DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 73.7 - - 75.3 - - 70.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 408 - - 210 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5581 - - 5727 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4076 - - 3872 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5646 - - 5792 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1242 - - 1478 - - 6589 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 533 - - 432 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 18 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 276 - - 220 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3463 - - -3422 - - -7805 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9110 - - 9214 - - 7894 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11382 - - -11078 - - -16055 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17028 - - 16870 - - 16144 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 47 - - 41 - - 24 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 75.3 - - 70.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 35.0 - - 36.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.4 - - 74.0 - - 72.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.7 - - 33.9 - - 35.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 408 - - 210 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5581 - - 5727 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 98507 10 071 12 045 9 053 98507 91032 12 110 3 306 11 024 91032 85268 13 098 3 091 11 341 85268 80486 8 064 7 055 4 006 80486 76360 1 075 6 023 9 038 76360 72706 5 072 4 049 7 030 72706 69385 7 359 5 016 11 015 69385 66332 7 291 4 358 11 343 66332 63513 9 333 8 340 7 351 63513 60781 20 318 19 324 22 334 60781 57940 23 313 26 316 31 310 57940 55018 33 311 35 314 35 304 55018 52248 40 308 43 307 42 304 52248 49770 48 307 49 305 47 304 49770 47557 57 303 58 304 58 300 47557 45561 63 300 65 298 63 292 45561 43750 63 303 68 299 65 291 43750 42091 70 305 72 302 72 293 42091 40555 73 303 74 300 80 295 40555 39112 70 305 70 298 81 296 39112 37743 67 307 65 299 75 297 37743 36411 63 308 61 303 68 296 36411 35051 63 305 58 307 62 295 35051 33631 62 304 58 306 59 294 33631 32156 61 305 60 303 57 294 32156 30609 58 305 59 304 55 295 30609 28978 55 301 57 302 53 295 28978 27264 53 300 56 296 55 293 27264 25467 52 300 55 295 56 291 25467 23591 53 300 56 297 54 289 23591 21635 50 303 55 297 52 286 21635 19594 46 307 48 298 47 289 19594 17458 41 309 42 299 41 292 17458 15275 36 305 39 295 38 284 15275 13169 31 298 36 291 34 283 13169 11261 26 295 33 287 32 288 11261 9576 24 308 27 288 28 289 9576 8089 20 324 17 295 20 278 8089 6779 10*339 9*288 15 263 6779 5620 5*330 8*278 15 264 5620 4595 5 326 8 277 13 257 4595 3691 5 323 8 276 11 247 3691 2895 5 320 9 276 10 237 2895 2182 5 317 9 276 9 230 2182 1554 5 314 9 276 8 229 1554 1030 6 312 9 275 8 228 1030 628 5 311 9 276 8 228 628 352 5 312 9 276 7 228 352 184 5 310 9 275 5*225 184 89 5 309 8 276 3*220 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