DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 36.4 - - 40.4 - - 39.1 - - 34.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 211 - - 9 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3132 - - 5550 - - 3725 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1638 - - 3723 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3197 - - 5615 - - 3790 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1957 - - 1585 - - 4056 - - 5320 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 295 - - 424 - - 132 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 26 - - 30 - - 27 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 280 - - 284 - - 284 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 13 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -2 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -684 - - 522 - - -792 - - -3492 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3881 - - 5093 - - 4582 - - 3579 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2096 - - 326 - - -1102 - - -4552 ODpotential blCL - - - 5293 - - 5289 - - 4892 - - 4638 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 86 - - 89 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.4 - - 40.4 - - 39.1 - - 34.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.8 - - 18.3 - - 19.5 - - 19.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.9 - - 39.6 - - 39.3 - - 35.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.9 - - 18.0 - - 19.4 - - 19.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 211 - - 9 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3132 - - 5550 - - 3725 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 43 - - 57 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95720 13 306 10 279 17 295 13 258 95720 88731 4 351 4 256 11 288 11 291 88731 83321 3 258 5 230 14 275 16 280 83321 78791 10 211 7 233 15 258 18 280 78791 74848 6 248 10 225 14 250 21 260 74848 71339 14 225 10 248 20 252 11 232 71339 68117 13 223 18 262 21 241 25 260 68117 65149 19 221 24 233 29 240 31 237 65149 62382 25 236 18 222 32 230 17 246 62382 59651 26 220 21 245 29 249 34 269 59651 56790 31 262 54 259 48 255 52 259 56790 53838 65 250 69 249 59 252 60 252 53838 51038 73 235 66 241 58 248 62 252 51038 48530 64 232 62 241 60 251 62 250 48530 46287 62 241 63 248 66 251 63 249 46287 44253 67 249 71 255 71 252 65 254 44253 42391 74 252 79 257 75 257 69 260 42391 40675 79 252 85 257 84 262 79 262 40675 39087 83 252 90 256 96 256 87 260 39087 37613 85 251 93 256 102 251 93 258 37613 36233 86 252 96 257 102 250 94 256 36233 34903 91 254 99 258 100 251 88 255 34903 33555 97 255 103 258 95 256 83 259 33555 32162 98 253 105 258 98 264 86 264 32162 30729 94 254 106 259 105 266 92 264 30729 29234 90 256 104 260 109 264 92 263 29234 27658 86 259 100 263 109 263 88 263 27658 25998 81 259 94 265 108 264 88 264 25998 24252 70 260 86 265 107 267 87 265 24252 22420 58 267 72 265 106 270 83 267 22420 20503 50 275 60 269 96 271 83 270 20503 18498 48 276 54 273 70 267 81 272 18498 16417 45 270 51 274 48 256 69 274 16417 14325 42 268 48 277 40 260 48 271 14325 12334 40 268 41 279 38 268 34 269 12334 10536 32 263 34 279 31 270 29 272 10536 8952 24 260 28 276 30 288 24 276 8952 7562 22 270 27 277 34 293 27 298 7562 6335 26 286 30*284 35 292 31 303 6335 5250 32 296 31*285 34 292 32 298 5250 4291 35 295 31 285 34*291 31 291 4291 3446 32*291 31 285 31*287 31 285 3446 2702 29*283 31 285 30 285 30 282 2702 2037 28 282 30 284 29 284 30 280 2037 1450 27 280 30 284 28 284 28 278 1450 962 26 279 29 284 26 283 26 276 962 587 25 279 28 284 24 283 23 275 587 331 23 278 26 284 22 282 18 272 331 175 20 278 23 284 19 282 14 270 175 86 15 277 18 283 14 282 8*268 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