DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 10/11 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 - - - - - - 68.8 - - 64.9 - - 65.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -6 - - -11 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 24 - - 199 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 89 - - 264 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1138 - - 1474 - - 821 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 35 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 115 - - 076 - - 064 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -11 - - -153 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 100 - - 417 - - 89 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1360 - - -517 - - -6607 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1449 - - 781 - - 6696 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 20 - - 690 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 64.9 - - 65.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.1 - - 63.1 - - 65.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 65.4 - - 66.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 63.0 - - 65.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -6 - - -11 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 24 - - 199 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 12 - - 14 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] 97541 31 252 27 263 34 276 97541 90342 21 272 20 256 25 265 90342 84743 22 268 21 269 19 280 84743 80081 17 264 24 280 18 295 80081 76077 12 288 23 274 16 314 76077 72549 13 285 19 273 16 300 72549 69362 14 308 13 283 17 300 69362 66444 18 291 16 290 26 301 66444 63758 21 285 20 286 27 292 63758 61173 24 260 19 283 26 288 61173 58472 25 258 27 283 26 278 58472 55675 31 255 35 255 35 258 55675 53021 29 254 30 247 36 249 53021 50631 35 255 35 253 40 253 50631 48480 47 240 55 241 49 244 48480 46526 66 234 69 227 63 233 46526 44729 78 230 73 225 71 222 44729 43055 81 225 78 222 76 217 43055 41486 79 215 79 219 83 213 41486 40002 75 211 78 214 84 211 40002 38593 71 208 75 212 84 210 38593 37221 64 204 73 212 83 210 37221 35818 59 204 71 210 81 209 35818 34354 60 208 67 209 78 208 34354 32832 62 214 62 208 77 208 32832 31234 61 219 61 207 77 211 31234 29550 57 219 61 209 75 212 29550 27787 50 217 57 211 71 212 27787 25946 41 226 53 212 68 212 25946 24026 39 235 51 217 60 213 24026 22033 36 234 46 221 44 210 22033 19961 26 221 39 227 42 211 19961 17802 25 222 36 228 38 210 17802 15600 19 215 27 209 27 216 15600 13475 17 222 22 235 22 220 13475 11541 22 228 19 232 24 212 11541 9822 30 226 24 211 30 210 9822 8293 35 226 30 211 32 209 8293 6937 34 229 30 212 31 203 6937 5736 29 220 27 209 31 198 5736 4676 23 199 21 200 31 197 4676 3745 22 178 16 151 28 194 3745 2926 24 170 23 112 22 191 2926 2198 24 164 34 089 16 193 2198 1559 23 152 35 081 10 184 1559 1030 22 137 33 079 8 105 1030 627 20 127 28 077 12 076 627 351 17 120 24*076 10 069 351 184 14*117 21*076 9*066 184 89 10*115 14 075 5*064 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