DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.9 - - 87.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 73 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2162 - - 2740 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 74 - - 1150 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2227 - - 2805 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 841 - - 2126 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 218 - - 257 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 202 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 971 - - -50 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1256 - - 2855 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 432 - - -1815 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1795 - - 4620 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2730 - - 3000 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.9 - - 87.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 74.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.5 - - 87.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 73.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 73 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2162 - - 2740 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 30 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - - 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] 99407 43 089 38 079 99407 91928 36 082 29 080 91928 86169 29 089 22 080 86169 81373 24 092 19 090 81373 77231 20 093 18 093 77231 73568 19 092 19 092 73568 70249 13 093 13 092 70249 67192 11 131 13 097 67192 64359 7 136 5 038 64359 61629 6 166 4 266 61629 58795 3 269 8 231 58795 55882 12 263 17 265 55882 53137 27 261 28 255 53137 50683 39 276 40 261 50683 48478 50 250 48 273 48478 46479 62 265 71 264 46479 44666 76 268 73 257 44666 42993 74 268 69 257 42993 41423 75 267 71 266 41423 39942 74 266 83 273 39942 38543 72 267 83 272 38543 37186 68 269 79 271 37186 35800 65 269 73 269 35800 34352 63 265 69 268 34352 32846 64 264 66 267 32846 31263 60 261 70 267 31263 29593 51 246 66 268 29593 27839 50 241 55 268 27839 26004 48 246 51 257 26004 24084 40 235 54 247 24084 22086 42 231 47 249 22086 20014 41 234 42 251 20014 17858 37 242 40 255 17858 15659 29 247 32 244 15659 13542 27 246 31 230 13542 11620 29 240 30 229 11620 9912 30 234 29 236 9912 8392 30 229 30 233 8392 7040 28 226 30 228 7040 5838 26 226 30 227 5838 4773 25 228 31 224 4773 3836 26 228 31 220 3836 3008 25 223 29*213 3008 2269 20*208 28*205 2269 1616 19*204 27 203 1616 1070 18 203 26 201 1070 652 16 202 25 200 652 365 15 201 23 200 365 190 13 200 20 199 190 90 10 200 15 199 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