DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/05 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1326z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.2 - - 37.8 - - 44.1 - - 43.5 - - 35.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 2 - - 57 - - 44 - - -8 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 21 - - 328 - - 1527 - - 22 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit 69 - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top 86 - - 393 - - 1592 - - 87 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 124 - - 694 - - 657 - - 2294 - - 68 Hgt.Variab. W* 15 - - 109 - - 171 - - 11 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 5 - - 8 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 133 - - 140 - - 133 - - 134 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -657 - - -1424 - - -1323 - - -1190 - - -416 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 743 - - 1817 - - 2915 - - 1277 - - 502 sfcLCL ODpotential -12288 - - -10845 - - -10526 - - -1893 - - -10745 ODpotential blCL 12374 - - 11238 - - 12118 - - 1980 - - 10831 blCL maxRH 74 - - 73 - - 67 - - 77 - - 69 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.2 - - 37.8 - - 44.1 - - 43.5 - - 35.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 25.9 - - 30.7 - - 32.0 - - 38.6 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.8 - - 37.5 - - 43.9 - - 44.5 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.6 - - 29.6 - - 30.7 - - 37.6 - - 34.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 2 - - 57 - - 44 - - -8 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 21 - - 328 - - 1527 - - 22 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 5 - - 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] 95750 69 254 71 246 72 245 73 245 72 245 95750 88629 53 245 57 247 47 244 48 242 46 244 88629 83086 48 248 43 249 42 244 40 242 37 252 83086 78458 51 243 39 249 36 246 39 244 41 259 78458 74502 38 244 38 249 34 250 39 250 36 259 74502 71026 33 265 30 250 29 252 30 260 35 261 71026 67869 33 269 30 264 32 268 34 273 35 259 67869 64958 39 271 37 277 40 276 35 274 31 268 64958 62251 47 271 47 277 45 280 38 277 33 272 62251 59621 51 267 48 271 52 276 47 273 35 267 59621 56864 47 274 46 268 54 270 48 273 43 274 56864 53992 52 285 49 278 54 275 57 275 54 276 53992 51263 60 287 65 284 66 280 66 275 62 277 51263 48830 69 284 72 281 71 281 73 278 70 280 48830 46660 70 283 68 280 75 285 80 279 76 284 46660 44694 70 290 67 287 88 284 85 278 88 287 44694 42898 84 299 85 289 97 278 85 281 93 283 42898 41252 98 295 90 285 95 279 87 285 92 280 41252 39732 98 291 87 284 90 285 93 285 93 278 39732 38312 94 293 93 290 92 290 100 283 95 277 38312 36974 96 295 100 289 93 288 100 283 90 279 36974 35679 94 293 96 286 90 284 87 282 82 281 35679 34359 89 292 84 284 83 283 72 281 74 280 34359 32985 87 293 75 283 75 283 67 285 66 279 32985 31554 85 294 71 283 71 281 68 288 63 281 31554 30048 85 295 70 285 66 282 70 289 62 283 30048 28455 82 297 69 287 59 285 65 287 59 284 28455 26777 75 301 63 290 53 283 57 284 52 286 26777 25012 53 294 53 293 48 278 51 283 47 289 25012 23160 37 278 48 293 46 273 45 278 42 290 23160 21223 25 266 43 300 41 271 39 268 35 280 21223 19201 21 258 27 282 32 270 33 258 31 265 19201 17097 20 246 23 239 32 273 27 258 27 250 17097 14953 19 253 23 239 25 266 29 267 27 247 14953 12885 17 270 19 250 16 233 23 277 21 251 12885 11007 14 269 13 244 17 218 17 250 14 234 11007 9345 9 249 10 228 19 215 22 219 21 218 9345 7876 11 261 9 241 18 210 22 201 25 211 7876 6575 14 266 9 252 16 201 21 196 22 205 6575 5426 12 257 9 237 14 195 18 191 19 198 5426 4418 9 235 9 226 12 203 15 184 18 178 4418 3538 5 185 7 191 10 190 14 171 18 168 3538 2766 1 225 5 153 11 156 13 157 19 161 2766 2081 3 254 4 153 11*134 11 147 19 153 2081 1479 3 213 7 135 9*133 10 143 17 149 1479 980 5 178 9 142 8 134 9 141 14 145 980 598 7 171 8*142 8 133 8 140 12 139 598 335 7 172 7*141 7 132 7 137 11 132 335 177 4*159 5 140 6 133 5*137 8 123 177 86 2*133 4 138 5 133 3*134 5*118 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