DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.2 - - 82.8 - - 77.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 60 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3507 - - 3902 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1987 - - 1804 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3572 - - 3967 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2192 - - 2460 - - 3263 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 320 - - 272 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 12 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 237 - - 223 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 570 - - 491 - - -1251 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3003 - - 3476 - - 1342 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -89 - - -367 - - -2462 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3661 - - 4334 - - 2552 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 83 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1820 - - 2000 - - 2360 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.2 - - 82.8 - - 77.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 67.6 - - 71.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.2 - - 82.4 - - 78.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.8 - - 66.4 - - 70.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 60 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3507 - - 3902 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 33 - - 28 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 16 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] 99455 44 088 37 087 32 077 99455 91930 29 089 27 073 33 068 91930 86106 25 087 26 071 32 072 86106 81284 28 084 27 081 27 083 81284 77141 27 075 26 084 21 083 77141 73490 22 079 24 083 14 078 73490 70188 19 074 14 083 14 077 70188 67152 15 057 12 085 10 055 67152 64344 9 016 11 061 12 082 64344 61621 8 332 10 001 10 012 61621 58785 10 323 15 339 16 337 58785 55856 17 316 24 322 23 312 55856 53056 21 319 26 314 24 309 53056 50523 23 327 27 314 33 315 50523 48249 25 319 31 311 37 320 48249 46185 30 309 35 311 39 324 46185 44290 31 304 36 311 38 321 44290 42539 29 301 34 309 37 317 42539 40911 26 309 31 308 38 321 40911 39397 31 310 31 308 43 326 39397 37984 37 300 31 304 47 333 37984 36627 39 293 32 295 56 337 36627 35251 36 291 32 290 67 339 35251 33820 31 292 31 290 70 339 33820 32336 27 293 30 290 61 337 32336 30785 26 293 28 291 45 332 30785 29158 22 281 26 296 34 323 29158 27450 21 281 25 302 31 313 27450 25657 21 297 25 304 27 309 25657 23779 14 301 20 310 25 314 23779 21822 13 283 17 305 22 315 21822 19780 13 290 18 304 23 312 19780 17649 14 306 18 321 22 311 17649 15474 16 320 18 335 18 314 15474 13379 17 323 18 334 16 316 13379 11477 14 325 17 334 14 323 11477 9788 14 331 15 340 11 336 9788 8285 10 326 14 339 8 338 8285 6947 9 322 13 335 7 326 6947 5759 8 320 11 332 9 314 5759 4707 7 317 7*322 8 305 4707 3781 6*300 4*284 6 286 3781 2965 4*274 4 237 6 242 2965 2235 3 246 4 223 8 208 2235 1591 3 234 4 216 10 192 1591 1054 3 228 5 210 11 187 1054 643 3 222 5 207 11 182 643 360 3 219 5 205 10 180 360 188 3 217 4 204 8*178 188 90 3 218 4 203 5*176 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