DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - - - - - 44.5 - - 42.0 - - 36.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 11 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3886 - - 4128 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2337 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3951 - - 4193 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1120 - - 1237 - - 5108 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 346 - - 151 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 274 - - 286 - - 287 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -794 - - 177 - - -2780 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4745 - - 4017 - - 2866 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9630 - - -169 - - -3330 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13581 - - 4362 - - 3416 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 89 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.5 - - 42.0 - - 36.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.0 - - 24.8 - - 24.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.8 - - 42.1 - - 37.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.1 - - 24.4 - - 24.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 11 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3886 - - 4128 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 56 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95691 9 349 8 295 18 288 95691 88718 11 334 3 344 6 290 88718 83324 6 285 12 308 4 284 83324 78808 10 216 16 247 7 274 78808 74873 12 186 16 218 13 268 74873 71359 15 213 19 227 17 253 71359 68159 19 229 20 227 20 233 68159 65216 25 233 24 222 21 224 65216 62471 36 234 33 238 31 242 62471 59787 49 229 46 228 46 227 59787 56967 53 228 50 225 52 227 56967 54033 66 232 58 233 57 232 54033 51231 78 234 70 234 69 232 51231 48708 87 232 78 227 73 224 48708 46441 91 226 79 222 73 227 46441 44381 85 220 83 225 85 228 44381 42498 87 229 100 225 94 220 42498 40756 108 223 107 217 88 215 40756 39135 108 215 102 215 84 219 39135 37629 101 220 103 221 90 220 37629 36226 118 229 122 224 97 221 36226 34879 131 225 139 221 103 221 34879 33515 135 219 139 217 108 219 33515 32103 126 214 135 214 109 216 32103 30646 119 211 130 214 105 216 30646 29132 118 211 127 213 97 216 29132 27549 118 214 128 212 91 217 27549 25892 114 219 127 213 85 216 25892 24162 105 222 101 214 80 217 24162 22363 94 220 95 212 79 217 22363 20492 89 221 86 219 76 219 20492 18537 80 224 70 224 68 222 18537 16493 75 226 64 226 59 227 16493 14409 72 228 60 230 47 237 14409 12408 63 225 52 233 40 241 12408 10596 53 229 42 245 37 245 10596 8995 41 243 39 252 35 249 8995 7586 40 264 34 255 31 255 7586 6344 30 275 29 266 27 265 6344 5251 23 269 23 271 26 281 5251 4292 20*268 22*278 28 286 4292 3450 20*269 21*282 28 287 3450 2706 20 271 21 284 28 288 2706 2041 19 273 21 286 28 289 2041 1454 19 275 20 287 27 289 1454 964 19 275 19 288 25 289 964 590 18 276 18 289 21 289 590 332 17 276 16 289 17 288 332 176 16 277 14 289 14 288 176 86 13 276 11 289 8*287 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