DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 39.1 - - 39.2 - - 33.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - -12 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2530 - - 1454 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1228 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2595 - - 1519 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 704 - - 1795 - - 334 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 75 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 235 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 152 - - -411 - - -664 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2444 - - 1930 - - 750 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5519 - - -5511 - - -7508 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8114 - - 7030 - - 7594 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 80 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.1 - - 39.2 - - 33.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.1 - - 31.4 - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 39.9 - - 35.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.0 - - 30.3 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - -12 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2530 - - 1454 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 20 - - 3 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 94776 97 241 99 240 100 243 94776 87920 81 248 79 251 78 249 87920 82692 67 248 70 253 64 251 82692 78344 54 247 61 251 51 261 78344 74550 44 245 47 251 44 264 74550 71137 41 244 39 257 43 260 71137 68001 41 252 40 260 45 258 68001 65096 43 253 43 258 47 258 65096 62380 45 252 46 255 48 264 62380 59718 48 257 48 254 55 262 59718 56932 53 261 54 257 60 257 56932 54038 58 256 63 252 66 253 54038 51253 63 253 70 247 74 253 51253 48734 70 252 77 248 81 253 48734 46473 75 252 79 249 83 253 46473 44422 77 253 81 253 87 256 44422 42555 83 253 86 256 91 258 42555 40846 89 252 92 254 93 258 40846 39272 96 252 93 250 99 256 39272 37813 100 251 98 249 104 253 37813 36451 98 250 105 248 105 252 36451 35140 96 252 105 248 102 251 35140 33812 96 256 101 251 98 253 33812 32433 98 260 102 255 94 256 32433 31005 101 260 101 254 97 258 31005 29510 100 258 98 252 100 257 29510 27937 95 258 97 252 97 253 27937 26284 89 260 94 255 91 251 26284 24552 82 262 88 256 83 254 24552 22739 75 264 77 256 79 255 22739 20848 69 264 67 258 71 256 20848 18877 62 261 61 256 62 257 18877 16817 55 265 55 258 58 263 16817 14706 49 270 47 267 53 270 14706 12666 45 271 42 271 45 275 12666 10814 42 269 41 274 40 275 10814 9176 39 266 39 274 36 275 9176 7730 33 265 34 273 32 280 7730 6454 28 259 30 271 29 283 6454 5329 26 251 28 268 28 281 5329 4342 24 254 27 262 25 265 4342 3480 21 256 25 258 23 256 3480 2725 16*249 21 248 23 241 2725 2053 16*249 18*239 22 230 2053 1461 16 249 17*237 21 221 1461 968 15 248 16 235 21 214 968 590 15 248 14 234 19 206 590 332 14 248 13 233 16 197 332 175 13 248 11 233 13*194 175 86 10 248 8 232 6*191 86 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