DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.7 - - 83.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6524 - - 1616 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4437 - - 73 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6589 - - 1681 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2257 - - 6627 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 440 - - 115 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 22 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 224 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -238 - - -6049 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6827 - - 7731 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1977 - - -8399 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8566 - - 10080 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.7 - - 83.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 49.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.0 - - 83.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 48.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6524 - - 1616 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 49 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - - 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] 96700 30 251 45 248 96700 89429 42 254 41 255 89429 83874 42 257 39 254 83874 79278 41 263 41 264 79278 75345 41 267 36 275 75345 71891 34 274 31 281 71891 68768 30 278 31 278 68768 65896 30 286 27 274 65896 63220 29 295 24 285 63220 60601 31 300 30 288 60601 57854 46 288 38 281 57854 54996 51 274 44 272 54996 52261 46 270 47 268 52261 49795 43 274 48 263 49795 47582 51 273 49 264 47582 45589 63 268 54 267 45589 43793 69 251 57 265 43793 42150 67 240 62 268 42150 40622 66 243 71 263 40622 39187 68 249 75 253 39187 37828 68 252 73 244 37828 36507 64 250 71 253 36507 35158 58 252 76 254 35158 33752 58 252 71 254 33752 32286 60 251 69 255 32286 30746 61 251 69 257 30746 29120 57 253 67 262 29120 27410 52 252 63 262 27410 25615 51 249 60 255 25615 23733 52 250 57 248 23733 21768 50 256 53 249 21768 19721 47 264 46 262 19721 17592 40 272 39 275 17592 15425 44 267 37 282 15425 13335 53 248 37 286 13335 11433 48 238 33 285 11433 9744 34 236 32 277 9744 8244 30 243 33 263 8244 6912 29*244 33 245 6912 5732 29*242 33 236 5732 4687 29 241 32 233 4687 3766 28 239 31 232 3766 2953 28 237 30 230 2953 2226 27 236 28*228 2226 1585 26 235 27*226 1585 1050 25 234 24 225 1050 640 24 234 22 224 640 359 23 233 19 223 359 187 20 233 16 222 187 89 16 232 12 222 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