DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 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 - - - - - - 33.9 - - 33.7 - - 32.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 72 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3787 - - 3925 - - 854 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2063 - - 1730 - - 69 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3852 - - 3990 - - 919 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1716 - - 1411 - - 4366 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 308 - - 265 - - 57 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 22 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 308 - - 305 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 818 - - 847 - - -1607 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3034 - - 3144 - - 2527 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 873 - - 858 - - -1784 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2979 - - 3132 - - 2703 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 33.7 - - 32.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.1 - - 20.5 - - 21.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.3 - - 33.4 - - 32.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.7 - - 20.2 - - 21.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 72 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3787 - - 3925 - - 854 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95801 24 264 24 287 21 292 95801 88974 7 313 19 277 15 308 88974 83586 4 311 12 259 18 288 83586 79035 8 355 11 282 12 274 79035 75064 10 291 16 255 14 263 75064 71513 3 288 15 260 11 264 71513 68280 19 295 19 266 19 274 68280 65294 13 266 12 267 13 259 65294 62507 23 312 22 301 21 294 62507 59794 36 288 34 287 33 289 59794 56946 41 269 41 274 38 279 56946 53967 39 272 38 274 36 279 53967 51106 40 282 42 281 41 282 51106 48515 50 287 54 282 53 285 48515 46193 62 287 63 280 60 282 46193 44091 68 285 66 280 62 281 44091 42170 68 284 70 283 64 281 42170 40400 69 285 75 283 67 282 40400 38758 71 286 80 283 71 285 38758 37228 72 285 82 283 76 284 37228 35800 72 284 82 281 76 282 35800 34433 73 286 81 279 73 282 34433 33056 76 287 78 279 73 283 33056 31637 78 286 74 283 74 283 31637 30183 76 284 73 286 76 283 30183 28685 74 283 72 287 77 284 28685 27130 75 285 71 288 77 285 27130 25515 80 288 71 291 75 287 25515 23833 88 290 72 292 76 287 23833 22078 84 290 69 293 78 288 22078 20246 66 288 61 295 77 293 20246 18330 49 289 50 298 60 296 18330 16330 39 294 44 301 45 298 16330 14288 36 300 41 303 41 299 14288 12316 37 302 40 303 40 299 12316 10520 38 302 39 303 37 301 10520 8926 37 305 37 303 32 302 8926 7515 32 306 34 302 29 302 7515 6274 27 308 30 303 27 306 6274 5190 25 310 26 304 26 306 5190 4241 26*310 25*303 25 304 4241 3408 26*309 25*304 25 305 3408 2673 25 309 24 304 25 305 2673 2016 25 308 23 305 24 305 2016 1436 24 308 23 305 23 304 1436 953 24 308 22 306 21*303 953 583 23 307 21 306 19*302 583 328 21 307 19 306 16 300 328 174 19 307 17 305 14 300 174 86 15 306 13 305 10 299 86 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