DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 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 - - 40.5 - - 33.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 194 - - 7 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3643 - - 3016 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2244 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3708 - - 3081 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1058 - - 1436 - - 2905 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 357 - - 112 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 295 - - 279 - - 239 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1342 - - -1575 - - -2994 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5050 - - 4657 - - 3080 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12163 - - -11974 - - -15105 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15871 - - 15055 - - 15191 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 74 - - 51 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.5 - - 40.5 - - 33.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.9 - - 20.9 - - 21.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.3 - - 40.6 - - 37.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.4 - - 20.5 - - 20.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 194 - - 7 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3643 - - 3016 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95665 23 272 30 264 34 275 95665 88702 18 268 22 273 25 287 88702 83274 19 264 20 283 17 298 83274 78733 21 248 16 266 19 270 78733 74793 20 251 19 257 23 252 74793 71286 27 249 22 263 27 252 71286 68090 29 243 26 257 27 248 68090 65131 32 253 32 252 31 253 65131 62380 40 251 38 249 37 251 62380 59709 47 248 46 251 39 257 59709 56925 56 246 50 257 53 253 56925 54037 60 242 65 252 59 252 54037 51281 61 243 69 244 69 251 51281 48810 65 248 71 242 70 249 48810 46594 70 247 76 240 72 244 46594 44582 74 247 73 240 70 243 44582 42768 76 249 69 248 77 248 42768 41140 73 247 70 247 75 246 41140 39648 68 246 65 240 61 243 39648 38249 69 249 60 246 53 239 38249 36917 70 250 61 250 54 249 36917 35618 70 254 62 249 63 260 35618 34294 73 259 64 247 69 261 34294 32917 73 262 62 248 72 257 32917 31489 71 261 61 258 64 246 31489 29991 67 260 62 264 59 238 29991 28403 62 259 55 264 57 237 28403 26724 61 259 52 255 53 239 26724 24953 58 262 53 252 50 235 24953 23092 50 265 50 252 48 235 23092 21147 46 262 46 248 46 242 21147 19119 45 263 41 245 41 246 19119 17001 43 264 41 248 39 245 17001 14843 37 260 42 254 41 242 14843 12765 34 260 41 258 40 242 12765 10877 33 275 36 264 34 247 10877 9206 29 286 27 274 22 251 9206 7734 22 296 19 286 13 247 7734 6442 18 304 13 303 5 231 6442 5312 12 303 9 309 3 195 5312 4327 6*299 6 283 3 191 4327 3469 6*298 5*278 3 169 3469 2718 6 296 5*279 3 150 2718 2049 6 294 5 279 3 146 2049 1458 6 294 5 279 2 145 1458 967 6 295 5 280 1 147 967 590 5 294 5 280 0 153 590 332 5 293 5 280 0 298 332 176 5 293 5 280 0 308 176 86 5 292 4 280 0*239 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