DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/01 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 78.2 - - 70.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - -13 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1955 - - 504 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 548 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2020 - - 569 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2227 - - 2842 - - 139 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 231 - - 70 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 220 - - 225 - - 172 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1337 - - -2351 - - -630 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3357 - - 2920 - - 719 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4282 - - -5832 - - -4858 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6302 - - 6401 - - 4947 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 66 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 78.2 - - 70.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.7 - - 65.7 - - 67.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.5 - - 78.9 - - 72.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.3 - - 64.5 - - 67.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - -13 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1955 - - 504 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 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] 98061 27 246 18 241 23 225 98061 90718 12 208 13 219 8 245 90718 85060 7 151 11 235 8 285 85060 80376 4 105 3 296 5 331 80376 76356 2 034 4 341 11 324 76356 72812 6 354 7 002 9 325 72812 69601 7 326 8 345 5 320 69601 66657 2 269 9 335 7 332 66657 63953 7 007 10 323 9 340 63953 61352 14 344 12 323 11 333 61352 58645 20 332 14 321 16 311 58645 55844 23 316 13 333 13 297 55844 53183 25 355 25 356 25 352 53183 50810 55 335 47 332 32 334 50810 48694 53 323 37 336 20 343 48694 46750 37 318 34 349 22 350 46750 44948 24 355 38 338 37 335 44948 43275 31 354 35 326 40 334 43275 41708 31 345 33 322 41 333 41708 40227 30 334 29 320 29 318 40227 38821 29 325 28 319 24 296 38821 37452 28 319 28 313 28 292 37452 36051 27 320 31 308 28 299 36051 34587 28 310 33 305 26 301 34587 33064 30 301 31 307 26 298 33064 31464 29 297 28 309 25 298 31464 29775 35 297 26 313 25 291 29775 27999 37 298 26 311 26 285 27999 26139 33 293 26 300 27 285 26139 24196 32 294 24 288 26 283 24196 22178 31 297 23 284 25 285 22178 20074 29 290 23 282 23 286 20074 17880 20 280 21 272 22 278 17880 15642 17 260 22 266 24 274 15642 13493 17 257 24 272 25 275 13493 11549 19 275 25 276 23 279 11549 9829 18 280 24 272 20 277 9829 8306 15 281 24 267 19 271 8306 6957 14 283 22 265 19 269 6957 5764 14 272 18 266 17 263 5764 4710 16 253 14 265 15 255 4710 3782 16 244 14 259 15 248 3782 2964 14 239 14 246 16 240 2964 2233 12*228 13 226 18 231 2233 1588 10*221 12 224 16 221 1588 1051 10 221 11 224 14 202 1051 640 9 221 10*225 14 190 640 357 8 220 9*225 13 185 357 186 8 220 7 225 10*180 186 89 7 220 5 225 5*172 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