DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.3 - - 58.2 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 59 - - -24 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1091 - - 23 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 72 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1156 - - 88 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 685 - - 1448 - - 375 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 166 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 177 - - 187 - - 197 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -653 - - -1313 - - -251 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1809 - - 1401 - - 339 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8450 - - -7294 - - -7829 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9606 - - 7382 - - 7917 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 84 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.3 - - 58.2 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.9 - - 52.5 - - 51.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.0 - - 59.0 - - 53.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.4 - - 52.4 - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 59 - - -24 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1091 - - 23 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 35 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 8 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] 96544 49 260 57 277 44 274 96544 89289 39 255 38 275 37 261 89289 83770 21 253 24 260 28 259 83770 79205 13 248 14 248 21 249 79205 75285 6 245 7 250 14 248 75285 71822 11 228 7 250 16 249 71822 68677 17 231 16 243 17 237 68677 65785 20 240 19 243 26 254 65785 63106 15 264 18 240 24 235 63106 60497 19 292 18 267 30 261 60497 57758 33 268 37 265 36 261 57758 54903 41 255 45 256 37 257 54903 52153 41 251 43 248 49 263 52153 49677 43 264 41 248 60 251 49677 47472 66 266 74 260 50 243 47472 45464 84 261 84 258 62 271 45464 43641 85 262 89 260 100 272 43641 41997 87 266 93 260 120 269 41997 40477 89 268 95 262 120 268 40477 39044 88 268 97 264 117 268 39044 37688 87 268 98 266 112 268 37688 36372 86 267 99 268 107 266 36372 35027 86 267 97 268 103 264 35027 33621 86 265 99 267 101 263 33621 32154 81 264 95 266 99 263 32154 30615 72 265 80 264 91 262 30615 28992 62 270 52 258 75 258 28992 27284 51 265 48 256 60 250 27284 25491 62 256 51 258 49 240 25491 23616 60 246 56 260 47 234 23616 21662 52 243 62 253 49 230 21662 19624 48 238 63 246 45 227 19624 17495 48 235 54 235 40 234 17495 15323 48 236 53 229 48 254 15323 13229 48 238 52 232 53 260 13229 11323 46 240 44 239 50 255 11323 9632 41 241 38 246 44 246 9632 8132 36 239 36 253 39 240 8132 6799 34 224 36 249 41 249 6799 5618 38 210 37 239 42 256 5618 4576 39 207 39 227 41 253 4576 3661 41 204 42 218 45 245 3661 2860 40 199 40 211 46 231 2860 2149 37 193 37 205 45 221 2149 1524 28*184 32 196 41 214 1524 1007 21*178 27 190 35 210 1007 612 20 177 22 189 28 205 612 343 18 177 19 189 19 200 343 180 16 176 16*188 16*199 180 88 12 176 10*187 8*197 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