DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.1 - - 34.6 - - 33.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 90 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3109 - - 3362 - - 2893 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2071 - - 1544 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3174 - - 3427 - - 2958 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 870 - - 629 - - 849 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 406 - - 270 - - 90 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 309 - - 292 - - 288 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -5 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -266 - - 685 - - 702 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3440 - - 2742 - - 2256 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5001 - - 855 - - 405 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8175 - - 2572 - - 2553 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.1 - - 34.6 - - 33.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.5 - - 23.2 - - 24.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.6 - - 34.1 - - 33.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.1 - - 22.9 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 90 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3109 - - 3362 - - 2893 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96105 14 292 8 325 21 325 96105 89191 13 344 10 353 11 359 89191 83718 9 341 16 336 9 339 83718 79108 8 324 14 297 12 327 79108 75096 8 279 19 267 19 311 75096 71521 6 270 21 255 25 308 71521 68279 12 281 22 270 32 284 68279 65277 15 290 18 273 20 283 65277 62461 28 296 31 294 31 294 62461 59723 36 289 41 286 40 287 59723 56859 40 284 43 283 45 284 56859 53873 46 282 50 282 51 283 53873 51018 48 281 51 282 52 282 51018 48451 51 284 54 286 51 285 48451 46158 53 285 57 286 56 289 46158 44085 53 287 59 284 62 290 44085 42191 55 287 60 283 65 288 42191 40445 54 288 60 284 63 288 40445 38827 56 292 57 289 62 291 38827 37327 60 294 62 293 63 292 37327 35930 64 294 65 292 67 292 35930 34595 65 293 65 292 63 292 34595 33255 61 293 58 292 66 301 33255 31882 58 293 59 304 72 305 31882 30476 54 297 72 306 79 308 30476 29015 57 305 72 306 82 309 29015 27476 62 307 68 309 78 307 27476 25855 62 307 66 312 72 305 25855 24153 58 310 63 312 70 302 24153 22372 54 311 60 311 66 298 22372 20510 50 312 57 316 62 296 20510 18558 41 311 53 320 54 298 18558 16515 28 311 45 317 47 302 16515 14429 25 309 34 311 39 301 14429 12425 24 308 25 306 34 302 12425 10613 20 310 22 308 30 304 10613 9010 18 312 19 308 26 300 9010 7592 17 313 15 304 22 294 7592 6339 16 316 13 300 20 294 6339 5233 17 324 12 308 20 297 5233 4262 17 322 14*297 20 299 4262 3419 15*312 14*292 16*297 3419 2680 14*310 14 292 14*294 2680 2021 14 310 13 292 14 291 2021 1439 14 309 13 292 13 289 1439 955 14 309 13 292 13 286 955 584 14 308 12 293 12 283 584 329 13 308 12 293 10 280 329 175 13 308 11 293 9 279 175 86 11 308 9 293 7 278 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