DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 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 - - - - - - 80.3 - - 80.1 - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2646 - - 2333 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1394 - - 73 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2711 - - 2398 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1112 - - 1580 - - 1943 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 295 - - 224 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 063 - - 064 - - 103 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 201 - - -287 - - -1315 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2510 - - 2685 - - 1405 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2117 - - -2929 - - -3863 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4828 - - 5327 - - 3953 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 83 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.3 - - 80.1 - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.4 - - 68.5 - - 69.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.4 - - 79.7 - - 76.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.1 - - 67.3 - - 69.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2646 - - 2333 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 63 - - 34 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99337 31 086 30 090 32 090 99337 91907 32 078 27 085 25 090 91907 86188 28 085 21 080 20 082 86188 81428 28 087 22 082 22 068 81428 77313 26 081 24 083 22 058 77313 73664 21 077 20 085 18 055 73664 70366 17 074 15 085 13 076 70366 67346 15 064 13 086 14 083 67346 64558 12 070 11 074 13 074 64558 61870 8 073 6 037 10 066 61870 59070 5 097 7 129 6 095 59070 56184 8 065 8 126 5 132 56184 53462 4 326 3 273 1 160 53462 51031 14 229 18 240 14 243 51031 48867 24 213 29 211 24 223 48867 46909 29 204 29 202 25 206 46909 45107 28 208 27 213 23 205 45107 43431 29 231 29 222 20 213 43431 41858 35 234 29 220 24 215 41858 40375 36 230 28 219 26 210 40375 38968 39 226 31 222 28 217 38968 37597 41 222 35 223 33 219 37597 36193 41 215 40 220 35 213 36193 34725 42 208 40 213 34 214 34725 33195 40 204 37 207 33 214 33195 31592 38 203 34 201 26 214 31592 29900 34 234 32 200 19 211 29900 28121 21 214 18 215 14 193 28121 26254 17 202 12 210 14 189 26254 24299 8 180 11 187 13 198 24299 22265 15 141 12 152 9 190 22265 20153 18 124 14 119 11 139 20153 17961 14 101 14 097 15 115 17961 15727 13 093 14 100 15 113 15727 13576 8 113 10 127 8 155 13576 11624 8 162 7 165 8 183 11624 9892 9 164 7 192 7 168 9892 8355 5 185 6 203 8 158 8355 6991 3 226 5 230 7 158 6991 5782 1 292 5 284 2 242 5782 4716 5 050 4 348 1 026 4716 3781 10 054 5 041 5 110 3781 2959 11*060 7*056 9 099 2959 2228 11*061 7*062 10 083 2228 1584 11 062 8 064 10 088 1584 1049 11 063 8 064 9 100 1049 640 10 064 8 065 9 103 640 358 10 064 7 066 8 103 358 187 9 064 7 066 7*103 187 90 8 064 6 066 4*103 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