DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 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 - - - - - - 92.2 - - 92.6 - - 86.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 366 - - 173 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7377 - - 7588 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5461 - - 5190 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7442 - - 7653 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1806 - - 1758 - - 8503 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 566 - - 448 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 267 - - 257 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2845 - - -2568 - - -7916 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 10287 - - 10221 - - 8007 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7898 - - -6533 - - -12431 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15340 - - 14186 - - 12521 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 91 - - 26 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.2 - - 92.6 - - 86.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.2 - - 48.0 - - 51.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.2 - - 91.4 - - 88.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.3 - - 47.2 - - 51.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 366 - - 173 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7377 - - 7588 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 65 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98633 7 092 12 040 17 045 98633 91209 10 103 14 053 13 038 91209 85486 13 102 8 058 14 009 85486 80702 15 069 7 085 10 020 80702 76580 10 071 5 074 9 037 76580 72944 8 108 2 039 8 047 72944 69650 7 101 1 306 9 024 69650 66634 5 063 1 151 6 342 66634 63852 6 021 4 036 0 239 63852 61161 8 327 11 351 2 032 61161 58357 10 307 12 312 8 342 58357 55460 12 314 10 294 10 311 55460 52714 19 326 10 330 15 299 52714 50267 22 300 18 308 20 297 50267 48101 24 271 23 286 26 296 48101 46164 23 290 28 293 31 284 46164 44402 35 287 30 297 30 278 44402 42767 40 283 31 299 26 276 42767 41229 36 291 35 299 30 276 41229 39775 39 298 39 297 31 281 39775 38395 42 297 40 297 30 284 38395 37050 42 295 39 295 32 284 37050 35673 39 292 40 292 31 285 35673 34236 36 291 37 292 30 283 34236 32741 33 292 35 291 29 279 32741 31173 31 292 33 288 30 278 31173 29521 28 286 29 285 28 279 29521 27784 25 282 29 281 26 282 27784 25962 27 277 30 277 27 282 25962 24054 31 275 32 278 29 278 24054 22065 29 284 29 283 26 277 22065 19990 25 298 24 292 22 284 19990 17828 22 311 20 303 18 294 17828 15624 17 316 16 303 16 299 15624 13501 17 315 15 298 16 298 13501 11572 13 308 14 298 15 298 11572 9861 10 288 12 284 16 287 9861 8346 9*272 11*263 15 268 8346 7004 9*268 10*258 14 265 7004 5810 9 267 10 257 12 262 5810 4752 9 267 10 257 10 255 4752 3818 10 266 10 257 9 248 3818 2994 10 266 9 257 8 245 2994 2257 10 267 9 257 8 242 2257 1607 10 267 9 258 7 240 1607 1064 10 268 9 259 7 240 1064 648 10 267 8 259 7 240 648 362 10 268 8 258 6 239 362 189 9 268 8 259 5 239 189 90 8 267 7 259 3*237 90 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