DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/30 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 - - - - - - 68.3 - - 68.6 - - 63.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 472 - - 253 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5629 - - 6166 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4170 - - 4310 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5694 - - 6231 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 653 - - 932 - - 6771 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 560 - - 470 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 21 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 334 - - 354 - - 027 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -459 - - -186 - - -5487 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6154 - - 6417 - - 5575 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4980 - - -4913 - - -6080 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10674 - - 11144 - - 6168 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 81 - - 44 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 68.6 - - 63.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.5 - - 40.7 - - 39.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.3 - - 67.4 - - 64.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.8 - - 40.1 - - 39.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 472 - - 253 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5629 - - 6166 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 98471 27 113 13 145 5 042 98471 91012 14 116 9 093 4 087 91012 85260 12 104 11 064 8 120 85260 80464 8 095 14 094 8 085 80464 76327 10 127 7 080 8 086 76327 72667 10 081 6 058 8 059 72667 69357 10 088 3 023 8 008 69357 66325 14 021 9 060 6 019 66325 63513 13 338 12 336 15 305 63513 60782 2 282 7 247 10 240 60782 57937 24 315 29 318 32 332 57937 55020 31 289 36 297 36 304 55020 52249 29 290 34 299 34 303 52249 49753 44 296 46 298 42 296 49753 47521 49 294 49 298 42 298 47521 45494 58 299 57 299 48 308 45494 43635 74 292 70 292 63 299 43635 41934 78 288 72 292 71 294 41934 40363 81 287 74 294 73 295 40363 38892 84 286 80 294 73 297 38892 37505 88 285 86 294 74 299 37505 36161 90 283 93 293 76 300 36161 34790 91 284 98 292 79 300 34790 33365 92 283 99 291 81 300 33365 31889 92 287 98 295 83 300 31889 30345 93 293 97 297 86 301 30345 28717 95 295 96 297 87 301 28717 27002 94 296 94 298 85 300 27002 25197 91 294 92 300 85 299 25197 23309 89 293 84 301 79 301 23309 21355 79 298 71 304 65 310 21355 19329 68 304 59 311 58 320 19329 17213 59 308 52 312 55 316 17213 15057 46 314 42 314 47 317 15057 12987 37 321 35 313 38 321 12987 11109 35 320 31 318 31 322 11109 9440 33 322 24 328 27 318 9440 7967 31 331 20 348 24 327 7967 6672 25*333 20*351 22 342 6672 5532 22*334 21*353 20 353 5532 4523 22 334 21 353 19 000 4523 3634 23 334 21 354 18 009 3634 2850 23 335 21 354 18 017 2850 2149 23 335 21 355 18 022 2149 1530 22 335 21 355 18 024 1530 1014 22 335 21 355 17 026 1014 619 21 335 20 355 16 026 619 347 20 334 19 355 15 027 347 182 19 334 17 355 12 028 182 88 15 334 14 355 9*027 88 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