DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 69.2 - - 62.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 10 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2408 - - 2234 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1094 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2473 - - 2299 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2029 - - 1755 - - 1015 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 266 - - 131 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 091 - - 097 - - 079 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2026 - - -2005 - - -1823 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4499 - - 4304 - - 1911 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6829 - - -7772 - - -10016 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9302 - - 10071 - - 10104 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 98 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 69.2 - - 62.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 51.1 - - 55.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.3 - - 69.2 - - 64.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.1 - - 50.5 - - 55.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 10 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2408 - - 2234 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 91 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 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] 97864 47 238 59 247 51 254 97864 90619 40 247 40 252 42 252 90619 84979 34 244 34 256 37 259 84979 80270 27 243 30 258 30 265 80270 76216 21 257 21 258 17 264 76216 72634 15 250 19 258 19 295 72634 69416 16 244 24 261 23 278 69416 66484 20 270 24 269 21 254 66484 63764 30 269 28 278 17 262 63764 61127 36 264 31 273 29 294 61127 58401 38 255 40 259 40 279 58401 55607 42 254 46 255 46 265 55607 52978 52 253 54 258 57 258 52978 50628 58 250 61 252 62 257 50628 48504 65 257 62 256 65 251 48504 46558 81 251 71 254 70 248 46558 44765 90 241 83 244 86 243 44765 43100 82 237 88 240 91 236 43100 41539 76 236 86 237 86 233 41539 40066 70 236 84 238 81 233 40066 38666 64 236 82 239 79 233 38666 37304 58 238 78 242 74 233 37304 35911 52 242 73 245 70 233 35911 34458 47 246 67 251 65 234 34458 32945 46 250 62 251 59 237 32945 31357 45 254 53 251 54 241 31357 29680 47 254 47 252 51 245 29680 27915 54 249 44 256 47 249 27915 26059 60 249 44 252 46 254 26059 24116 61 251 41 239 43 259 24116 22089 51 253 43 236 36 258 22089 19980 24 253 37 257 31 252 19980 17781 3 246 16 273 22 260 17781 15539 7 223 8 178 18 263 15539 13385 9 243 7 183 11 229 13385 11436 6 246 3 182 12 178 11436 9709 5 246 3 154 12 158 9709 8179 3 259 3 090 10 146 8179 6830 6 042 8 085 11 115 6830 5645 10 050 12 092 15 111 5645 4604 9 076 12 108 16 120 4604 3692 13 098 15 113 17 122 3692 2890 14*096 17*107 20 118 2890 2175 14*093 16*102 26 110 2175 1546 14 092 16 098 28 102 1546 1022 14 091 15 096 27 091 1022 623 14 090 14 094 23 083 623 349 13 090 13 093 18 080 349 183 12 090 11 092 15 080 183 88 10 089 8 091 8*079 88 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