DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/18 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0948z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 6 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 68.9 - - 69.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 6 - - 5 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2224 - - 164 - - 273 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 708 - - 72 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2289 - - 229 - - 338 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 876 - - 1826 - - 1667 - - 2100 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 236 - - 45 - - 47 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 22 - - 10 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 057 - - 040 - - 033 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 555 - - -275 - - 66 - - -1068 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1734 - - 504 - - 272 - - 1157 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3669 - - -577 - - -161 - - -3011 ODpotential blCL - - - 5958 - - 806 - - 499 - - 3100 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 580 - - 310 - - 130 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 68.9 - - 69.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 65.0 - - 66.7 - - 68.3 - - 65.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.1 - - 69.0 - - 69.7 - - 71.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 64.1 - - 66.6 - - 68.2 - - 65.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 6 - - 5 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2224 - - 164 - - 273 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 101 - - 101 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 12 - - 14 - - 15 - - 13 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] 98535 6 166 4 163 12 252 12 297 98535 91179 3 097 3 186 2 216 6 238 91179 85468 3 032 3 311 7 069 0 187 85468 80708 4 338 7 328 9 036 6 068 80708 76625 3 026 3 356 8 331 10 038 76625 73041 8 066 7 123 9 310 10 016 73041 69814 11 039 10 093 4 266 8 010 69814 66847 10 034 9 068 7 160 3 330 66847 64090 1 060 5 036 7 151 5 222 64090 61421 2 171 2 203 3 204 7 226 61421 58649 4 233 4 229 5 268 3 221 58649 55781 7 227 6 235 7 242 5 234 55781 53049 9 234 8 216 9 218 8 215 53049 50592 14 227 10 224 9 204 8 231 50592 48377 18 200 13 222 8 215 8 242 48377 46352 19 188 16 208 10 223 9 208 46352 44495 15 181 18 195 20 198 17 192 44495 42786 17 177 30 181 30 192 26 189 42786 41203 30 164 37 177 44 191 35 181 41203 39726 35 163 46 177 60 184 48 178 39726 38334 34 158 51 176 69 182 54 175 38334 36979 33 150 49 175 73 182 54 172 36979 35595 34 147 41 171 62 187 47 176 35595 34154 31 149 36 164 39 190 31 184 34154 32659 28 155 33 163 28 184 21 174 32659 31089 26 161 33 167 27 178 15 160 31089 29431 23 157 31 165 28 169 11 165 29431 27687 22 153 28 168 27 164 9 170 27687 25859 22 158 23 169 23 175 9 184 25859 23949 22 173 17 171 15 179 10 192 23949 21963 15 170 9 154 7 122 11 189 21963 19895 10 185 9 119 7 099 9 151 19895 17739 14 172 14 135 6 142 10 160 17739 15539 26 150 18 142 13 151 5 197 15539 13416 20 130 13 113 16 129 4 233 13416 11482 6 111 11 068 14 093 4 026 11482 9766 3 025 11 053 15 068 6 012 9766 8247 12 069 9 062 14 062 8 020 8247 6901 16 093 9 090 13 068 8 013 6901 5708 18 100 13 110 16 070 10 034 5708 4656 15 072 22 102 22 071 15 037 4656 3734 23 053 29 086 25 069 20 049 3734 2923 27*054 30 075 25 064 23 051 2923 2201 26*056 28 062 24 053 22 040 2201 1565 24 057 25 058 22 042 21 022 1565 1037 23 057 21 050 20 039 19 021 1037 632 21 057 17 045 18 037 17 021 632 354 19 057 14*042 15*035 14 019 354 186 17 057 12*041 12*034 12*018 186 89 12 056 9 039 9 032 7*017 89 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