DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1331z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 70.9 - - 71.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1054 - - 1112 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1119 - - 1177 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1565 - - 2032 - - 4175 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 346 - - 332 - - 353 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 471 - - 23 - - -749 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 648 - - 1154 - - 838 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 150 - - -638 - - -1670 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 969 - - 1815 - - 1759 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 20 - - 170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 70.9 - - 71.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.4 - - 65.8 - - 67.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 70.9 - - 71.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 65.1 - - 66.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1054 - - 1112 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 14 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] 99271 30 067 27 081 27 062 99271 91753 28 081 27 081 23 075 91753 85954 29 079 26 082 21 076 85954 81145 22 069 20 069 17 071 81145 77005 17 083 15 073 13 056 77005 73352 17 090 12 087 12 072 73352 70046 11 113 7 115 11 069 70046 67010 9 123 5 149 4 112 67010 64200 5 131 4 231 5 146 64200 61479 9 188 11 226 6 193 61479 58652 12 183 17 230 10 234 58652 55734 19 232 18 240 18 246 55734 52966 30 226 32 233 32 234 52966 50498 37 222 38 227 39 222 50498 48292 37 235 43 226 42 222 48292 46285 50 238 51 224 55 230 46285 44449 57 222 62 230 75 232 44449 42754 52 213 69 225 77 222 42754 41174 51 218 67 217 75 213 41174 39693 55 217 68 213 75 213 39693 38293 57 219 72 215 71 209 38293 36932 55 225 67 215 74 200 36932 35539 48 223 66 212 73 194 35539 34086 40 217 60 208 69 193 34086 32573 40 222 52 204 68 194 32573 30988 42 228 52 206 66 199 30988 29324 43 231 51 208 55 208 29324 27585 46 230 45 211 51 221 27585 25763 48 223 39 211 46 223 25763 23858 49 217 33 213 44 227 23858 21872 46 217 30 224 39 240 21872 19804 44 217 31 243 30 254 19804 17650 42 217 33 256 18 272 17650 15456 41 218 28 253 13 292 15456 13345 36 222 23 253 15 281 13345 11424 28 219 20 255 14 281 11424 9716 17 224 18 260 11 279 9716 8203 14 240 13 262 12 265 8203 6863 10 247 13 257 12 254 6863 5677 8 287 13 258 11 278 5677 4635 12 318 12 274 17 333 4635 3723 10 337 12 304 20 342 3723 2920 11 355 12 328 19 343 2920 2202 12 352 11 335 18 344 2202 1567 13*349 10*335 15 345 1567 1039 12*348 9*333 12 347 1039 633 11 347 8 332 9 350 633 355 10 346 7 331 7 352 355 185 9 346 6 330 5*353 185 89 7 344 5 330 3*353 89 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