DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 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 - - - - - - 29.6 - - 28.8 - - 25.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 31 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5059 - - 4342 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3317 - - 69 - - 69 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5124 - - 4407 - - 85 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 815 - - 1057 - - 3515 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 403 - - 208 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 297 - - 291 - - 290 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 922 - - -489 - - -3549 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4202 - - 4897 - - 3634 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 673 - - -11814 - - -14608 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4451 - - 16221 - - 14693 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 72 - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.6 - - 28.8 - - 25.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 11.3 - - 7.5 - - 9.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.8 - - 28.7 - - 26.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 10.4 - - 7.0 - - 9.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 31 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5059 - - 4342 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94664 102 225 113 223 116 227 94664 87525 88 229 97 228 96 236 87525 82047 86 228 86 232 77 240 82047 77461 74 236 67 237 64 252 77461 73496 72 254 61 251 62 262 73496 70009 70 261 58 262 60 263 70009 66866 70 256 63 255 62 259 66866 63984 65 250 61 255 63 258 63984 61324 63 249 60 260 61 267 61324 58751 65 255 65 268 61 275 58751 56046 70 262 70 271 65 277 56046 53210 75 266 72 271 70 275 53210 50483 75 268 73 274 68 272 50483 48020 74 271 79 275 68 275 48020 45805 76 272 82 271 72 278 45805 43788 81 271 80 268 74 274 43788 41933 83 270 75 269 75 274 41933 40224 82 270 73 272 79 276 40224 38641 80 274 74 275 79 278 38641 37168 79 279 77 278 81 283 37168 35791 80 280 83 280 91 286 35791 34471 84 279 89 279 98 283 34471 33140 88 278 93 278 95 278 33140 31765 91 277 95 278 89 277 31765 30346 95 280 99 279 85 278 30346 28867 99 281 104 280 83 279 28867 27311 99 282 104 279 81 279 27311 25677 102 283 102 281 78 280 25677 23964 105 283 101 282 76 279 23964 22178 103 282 96 280 79 276 22178 20322 97 283 91 282 81 274 20322 18384 93 285 84 283 74 273 18384 16356 90 287 78 284 68 275 16356 14286 86 287 76 285 65 281 14286 12289 80 286 73 286 63 285 12289 10476 71 286 67 287 58 287 10476 8871 57 288 60 290 53 288 8871 7460 45 289 51 294 47 286 7460 6221 34*292 36 289 40 283 6221 5137 23*297 23*283 34 280 5137 4190 22 297 21*285 25 275 4190 3363 22 297 19 289 19 282 3363 2637 22 298 18 291 18 291 2637 1990 22 298 17 293 19 293 1990 1418 22 298 16 294 19 293 1418 941 21 298 16 295 18 292 941 576 21 297 15 295 16 292 576 325 20 297 14 296 13 291 325 173 18 297 12 296 11 291 173 85 14 297 9 297 6*290 85 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