DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/07 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.4 - - 87.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - -2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2780 - - 3151 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1385 - - 74 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2845 - - 3216 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1521 - - 2345 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 283 - - 177 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 223 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 124 - - 272 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2721 - - 2944 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2441 - - -2276 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5286 - - 5492 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 79 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2620 - - 2620 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.4 - - 87.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 74.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.9 - - 87.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 72.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - -2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2780 - - 3151 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 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] 99488 32 088 31 082 99488 91987 31 083 29 078 91987 86206 27 083 25 083 86206 81405 21 076 24 089 81405 77273 17 089 20 083 77273 73634 18 110 13 075 73634 70342 17 115 9 074 70342 67309 14 109 8 086 67309 64500 9 088 7 101 64500 61797 9 074 7 111 61797 58998 3 084 3 112 58998 56101 8 235 5 289 56101 53346 16 235 14 261 53346 50879 15 230 20 242 50879 48679 11 245 19 243 48679 46693 8 240 18 245 46693 44878 7 258 15 240 44878 43202 10 273 14 240 43202 41637 14 259 20 239 41637 40163 15 244 21 240 40163 38765 15 247 19 244 38765 37405 16 256 17 242 37405 36013 15 258 19 242 36013 34561 15 259 23 246 34561 33048 15 254 23 244 33048 31460 13 244 24 239 31460 29785 13 251 23 236 29785 28025 15 243 21 237 28025 26182 15 229 20 239 26182 24256 20 223 18 240 24256 22252 22 222 18 242 22252 20163 28 217 20 243 20163 17987 30 223 20 242 17987 15767 31 231 23 228 15767 13628 28 234 27 227 13628 11684 24 232 28 227 11684 9955 22 231 26 231 9955 8420 21 233 23 235 8420 7057 20 236 20 235 7057 5849 18 238 18 235 5849 4781 17 237 17 236 4781 3842 16 234 16*231 3842 3013 14*228 15*227 3013 2272 13*226 15 224 2272 1617 13 225 14 223 1617 1071 12 224 14 223 1071 652 12 224 13 222 652 365 11 224 12 221 365 190 10 223 11 221 190 90 8 223 8 220 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