4 - - 47.6 - - 44.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.6 - - 50.9 - - 47.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.8 - - 47.1 - - 44.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 64 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1082 - - 1026 - - 832 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 96864 26 230 39 248 41 264 96864 89583 27 240 30 253 30 271 89583 83983 26 248 26 255 21 271 83983 79370 22 264 18 268 14 276 79370 75408 19 275 15 291 10 275 75408 71898 18 277 12 298 15 289 71898 68718 14 283 10 287 13 272 68718 65783 14 293 12 291 10 279 65783 63046 19 292 17 295 14 304 63046 60386 20 276 21 282 24 297 60386 57613 21 265 25 268 29 277 57613 54745 22 263 29 269 28 280 54745 52026 23 273 30 276 30 282 52026 49627 28 277 31 283 29 285 49627 47531 24 273 30 275 25 263 47531 45649 13 310 8 301 20 237 45649 43916 36 342 35 339 28 341 43916 42309 50 337 41 332 37 342 42309 40806 45 336 33 328 25 331 40806 39388 29 335 23 330 17 310 39388 38041 20 333 12 321 12 296 38041 36726 14 317 10 313 11 294 36726 35374 15 305 9 299 6 276 35374 33957 15 304 10 288 6 236 33957 32476 13 291 9 276 7 247 32476 30920 15 279 9 273 9 252 30920 29275 18 252 16 263 14 246 29275 27542 17 240 19 252 19 245 27542 25720 15 227 20 236 20 239 25720 23817 15 220 21 224 23 235 23817 21835 17 222 24 230 24 235 21835 19768 23 230 27 235 23 235 19768 17613 30 234 24 236 23 237 17613 15419 30 246 25 246 26 243 15419 13308 29 252 27 250 24 240 13308 11389 23 252 25 245 21 236 11389 9682 15 243 24 241 22 233 9682 8164 15 241 23 242 23 228 8164 6814 15 240 19 241 22 227 6814 5616 19 237 17 241 21 224 5616 4558 22 235 17 234 22 212 4558 3631 21 237 16 221 23 198 3631 2819 13 238 12 205 16 189 2819 2104 3 160 8 153 10 122 2104 1487 15*062 16*083 24 079 1487 983 14*062 16*082 21*076 983 601 14 062 15 081 19*075 601 338 13 062 14 081 17 074 338 178 12 062 13 081 14 074 178 87 10 062 10 081 10 074 87 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