DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/07 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 - - - - - - 87.4 - - 88.4 - - 82.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 372 - - 169 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6323 - - 7552 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4630 - - 5151 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6388 - - 7617 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4022 - - 2753 - - 7767 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 541 - - 445 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 291 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -13 - - -9 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 366 - - 967 - - -5912 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6022 - - 6650 - - 6003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -781 - - -270 - - -7335 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7169 - - 7887 - - 7425 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 65 - - 71 - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 780 - - 840 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - 88.4 - - 82.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.1 - - 59.4 - - 56.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.5 - - 87.4 - - 83.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 58.9 - - 56.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 372 - - 169 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6323 - - 7552 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 10 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] 98617 24 097 21 063 22 080 98617 91158 21 098 14 066 19 070 91158 85430 18 082 15 063 19 080 85430 80699 14 068 12 070 18 052 80699 76627 16 078 10 072 10 033 76627 73025 14 073 9 073 7 024 73025 69761 10 083 6 072 10 011 69761 66763 10 026 4 036 11 346 66763 63985 11 000 9 026 10 344 63985 61295 17 341 17 002 15 351 61295 58481 21 308 22 308 15 338 58481 55555 16 293 19 281 31 333 55555 52776 19 329 29 308 32 316 52776 50283 33 314 35 303 34 317 50283 48052 42 299 41 294 39 310 48052 46032 49 296 47 295 40 307 46032 44182 54 285 50 298 44 317 44182 42476 56 277 56 303 59 317 42476 40896 55 279 66 301 71 310 40896 39420 64 290 71 297 68 307 39420 38028 72 291 72 296 66 309 38028 36680 76 291 74 297 69 311 36680 35306 81 290 72 296 69 310 35306 33878 82 286 64 297 64 312 33878 32400 78 283 57 303 57 315 32400 30856 77 286 55 303 51 314 30856 29230 74 292 52 303 45 312 29230 27520 67 292 46 305 43 310 27520 25725 63 288 43 310 39 309 25725 23848 62 285 43 310 35 308 23848 21889 60 284 43 307 34 314 21889 19839 54 281 42 309 34 319 19839 17691 49 278 42 310 32 321 17691 15498 46 279 40 308 28 319 15498 13390 40 279 35 304 26 312 13390 11477 31 284 30 302 26 301 11477 9784 26 286 23 289 25 284 9784 8284 24 289 23*289 22 280 8284 6951 21*288 23*289 18 293 6951 5766 19*289 20 291 17 309 5766 4716 18 290 20 291 17 320 4716 3790 17 290 19 292 18 326 3790 2972 17 290 19 292 18 331 2972 2241 17 290 18 292 18 335 2241 1595 17 290 18 292 18 338 1595 1057 16 290 17 292 18 339 1057 644 16 290 16 292 16 339 644 360 15 289 16 292 14 339 360 188 14 289 14 292 11*337 188 90 12 289 12 292 7*336 90 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