DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/01 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.6 - - 85.8 - - 79.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - -2 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6288 - - 4799 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3500 - - 73 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6353 - - 4864 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2547 - - 3537 - - 3671 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 192 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 182 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1557 - - -110 - - -1798 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4796 - - 4974 - - 1888 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 209 - - -1632 - - -3557 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6144 - - 6496 - - 3647 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 90 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 160 - - 110 - - 630 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.6 - - 85.8 - - 79.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 64.3 - - 70.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.4 - - 85.9 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 62.9 - - 70.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - -2 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6288 - - 4799 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 39 - - 58 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 16 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] 99500 45 076 42 082 31 072 99500 91984 35 080 33 081 31 072 91984 86196 30 077 27 078 33 069 86196 81400 23 079 25 077 31 073 81400 77265 21 083 21 078 24 075 77265 73614 20 076 17 077 17 089 73614 70311 18 081 15 080 17 094 70311 67274 17 084 13 082 16 087 67274 64467 11 087 7 084 12 064 64467 61763 8 089 5 115 5 051 61763 58948 2 344 4 169 2 276 58948 56038 1 146 2 285 2 263 56038 53296 10 346 7 332 7 316 53296 50861 13 317 16 330 13 314 50861 48693 14 338 17 312 18 291 48693 46727 23 337 16 294 20 278 46727 44919 27 316 19 291 21 269 44919 43236 27 312 18 307 14 267 43236 41657 27 312 23 302 22 280 41657 40168 28 309 23 294 23 267 40168 38755 27 304 21 293 19 269 38755 37377 23 290 22 280 14 263 37377 35967 20 274 25 278 19 247 35967 34494 21 268 24 273 26 253 34494 32963 23 269 23 260 23 257 32963 31359 22 272 23 256 22 255 31359 29669 19 269 20 256 20 244 29669 27894 17 250 21 264 21 243 27894 26031 20 237 22 254 21 248 26031 24089 19 244 24 229 23 254 24089 22080 15 251 20 216 21 236 22080 19997 7 221 14 208 23 208 19997 17826 11 221 12 226 16 209 17826 15616 13 237 9 251 11 215 15616 13488 12 241 9 252 7 209 13488 11553 12 220 9 232 11 198 11553 9840 8 205 16 226 14 233 9840 8329 9 197 20 224 15 232 8329 6987 12*185 17 222 17 216 6987 5795 12*181 14*213 16 208 5795 4738 12 179 12*197 16 198 4738 3807 12 177 12 188 18 184 3807 2985 11 174 12 184 19 174 2985 2251 11 172 12 180 20 169 2251 1602 11 171 11 177 20 167 1602 1061 10 169 11 175 19 165 1061 646 10 168 11 174 17 162 646 361 9 168 10 173 13 158 361 189 9 167 9 172 11 157 189 90 7 167 7 172 5*152 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