DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.9 - - 64.5 - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 38 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1626 - - 1163 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 523 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1691 - - 1228 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 891 - - 2012 - - 345 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 235 - - 148 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 211 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -750 - - -1552 - - -3393 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2441 - - 2780 - - 3481 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3408 - - -3496 - - -6556 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5099 - - 4724 - - 6644 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.9 - - 64.5 - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.7 - - 52.9 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.2 - - 64.4 - - 66.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.2 - - 52.5 - - 49.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 38 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1626 - - 1163 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 0 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] 96744 32 229 36 257 31 277 96744 89431 40 241 43 254 34 261 89431 83822 38 242 39 249 38 252 83822 79162 26 246 29 249 33 256 79162 75142 29 273 24 250 34 256 75142 71594 31 272 25 261 27 255 71594 68391 28 277 22 273 24 274 68391 65457 35 279 31 290 31 282 65457 62745 39 272 40 286 38 287 62745 60120 47 277 48 277 42 280 60120 57364 57 278 51 272 47 276 57364 54486 60 274 55 275 56 277 54486 51729 64 273 67 276 63 279 51729 49246 70 272 73 274 65 282 49246 47026 71 270 73 274 67 283 47026 45034 69 270 73 278 69 281 45034 43236 64 279 70 279 70 278 43236 41597 66 291 65 283 67 278 41597 40081 64 297 62 291 63 283 40081 38666 62 298 65 296 57 287 38666 37334 62 298 64 295 52 291 37334 36040 62 296 62 293 48 292 36040 34719 60 293 63 293 46 291 34719 33340 57 290 63 290 46 293 33340 31905 55 289 58 285 48 295 31905 30398 50 289 51 281 48 292 30398 28805 44 285 46 279 46 284 28805 27125 42 275 45 275 43 274 27125 25356 43 266 47 272 39 266 25356 23501 44 265 49 276 37 265 23501 21566 46 268 49 281 37 274 21566 19548 46 273 45 285 37 281 19548 17437 38 275 38 284 32 277 17437 15278 35 284 34 277 31 273 15278 13197 37 289 39 279 38 273 13197 11306 36 275 43 278 42 270 11306 9625 39 255 38 264 41 269 9625 8132 38 246 40 258 37 267 8132 6810 34 240 35 253 33 253 6810 5639 28 237 30 244 37 243 5639 4607 24 229 30 241 37 236 4607 3700 24 215 33 230 35 232 3700 2899 25 212 34 225 34 231 2899 2185 25*215 31 222 32 229 2185 1554 23*216 26*217 30 225 1554 1028 22 216 21*213 27 221 1028 626 21 216 18 211 23 216 626 350 19 216 16 211 18 210 350 184 17 215 14 210 14 207 184 88 13 215 11 210 6*202 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