DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 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 - - - - - - 84.0 - - 84.7 - - 79.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 14 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4919 - - 4340 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3082 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4984 - - 4405 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1465 - - 1736 - - 4274 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 371 - - 218 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 298 - - 280 - - 146 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -91 - - -2000 - - -2852 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5075 - - 6405 - - 2942 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4762 - - -6395 - - -4869 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9746 - - 10800 - - 4959 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 63 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.0 - - 84.7 - - 79.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 57.0 - - 66.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.1 - - 84.7 - - 81.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.6 - - 55.7 - - 65.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 14 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4919 - - 4340 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 14 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] 99336 20 097 18 083 16 072 99336 91883 18 084 20 084 20 075 91883 86108 15 086 19 081 17 077 86108 81302 13 098 16 073 16 082 81302 77162 13 104 12 094 13 083 77162 73509 14 117 13 126 8 084 73509 70202 15 136 11 145 5 124 70202 67162 19 151 11 181 3 225 67162 64343 14 173 12 193 11 208 64343 61609 10 201 13 241 10 208 61609 58781 12 224 19 242 15 239 58781 55892 23 253 26 244 25 243 55892 53168 41 233 42 237 41 246 53168 50740 52 230 57 232 57 242 50740 48585 60 236 65 234 68 231 48585 46639 66 245 69 240 64 237 46639 44853 69 244 69 242 65 244 44853 43192 68 244 70 242 64 241 43192 41629 62 247 67 241 61 240 41629 40154 56 247 59 241 54 244 40154 38755 48 244 51 239 49 249 38755 37393 40 241 47 238 50 254 37393 35999 36 245 43 227 48 253 35999 34539 40 259 39 240 46 245 34539 33018 43 269 44 257 47 240 33018 31425 40 270 45 270 43 228 31425 29749 36 263 43 273 36 218 29749 27987 35 260 33 260 35 222 27987 26135 35 250 32 244 34 243 26135 24194 36 243 38 252 37 256 24194 22168 32 239 38 254 41 264 22168 20056 32 240 34 255 39 261 20056 17861 34 244 33 253 28 264 17861 15630 35 247 32 255 28 263 15630 13489 30 256 26 273 25 264 13489 11550 23 272 21 291 18 278 11550 9835 20 281 17 302 15 282 9835 8317 19 290 15 299 17 285 8317 6971 14 299 15 297 20 280 6971 5777 8*302 11 291 20 275 5777 4722 7*302 8*286 16 278 4722 3793 7 301 7*284 11 284 3793 2974 8 299 7 282 7 287 2974 2242 8 298 6 280 4 282 2242 1596 8 297 6 279 2 276 1596 1057 8 296 6 278 1 260 1057 644 8 295 6 278 1 234 644 360 7 294 6 277 1 168 360 188 7 294 5 278 1*146 188 90 6 294 5 277 2*146 90 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