DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.6 - - 84.2 - - 76.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 45 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3782 - - 4358 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2025 - - 1791 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3847 - - 4423 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2135 - - 2152 - - 207 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 303 - - 257 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 233 - - 224 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4906 - - -3902 - - -4586 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8753 - - 8325 - - 4675 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8690 - - -7248 - - -7877 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12537 - - 11671 - - 7966 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 68 - - 38 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.6 - - 84.2 - - 76.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.6 - - 48.1 - - 56.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.1 - - 83.9 - - 78.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - 46.9 - - 55.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 97 - - 45 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3782 - - 4358 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 76 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 10 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] 96688 29 240 37 252 37 255 96688 89482 28 249 34 248 30 257 89482 83980 29 260 29 263 27 271 83980 79443 27 268 28 275 27 285 79443 75556 22 268 23 273 24 282 75556 72115 17 275 18 288 18 285 72115 68955 20 270 20 284 17 302 68955 66000 18 264 22 260 25 270 66000 63265 14 284 18 253 28 259 63265 60643 20 284 17 280 23 276 60643 57895 32 281 33 281 29 274 57895 55022 41 266 39 272 36 272 55022 52280 39 266 40 269 43 272 52280 49833 40 273 45 274 51 274 49833 47660 48 273 50 273 57 270 47660 45706 51 269 53 272 60 273 45706 43930 53 271 59 273 69 278 43930 42297 57 277 63 276 72 277 42297 40775 57 275 63 274 64 272 40775 39340 57 271 59 270 58 267 39340 37977 57 269 57 267 56 265 37977 36650 56 267 56 266 56 268 36650 35292 55 262 56 267 58 271 35292 33875 50 258 52 269 59 274 33875 32399 45 259 47 269 58 277 32399 30850 41 263 44 269 52 278 30850 29216 41 266 43 273 46 276 29216 27496 41 267 43 277 45 273 27496 25691 40 267 44 277 44 273 25691 23806 40 267 46 273 39 276 23806 21843 40 269 45 272 32 279 21843 19799 40 268 41 275 29 283 19799 17669 37 261 38 277 29 284 17669 15499 35 256 31 279 31 282 15499 13407 28 257 23 271 28 277 13407 11500 25 262 26 271 25 273 11500 9804 24 259 29 270 26 273 9804 8297 26 255 26 269 28 270 8297 6957 24 248 24 259 28 260 6957 5768 22 234 24 243 27 253 5768 4714 21*229 23*232 26 247 4714 3786 18*232 22*228 24 241 3786 2967 18 232 21 226 21 235 2967 2236 17 232 20 224 19 228 2236 1590 17 233 20 223 18 218 1590 1053 17 233 19 223 17 208 1053 641 16 234 18 222 16 199 641 358 15 234 17 222 15 195 358 187 14 234 15 221 12 193 187 89 11 235 12 221 5*186 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