DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 15.9 - - 10.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 18 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2243 - - 2103 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 962 - - 68 - - 68 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2308 - - 2168 - - 84 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 945 - - 1156 - - 2852 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 258 - - 138 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 314 - - 300 - - 335 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -676 - - -457 - - -1300 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2984 - - 2625 - - 1384 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12425 - - -11310 - - -2445 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14733 - - 13478 - - 2529 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 76 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 15.9 - - 10.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 2.6 - - 5.0 - - 5.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 14.6 - - 15.9 - - 12.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 1.6 - - 3.9 - - 5.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 18 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2243 - - 2103 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 6 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96336 61 204 57 227 62 233 96336 88930 62 221 58 227 67 230 88930 83198 63 229 63 237 71 231 83198 78468 59 233 63 237 71 236 78468 74408 60 245 68 244 72 244 74408 70826 68 253 69 249 70 245 70826 67563 74 253 76 260 68 255 67563 64563 77 251 81 258 76 258 64563 61798 78 250 83 250 81 252 61798 59119 80 251 83 247 81 247 59119 56308 82 254 85 251 83 253 56308 53375 89 257 87 255 89 257 53375 50566 95 256 90 256 93 255 50566 48028 98 254 91 255 95 251 48028 45742 98 252 90 256 93 248 45742 43661 96 252 90 256 90 248 43661 41758 97 252 94 255 90 248 41758 40011 95 251 95 252 91 248 40011 38398 92 251 92 250 88 249 38398 36900 89 248 90 249 89 249 36900 35503 85 249 90 249 91 248 35503 34166 82 251 84 250 86 247 34166 32823 83 251 81 253 79 249 32823 31443 77 251 80 256 77 252 31443 30031 73 251 80 255 78 252 30031 28563 72 253 73 255 77 251 28563 27022 72 254 72 257 74 253 27022 25404 72 255 70 259 70 253 25404 23707 74 259 68 260 67 251 23707 21935 73 261 65 260 65 248 21935 20088 70 260 64 260 61 250 20088 18162 70 259 66 261 61 254 18162 16152 72 261 69 262 63 255 16152 14099 61 265 62 264 57 259 14099 12126 50 268 49 264 41 260 12126 10342 46 270 42 267 34 264 10342 8762 44 273 41 272 35 269 8762 7365 40 275 40 277 34 274 7365 6135 35 278 36 279 29 279 6135 5056 29 282 31 282 25 284 5056 4114 24 295 26 290 22 292 4114 3296 21 311 22 295 20 303 3296 2584 18*315 19*296 20 311 2584 1948 15*314 15*298 19 316 1948 1388 14 314 14 300 19 321 1388 921 14 314 14 301 18 327 921 563 13 314 13 301 16 331 563 318 13 313 12 301 13 334 318 169 12 313 10 302 11 335 169 84 10 313 8 302 5*335 84 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