DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/23 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.5 - - 44.8 - - 42.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -9 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 87 - - 87 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1436 - - 851 - - 204 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 256 - - 235 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -848 - - -939 - - -566 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 935 - - 1026 - - 653 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11244 - - -4601 - - -4098 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11331 - - 4688 - - 4185 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 80 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.5 - - 44.8 - - 42.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 40.9 - - 40.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.0 - - 45.6 - - 43.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.7 - - 40.4 - - 39.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -9 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 21 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95704 62 255 57 256 64 245 95704 88660 49 257 45 262 41 253 88660 83171 36 247 38 254 37 255 83171 78606 28 248 38 255 38 260 78606 74694 32 252 35 251 35 256 74694 71247 26 252 25 228 29 258 71247 68128 36 285 32 274 38 277 68128 65264 54 277 46 263 40 271 65264 62587 56 264 39 260 37 269 62587 59967 47 264 37 282 46 290 59967 57210 51 286 64 293 60 291 57210 54336 78 290 82 294 79 294 54336 51596 90 287 96 288 94 293 51596 49129 90 285 98 284 99 289 49129 46903 94 287 97 288 97 289 46903 44874 100 292 100 293 96 294 44874 43019 101 294 104 295 104 298 43019 41314 98 294 103 292 111 295 41314 39736 93 292 92 287 105 289 39736 38276 91 291 81 288 96 295 38276 36917 91 293 84 299 102 303 36917 35612 94 295 102 306 111 306 35612 34287 94 293 107 301 117 304 34287 32910 94 292 101 292 107 295 32910 31479 92 291 96 291 105 291 31479 29979 85 285 93 295 100 288 29979 28394 82 282 88 295 97 289 28394 26723 81 285 88 294 97 294 26723 24966 75 287 84 290 95 297 24966 23128 72 287 80 287 88 297 23128 21213 69 288 79 286 81 296 21213 19215 67 287 76 288 73 293 19215 17125 64 285 68 292 65 291 17125 14988 55 285 59 290 57 292 14988 12929 46 284 57 291 52 294 12929 11057 43 281 53 293 51 298 11057 9392 41 277 43 292 48 301 9392 7912 38 272 36 291 43 297 7912 6601 37 274 34 290 42 294 6601 5451 38 280 35 292 44 293 5451 4448 37 284 37 292 42 292 4448 3570 33 281 36 289 37 291 3570 2797 32 265 33 285 33 292 2797 2107 34 248 29 276 29 291 2107 1497 29 232 26 268 25 285 1497 990 23 222 22 263 22 274 990 602 19 218 14 257 19 263 602 337 16 217 10 255 12 248 337 178 13*216 8*255 9*242 178 87 9*215 5*256 3*235 87 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