DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.1 - - 55.5 - - 48.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 124 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4466 - - 3638 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3111 - - 2010 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4531 - - 3703 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 749 - - 1122 - - 1253 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 459 - - 312 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 22 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 205 - - 203 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2154 - - -2779 - - -4497 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6685 - - 6482 - - 4585 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9438 - - -8697 - - -11148 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13969 - - 12400 - - 11235 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 76 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.1 - - 55.5 - - 48.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.4 - - 27.8 - - 29.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.7 - - 54.9 - - 50.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.3 - - 26.8 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 124 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4466 - - 3638 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96613 50 234 45 250 32 255 96613 89301 43 226 49 238 43 250 89301 83659 36 231 45 235 45 248 83659 78989 35 248 40 238 43 250 78989 74993 37 258 30 240 32 246 74993 71454 39 257 30 258 27 258 71454 68243 41 269 33 268 33 275 68243 65320 47 274 41 279 39 282 65320 62620 55 267 52 279 46 285 62620 60003 59 269 58 279 54 287 60003 57263 62 279 64 278 61 282 57263 54401 68 283 68 275 66 277 54401 51654 76 282 71 278 70 279 51654 49175 81 279 78 279 77 282 49175 46947 81 278 82 280 82 283 46947 44922 80 280 82 281 81 281 44922 43072 80 282 81 284 78 282 43072 41379 82 281 84 287 77 285 41379 39828 81 280 83 285 78 285 39828 38400 81 282 78 283 76 284 38400 37066 82 284 76 284 72 286 37066 35770 82 284 74 285 71 286 35770 34441 81 283 73 284 70 285 34441 33052 80 282 73 284 68 285 33052 31608 79 283 73 285 64 286 31608 30095 78 285 72 285 60 286 30095 28499 77 287 69 285 58 286 28499 26815 76 288 66 285 60 283 26815 25043 74 288 64 287 60 283 25043 23188 70 287 63 288 58 286 23188 21253 65 288 61 284 53 287 21253 19233 58 290 55 281 49 283 19233 17123 51 292 43 278 42 276 17123 14975 43 291 34 278 30 270 14975 12912 41 286 31 288 19 282 12912 11041 37 277 35 284 21 297 11041 9381 27 269 32 272 25 287 9381 7910 25 266 26 260 26 265 7910 6609 28 259 24 256 25 258 6609 5461 30*243 25 249 29 247 5461 4453 25*215 24*218 32 227 4453 3571 24 207 23*207 34 215 3571 2796 23 205 23 205 33 211 2796 2104 23 204 23 204 31 206 2104 1496 23 203 23 203 30 193 1496 990 22 203 22 202 28 185 990 604 21 202 21 201 24 182 604 339 20 202 20 200 19 179 339 178 19 201 18 200 16 179 178 87 15 201 14 200 9*176 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