DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/19 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 76.0 - - 68.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 150 - - 41 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3713 - - 3486 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2222 - - 805 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3778 - - 3551 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2690 - - 2655 - - 2245 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 343 - - 228 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 074 - - 093 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 163 - - 226 - - -1283 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3615 - - 3325 - - 1372 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -586 - - -410 - - -3187 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4364 - - 3961 - - 3276 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 87 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 60 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 76.0 - - 68.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.6 - - 61.8 - - 63.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.1 - - 75.8 - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 61.0 - - 62.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 150 - - 41 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3713 - - 3486 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 25 - - 46 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 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] 98269 12 057 8 071 9 038 98269 90896 14 079 7 030 16 025 90896 85215 14 074 11 013 12 026 85215 80496 5 056 7 323 9 342 80496 76432 2 035 4 257 10 313 76432 72850 6 003 7 265 11 298 72850 69616 12 327 9 319 10 293 69616 66642 17 316 14 315 11 309 66642 63890 15 313 14 304 16 305 63890 61247 15 299 16 300 17 288 61247 58515 17 300 17 298 16 292 58515 55702 24 296 24 288 23 302 55702 53038 29 281 28 280 32 293 53038 50657 31 282 29 278 33 276 50657 48525 28 289 29 275 33 266 48525 46587 25 286 31 273 33 270 46587 44800 25 272 29 265 33 267 44800 43132 24 278 24 263 29 252 43132 41566 32 292 22 276 24 251 41566 40092 33 282 26 277 20 257 40092 38694 33 271 31 267 26 262 38694 37332 35 267 34 260 33 263 37332 35936 33 265 36 266 34 264 35936 34477 33 259 37 271 35 262 34477 32957 34 252 33 257 37 259 32957 31359 36 247 36 247 39 254 31359 29674 35 258 34 261 36 254 29674 27904 31 272 29 265 28 259 27904 26049 28 266 27 261 31 256 26049 24110 25 265 29 262 34 263 24110 22089 24 273 28 267 26 268 22089 19987 24 283 26 265 24 276 19987 17799 31 285 26 276 25 286 17799 15563 33 289 27 296 24 290 15563 13407 29 297 26 299 26 296 13407 11451 18 297 21 293 24 298 11451 9720 15 301 17 290 22 300 9720 8197 10 309 15 289 15 293 8197 6858 7 346 7 289 10 267 6858 5679 4 005 1 299 7 246 5679 4638 4*016 0 088 4 216 4638 3722 4*056 4*101 4 172 3722 2915 5 073 6*097 5 144 2915 2195 6 075 8 094 12 120 2195 1562 6 076 9 093 17 113 1562 1035 6 075 9 092 17 109 1035 631 6 076 9 092 16 105 631 353 6 076 9 092 13 103 353 185 6 076 9 091 11*102 185 89 5 075 7 091 6*101 89 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