DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 36.6 - - 37.3 - - 30.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2739 - - 2778 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1603 - - 70 - - 69 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2804 - - 2843 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 992 - - 1493 - - 383 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 329 - - 97 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 313 - - 309 - - 326 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -738 - - -777 - - -1490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3542 - - 3620 - - 1576 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11183 - - -11707 - - -3028 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13987 - - 14550 - - 3114 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 83 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 37.3 - - 30.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.5 - - 22.0 - - 24.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.5 - - 37.3 - - 32.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.9 - - 21.6 - - 24.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2739 - - 2778 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 33 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96245 59 244 49 249 63 243 96245 88875 33 256 34 249 43 247 88875 83316 19 255 31 260 30 277 83316 78784 16 270 23 252 24 269 78784 74867 19 283 18 256 23 263 74867 71378 17 281 17 258 22 269 71378 68203 18 273 20 270 24 269 68203 65259 26 278 27 274 24 281 65259 62515 31 273 30 276 29 285 62515 59853 31 278 33 278 33 280 59853 57061 42 282 43 282 40 284 57061 54141 48 276 53 280 50 286 54141 51341 51 274 57 278 58 282 51341 48819 53 276 58 278 59 275 48819 46557 57 279 57 278 54 281 46557 44503 60 280 55 279 60 286 44503 42625 59 281 56 281 66 282 42625 40897 58 283 59 280 62 282 40897 39305 58 285 59 282 65 291 39305 37847 62 288 65 285 85 299 37847 36497 69 289 66 295 95 296 36497 35201 75 288 89 304 94 296 35201 33887 75 288 101 302 96 302 33887 32522 76 292 94 301 97 301 32522 31100 77 295 93 305 93 300 31100 29608 78 296 96 308 88 299 29608 28033 80 296 94 311 86 300 28033 26372 82 296 87 306 85 301 26372 24624 85 298 88 301 81 303 24624 22788 85 299 87 301 77 310 22788 20870 83 302 78 302 71 310 20870 18871 74 300 67 301 62 300 18871 16785 66 296 60 297 57 293 16785 14655 63 295 56 293 55 295 14655 12600 57 297 53 294 50 300 12600 10735 47 300 48 299 45 304 10735 9087 36 299 41 302 39 307 9087 7638 30 296 34 300 35 305 7638 6367 31 295 31 300 33 301 6367 5256 31 297 29 305 28 304 5256 4287 26 307 24 307 20 308 4287 3443 20*315 19*308 17 315 3443 2699 14*314 17*309 16 321 2699 2034 14 313 16 309 16 328 2034 1448 14 313 15 309 15 333 1448 960 13 313 14 309 14 336 960 587 13 313 13 310 13 337 587 330 12 313 12 309 10 337 330 175 11 312 10 310 7*335 175 86 10 311 8 309 4*326 86 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