DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/16 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.3 - - 89.5 - - 79.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 246 - - 55 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2854 - - 4776 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1800 - - 2285 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2919 - - 4841 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3563 - - 2980 - - 276 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 366 - - 279 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 220 - - 173 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4418 - - -3639 - - -5331 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7338 - - 8480 - - 5421 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6764 - - -7742 - - -8082 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9683 - - 12583 - - 8172 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 50 - - 36 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.3 - - 89.5 - - 79.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 52.5 - - 56.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.7 - - 89.1 - - 81.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 51.3 - - 55.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 246 - - 55 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2854 - - 4776 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 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] 97057 42 233 41 256 39 247 97057 89830 30 237 33 248 30 255 89830 84326 19 239 23 245 25 269 84326 79748 12 235 18 251 18 277 79748 75783 5 230 15 241 16 266 75783 72258 7 322 8 223 14 259 72258 69054 19 283 13 267 13 255 69054 66118 20 269 17 239 18 238 66118 63410 25 289 18 271 17 260 63410 60770 37 288 30 285 28 283 60770 58005 42 279 45 275 41 266 58005 55134 45 271 49 277 47 271 55134 52389 50 266 63 277 54 267 52389 49917 57 260 64 262 60 259 49917 47700 56 253 60 253 66 254 47700 45700 57 255 66 255 69 252 45700 43884 65 258 64 249 69 249 43884 42228 64 256 59 246 70 248 42228 40701 61 246 61 245 73 246 40701 39269 61 233 68 242 74 239 39269 37911 62 236 70 238 72 233 37911 36589 58 243 65 239 67 235 36589 35239 50 242 59 241 62 238 35239 33831 46 238 54 243 58 240 33831 32367 45 236 50 240 55 239 32367 30832 44 236 47 232 51 234 30832 29212 46 238 48 232 51 229 29212 27506 47 239 46 231 50 227 27506 25715 48 239 45 230 48 230 25715 23843 47 239 44 233 46 232 23843 21888 47 238 44 240 47 234 21888 19843 46 239 44 247 46 231 19843 17703 44 241 44 251 41 231 17703 15517 39 241 40 250 37 235 15517 13415 36 243 35 248 36 243 13415 11510 32 236 34 245 33 248 11510 9822 27 226 33 242 30 245 9822 8322 22 221 28 236 27 242 8322 6985 19 224 25 231 27 240 6985 5794 17 227 22*227 26 235 5794 4738 15 226 20*223 26 229 4738 3806 12 225 19 221 26 223 3806 2984 9*218 17 220 26 218 2984 2249 9*216 17 219 25 212 2249 1599 9 217 16 220 25 206 1599 1058 9 215 15 220 24 198 1058 644 9 215 15 220 21 186 644 360 8 215 14 220 18 179 360 188 8 215 13 220 15*176 188 90 7 215 10 220 7*173 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