DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - - - - 18.2 - - 20.5 - - 18.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 20 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1657 - - 2229 - - 20 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 69 - - 69 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1722 - - 2294 - - 85 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 587 - - 691 - - 2977 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 240 - - 149 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 26 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 317 - - 312 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -192 - - 569 - - -1380 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1914 - - 1725 - - 1465 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10378 - - 181 - - -2158 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12100 - - 2113 - - 2243 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 99 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 20.5 - - 18.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 10.2 - - 13.4 - - 12.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.7 - - 20.5 - - 20.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 9.0 - - 12.7 - - 11.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 20 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1657 - - 2229 - - 20 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 24 - - 97 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96409 49 217 48 215 56 235 96409 89073 58 211 59 218 63 231 89073 83418 52 218 56 225 61 221 83418 78705 53 222 51 233 51 226 78705 74629 51 226 52 233 45 235 74629 71016 48 228 54 237 49 239 71016 67743 49 230 53 236 42 236 67743 64719 50 231 52 230 42 231 64719 61905 52 230 52 238 46 240 61905 59178 52 230 55 241 50 241 59178 56328 51 233 56 239 52 243 56328 53355 51 237 57 240 57 248 53355 50506 53 239 59 239 60 249 50506 47942 54 240 59 237 60 246 47942 45647 54 240 55 236 58 242 45647 43563 53 238 49 237 53 238 43563 41656 47 237 44 241 46 237 41656 39900 40 238 42 240 40 241 39900 38277 37 236 36 239 38 242 38277 36768 34 234 32 243 36 238 36768 35354 30 233 32 249 31 234 35354 33996 28 240 30 244 26 239 33996 32629 30 238 22 230 23 241 32629 31230 32 218 16 252 17 239 31230 29805 44 181 22 216 15 227 29805 28340 47 168 33 188 20 233 28340 26815 44 177 41 187 20 215 26815 25229 41 198 31 211 24 187 25229 23571 24 185 27 212 26 165 23571 21831 16 178 22 195 27 181 21831 20012 26 240 26 210 25 207 20012 18116 24 278 20 227 20 226 18116 16136 9 319 9 190 15 223 16136 14114 8 259 16 251 16 304 14114 12165 16 296 19 311 18 321 12165 10391 21 316 18 326 18 331 10391 8818 22 326 19 331 20 347 8818 7423 22 330 22 337 22 350 7423 6190 25 333 24 337 20 343 6190 5104 27 334 23 334 19 334 5104 4154 25 344 23 328 28 335 4154 3328 24 347 30 323 39 326 3328 2609 27 340 31*316 37 320 2609 1968 27*331 31*314 36 319 1968 1403 25*319 30 313 33 318 1403 931 24 318 27 312 29 315 931 570 23 317 25 311 25 312 570 322 22 316 22 310 20 310 322 171 20 316 19 310 17 310 171 85 15 315 14 309 11*309 85 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