DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/06 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 - - - - - - 86.0 - - 86.5 - - 82.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - -2 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3369 - - 3349 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1690 - - 74 - - 74 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3434 - - 3414 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2006 - - 1945 - - 4707 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 286 - - 180 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 218 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1253 - - 1042 - - -714 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2181 - - 2372 - - 805 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 58 - - -283 - - -1875 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3376 - - 3697 - - 1965 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 88 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2870 - - 3010 - - 4340 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.0 - - 86.5 - - 82.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 76.1 - - 79.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.7 - - 86.7 - - 84.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 75.0 - - 74.9 - - 78.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - -2 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3369 - - 3349 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 53 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 21 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] 99480 40 084 32 081 29 056 99480 91963 31 080 31 079 32 079 91963 86190 27 076 25 077 34 085 86190 81427 28 085 23 073 28 076 81427 77332 28 087 23 080 22 061 77332 73692 24 081 22 089 17 060 73692 70377 19 081 17 086 16 076 70377 67336 17 089 11 069 18 088 67336 64543 14 095 6 061 16 089 64543 61861 9 113 3 098 8 054 61861 59065 8 135 3 143 6 343 59065 56161 15 149 6 171 5 246 56161 53404 19 141 11 160 11 184 53404 50947 18 134 14 141 19 162 50947 48762 15 117 18 131 22 145 48762 46779 16 137 21 135 26 141 46779 44960 21 150 29 136 29 147 44960 43278 26 149 36 139 28 155 43278 41711 28 149 39 143 29 165 41711 40237 30 150 37 150 31 167 40237 38841 33 151 34 160 30 166 38841 37483 35 150 33 166 28 164 37483 36096 36 148 31 171 27 166 36096 34651 36 148 29 176 27 172 34651 33145 33 155 27 176 28 173 33145 31562 29 163 24 174 25 171 31562 29893 26 173 22 174 23 172 29893 28141 25 182 21 183 23 178 28141 26304 23 191 19 196 24 183 26304 24380 20 199 19 197 26 184 24380 22371 21 201 22 194 27 194 22371 20274 25 208 23 201 26 210 20274 18086 27 212 27 214 26 222 18086 15848 28 211 26 223 26 224 15848 13689 28 214 23 228 25 224 13689 11728 25 216 24 236 24 222 11728 9990 23 225 23 246 20 235 9990 8450 23 235 21 247 18 247 8450 7080 22 238 19 246 19 242 7080 5866 21 237 19 241 18 235 5866 4795 19 231 18 236 16 233 4795 3852 18*226 18*230 16 232 3852 3020 17*223 17*222 15 230 3020 2276 16 220 16 219 13 230 2276 1619 16 219 15 218 11 234 1619 1072 15 219 15 217 9 240 1072 653 15 218 14 216 8 246 653 365 14 217 13 215 7 247 365 190 13 218 11 214 5 245 190 90 10 217 8 214 3*237 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