DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/29 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 - - - 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.4 - - 70.9 - - 70.7 - - 61.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 97 - - 301 - - 138 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1315 - - 3139 - - 3149 - - 1023 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 71 - - 2070 - - 1732 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1380 - - 3204 - - 3214 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 832 - - 1191 - - 999 - - 804 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 205 - - 398 - - 309 - - 83 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 6 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 12 - - 18 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - 155 - - 155 - - 161 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 4 - - -4 - - -4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4272 - - -2104 - - -1883 - - -2870 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5652 - - 5308 - - 5097 - - 3958 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11134 - - -4453 - - -4673 - - -7056 ODpotential blCL - - - 12514 - - 7657 - - 7887 - - 8144 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 10 - - 0 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.4 - - 70.9 - - 70.7 - - 61.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.2 - - 47.9 - - 48.6 - - 44.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.9 - - 69.3 - - 69.9 - - 61.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.6 - - 47.3 - - 48.1 - - 43.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 97 - - 301 - - 138 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1315 - - 3139 - - 3149 - - 1023 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 101 - - 80 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 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] 97494 18 259 16 267 23 268 33 291 97494 90112 16 258 15 256 24 268 20 298 90112 84478 9 269 11 258 10 272 20 290 84478 79796 7 245 9 267 6 315 6 293 79796 75756 3 111 3 223 6 312 3 074 75756 72197 6 064 7 137 3 245 2 246 72197 68973 5 033 5 047 2 087 4 201 68973 66003 8 310 3 333 4 321 2 224 66003 63250 11 283 5 295 9 268 6 275 63250 60579 10 307 7 296 8 243 10 243 60579 57765 16 271 10 239 18 236 17 235 57765 54810 17 259 22 225 20 217 20 240 54810 51963 25 272 27 249 31 271 34 274 51963 49394 55 259 57 250 54 252 56 256 49394 47112 63 241 56 235 50 242 61 252 47112 45067 53 213 44 248 54 260 61 252 45067 43213 43 204 62 259 66 257 64 253 43213 41516 59 265 75 253 78 246 71 252 41516 39950 93 262 86 253 83 246 74 248 39950 38497 94 254 96 247 86 245 75 248 38497 37140 87 251 94 243 90 241 76 247 37140 35829 85 251 89 245 90 243 75 245 35829 34494 81 253 86 249 92 249 71 247 34494 33103 74 257 84 254 92 254 69 250 33103 31660 63 258 77 257 83 257 64 252 31660 30150 50 251 62 248 70 258 54 252 30150 28559 46 245 58 238 53 252 46 248 28559 26884 48 252 56 243 46 243 42 239 26884 25124 49 255 53 258 40 236 40 237 25124 23280 50 250 51 268 33 242 42 243 23280 21352 47 243 40 274 28 256 44 246 21352 19338 37 244 36 272 27 259 44 251 19338 17236 27 244 38 272 24 255 43 256 17236 15093 18 234 21 232 25 233 41 254 15093 13028 14 276 14 214 25 216 38 238 13028 11154 11 289 14 226 26 210 32 220 11154 9498 11 265 16 226 26 214 24 200 9498 8031 14 241 19 226 24 229 20 206 8031 6724 19 242 21 226 24 232 22 214 6724 5561 21 245 20 215 23 220 24 209 5561 4534 16 235 17 196 19 199 23 205 4534 3633 10 193 14*163 17*173 21 197 3633 2842 15 161 13*155 18*166 20 182 2842 2137 19 155 13 154 18 162 23 164 2137 1519 16*155 13 155 18 160 23*154 1519 1007 14*155 13 156 18 159 21*148 1007 615 13 154 12 156 18 159 20 147 615 345 13 155 11 157 17 158 18 147 345 181 11 155 10 156 16 157 15 147 181 88 9 155 9 157 12 157 11 146 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