DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - - - - 74.5 - - 76.3 - - 69.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 231 - - 37 - - -81 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2204 - - 3592 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1296 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2269 - - 3657 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3431 - - 2292 - - 652 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 327 - - 224 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 27 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 206 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3464 - - -2448 - - -3998 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5733 - - 6105 - - 4088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6035 - - -5459 - - -7577 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8304 - - 9116 - - 7666 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 70 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 76.3 - - 69.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.8 - - 49.9 - - 51.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 76.3 - - 71.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.9 - - 49.1 - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 231 - - 37 - - -81 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2204 - - 3592 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 96543 33 248 34 248 35 276 96543 89292 30 232 32 252 29 274 89292 83749 15 236 28 248 26 260 83749 79161 21 275 18 247 23 242 79161 75187 18 272 22 248 26 257 75187 71683 28 316 18 300 24 274 71683 68526 31 301 25 312 25 279 68526 65622 27 279 33 293 31 279 65622 62921 30 293 45 283 36 280 62921 60302 46 298 47 286 50 284 60302 57570 50 299 51 291 56 285 57570 54743 59 299 62 288 62 293 54743 52043 60 298 63 294 64 290 52043 49590 63 302 68 305 67 293 49590 47368 70 310 77 307 74 300 47368 45354 84 311 84 304 79 301 45354 43536 97 305 88 301 77 299 43536 41887 93 302 86 300 75 296 41887 40366 84 304 83 299 73 295 40366 38939 83 308 80 297 70 295 38939 37585 86 309 77 296 68 296 37585 36266 86 308 76 296 67 297 36266 34919 82 306 74 296 65 296 34919 33513 77 304 70 295 62 294 33513 32055 73 303 66 294 60 290 32055 30527 71 304 62 293 58 287 30527 28918 69 307 58 293 57 286 28918 27223 64 303 53 292 61 290 27223 25442 60 293 50 284 64 294 25442 23579 55 287 53 279 59 295 23579 21638 50 287 44 279 53 295 21638 19615 38 289 40 288 47 299 19615 17501 30 284 41 294 38 299 17501 15336 27 276 33 262 39 298 15336 13246 28 271 32 254 39 293 13246 11345 31 270 31 258 43 281 11345 9662 31 270 32 259 46 273 9662 8173 32 260 34 257 42 264 8173 6851 30 245 35 250 42 252 6851 5678 25 237 33 236 44 239 5678 4640 23 239 32 222 44 231 4640 3727 23 236 31*211 44 226 3727 2921 24*228 31*209 44 221 2921 2200 21*219 30 207 43 214 2200 1564 21 218 29 206 42 209 1564 1035 20 218 28 205 38 204 1035 630 20 218 26 204 33 199 630 353 18 217 24 203 25 194 353 185 17 217 21 203 21*193 185 89 13 217 16 202 12*190 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