DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 48.8 - - 47.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 18 - - 29 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 928 - - 662 - - 475 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 993 - - 727 - - 540 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 545 - - 563 - - 807 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 108 - - 111 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 048 - - 059 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 333 - - 186 - - 168 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 660 - - 541 - - 372 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 268 - - 175 - - 187 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 725 - - 552 - - 353 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 48.8 - - 47.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.7 - - 47.1 - - 46.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.8 - - 48.6 - - 47.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.2 - - 46.6 - - 46.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 18 - - 29 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 928 - - 662 - - 475 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 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] 96404 21 219 26 234 23 245 96404 89229 31 233 29 233 26 255 89229 83707 32 232 28 248 30 249 83707 79093 22 216 28 241 31 248 79093 75094 24 255 29 263 31 270 75094 71574 31 254 34 267 36 269 71574 68404 32 267 34 270 41 267 68404 65496 35 261 38 269 37 267 65496 62793 40 274 41 279 39 277 62793 60162 58 284 54 283 49 286 60162 57410 67 269 62 272 65 277 57410 54552 66 263 62 263 72 273 54552 51825 64 270 65 269 76 275 51825 49367 70 274 71 273 80 273 49367 47158 71 272 73 271 77 271 47158 45149 68 276 72 269 74 270 45149 43326 74 278 72 271 73 272 43326 41681 83 269 78 273 71 271 41681 40175 81 266 80 271 68 275 40175 38761 77 274 77 271 66 275 38761 37424 76 278 79 273 72 282 37424 36124 74 276 80 276 75 285 36124 34797 75 275 81 275 75 281 34797 33411 76 275 78 273 70 274 33411 31968 67 273 77 271 66 274 31968 30450 58 263 79 272 69 284 30450 28844 60 263 79 274 68 287 28844 27148 57 264 73 276 68 282 27148 25361 56 271 63 273 66 279 25361 23492 53 275 59 268 61 279 23492 21542 47 277 55 273 57 281 21542 19506 37 268 45 279 48 279 19506 17378 27 259 35 265 42 277 17378 15203 28 256 40 265 47 273 15203 13105 31 261 34 273 47 279 13105 11199 25 260 25 281 32 285 11199 9511 19 254 18 278 24 283 9511 8022 20 253 18 269 21 272 8022 6704 21 247 19 256 21 269 6704 5537 21 245 18 251 22 274 5537 4507 19 248 16 258 21 276 4507 3602 14 266 10 275 19 278 3602 2809 6 277 7 278 13 295 2809 2104 3 077 4 209 9 275 2104 1490 7*076 4 141 3 203 1490 986 6*053 7*067 5 113 986 602 6 048 7*061 6*103 602 338 5 047 6 059 6*102 338 178 5 044 6 059 6 101 178 87 4 043 5 058 4 101 87 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