DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - - - - - 50.9 - - 41.6 - - 34.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -20 - - -60 - - -79 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 71 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 87 - - 87 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5635 - - 5077 - - 4709 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 29 - - 26 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 18 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 268 - - 274 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1899 - - -1978 - - -1830 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1986 - - 2065 - - 1916 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2301 - - -2516 - - -2642 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2388 - - 2603 - - 2728 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 62 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.9 - - 41.6 - - 34.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.2 - - 32.7 - - 26.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.3 - - 42.8 - - 36.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.9 - - 31.4 - - 25.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -20 - - -60 - - -79 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 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] 96449 25 240 25 264 24 261 96449 89404 16 247 22 242 19 261 89404 83943 12 240 19 227 20 250 83943 79359 11 253 20 220 25 232 79359 75377 22 266 19 226 24 226 75377 71838 21 249 14 246 21 245 71838 68621 14 236 20 245 30 238 68621 65648 23 238 28 234 31 217 65648 62870 28 232 32 246 30 220 62870 60166 36 223 39 237 39 235 60166 57359 52 231 47 232 46 241 57359 54460 66 232 59 239 55 242 54460 51678 82 219 74 233 64 230 51678 49156 91 212 80 224 49 223 49156 46872 96 216 76 218 36 245 46872 44784 101 216 60 214 80 264 44784 42882 93 209 48 235 104 252 42882 41141 71 212 68 251 104 238 41141 39521 66 228 97 247 101 229 39521 37997 86 234 111 235 91 232 37997 36567 106 230 118 225 81 245 36567 35198 129 224 115 217 82 258 35198 33816 134 215 102 216 89 264 33816 32387 131 209 87 224 98 263 32387 30916 117 209 86 236 104 256 30916 29385 110 211 108 238 106 251 29385 27778 112 215 125 232 101 256 27778 26096 118 215 118 227 96 262 26096 24340 113 213 111 230 93 264 24340 22513 102 210 108 232 91 269 22513 20618 96 212 106 234 92 275 20618 18648 94 218 99 236 94 274 18648 16591 95 221 89 239 93 272 16591 14483 91 220 78 244 89 273 14483 12449 88 220 70 249 82 273 12449 10611 81 225 65 253 73 270 10611 8994 60 226 62 255 70 270 8994 7569 50 229 58 257 70 272 7569 6318 41 241 53 254 65 274 6318 5226 37 246 46 253 58 275 5226 4271 35 253 44 260 50 275 4271 3433 35 256 43 266 46 275 3433 2693 34 260 43 269 45 274 2693 2032 33 263 42 271 44 274 2032 1448 32 265 41 273 41 273 1448 961 30 266 38 273 37 272 961 587 28 267 35 274 33 271 587 331 25 267 30 274 27 271 331 175 21 268 25*274 23 270 175 86 16*268 18*274 16*270 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