DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 56.2 - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - -1 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1505 - - 236 - - 146 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1570 - - 301 - - 211 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 888 - - 1871 - - 1638 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 28 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 11 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 079 - - 067 - - 072 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 4 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 542 - - -180 - - -288 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1028 - - 481 - - 499 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 149 - - -259 - - -578 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1421 - - 560 - - 789 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 30 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 56.2 - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 54.7 - - 54.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.4 - - 56.3 - - 56.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.2 - - 54.6 - - 53.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - -1 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1505 - - 236 - - 146 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 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] 98579 12 109 7 102 8 053 98579 91056 11 077 8 120 7 079 91056 85250 9 113 9 112 8 096 85250 80453 7 144 5 065 8 092 80453 76359 6 150 3 059 10 058 76359 72760 7 123 2 197 9 036 72760 69511 4 073 1 026 7 350 69511 66531 3 349 3 276 7 298 66531 63773 7 293 7 276 11 295 63773 61103 14 264 16 252 15 276 61103 58315 10 253 13 259 15 260 58315 55419 18 270 14 271 13 265 55419 52654 27 255 29 260 25 262 52654 50189 42 246 38 251 31 249 50189 48018 42 233 43 236 38 242 48018 46081 37 239 43 230 44 231 46081 44321 45 250 48 233 44 226 44321 42693 51 241 54 231 42 230 42693 41167 49 233 49 228 42 238 41167 39725 42 229 43 229 40 239 39725 38352 36 230 40 231 39 239 38352 37012 35 231 39 235 42 239 37012 35639 36 231 41 240 43 237 35639 34205 35 229 41 243 38 238 34205 32711 32 233 31 245 34 239 32711 31139 30 234 29 253 30 232 31139 29478 30 232 32 254 29 232 29478 27733 29 232 29 240 30 232 27733 25901 29 236 28 241 27 228 25901 23978 27 233 26 248 25 229 23978 21974 28 232 23 245 23 237 21974 19882 30 235 22 237 20 243 19882 17697 30 235 20 234 19 237 17697 15472 29 232 21 228 19 225 15472 13335 28 226 23 229 20 233 13335 11398 26 211 19 244 35 231 11398 9682 24 205 14 256 29 231 9682 8159 17 192 16 239 23 226 8159 6809 11 180 19 228 19 230 6809 5614 12 167 15 199 16 245 5614 4563 17 148 19 158 11 237 4563 3643 22 126 24 120 10 190 3643 2840 32 100 27 095 20 121 2840 2132 32*087 27 085 31 087 2132 1515 30*082 24 079 31 080 1515 1004 28 080 22 076 28 077 1004 612 25 079 18 071 25 074 612 343 22 078 15*068 21*073 343 181 19 077 13*067 18*072 181 88 14 077 9 067 12 071 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