DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - - - - - 56.1 - - 56.0 - - 49.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - 40 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3600 - - 2531 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2422 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3665 - - 2596 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 843 - - 904 - - 2012 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 418 - - 195 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 21 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 161 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2630 - - -3407 - - -4258 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6295 - - 6004 - - 4345 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8043 - - -8647 - - -11441 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11708 - - 11243 - - 11528 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 91 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.1 - - 56.0 - - 49.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.1 - - 30.5 - - 31.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.5 - - 55.8 - - 50.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.9 - - 29.7 - - 30.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - 40 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3600 - - 2531 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 66 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96457 36 232 34 252 19 253 96457 89256 19 259 23 236 18 241 89256 83691 15 241 22 253 22 252 83691 79057 26 257 26 258 23 256 79057 75044 30 249 27 267 30 269 75044 71500 28 263 31 267 34 276 71500 68298 37 267 35 273 41 277 68298 65346 44 274 37 270 41 282 65346 62594 46 276 45 288 41 297 62594 59926 47 288 63 301 59 307 59926 57154 57 297 72 298 68 301 57154 54278 59 293 68 294 64 296 54278 51526 54 289 59 293 58 297 51526 49041 54 291 54 299 53 300 49041 46804 50 295 52 305 55 306 46804 44779 53 309 53 311 65 311 44779 42946 71 316 72 314 78 310 42946 41279 85 312 80 310 86 310 41279 39745 78 301 79 310 89 310 39745 38316 59 288 78 309 85 310 38316 36969 47 299 73 306 80 309 36969 35665 53 311 70 302 76 307 35665 34335 59 307 70 300 71 304 34335 32950 64 304 68 299 67 303 32950 31513 64 302 63 298 64 300 31513 30009 61 296 57 294 63 295 30009 28423 57 291 56 292 59 287 28423 26751 54 288 56 293 52 285 26751 24993 50 280 52 298 47 289 24993 23151 51 278 44 303 41 293 23151 21229 52 281 38 297 38 289 21229 19219 48 272 38 286 42 286 19219 17116 44 267 45 275 43 278 17116 14976 39 271 40 272 41 275 14976 12919 36 272 42 258 33 267 12919 11049 31 268 41 251 31 251 11049 9389 25 262 33 251 35 238 9389 7916 22 250 29 255 27 227 7916 6611 21 235 22 250 25 218 6611 5456 17 221 17 233 27 222 5456 4441 16*193 21 213 31 221 4441 3557 13*181 22 183 27 215 3557 2783 13 180 23*165 23 203 2783 2095 13 180 23*162 22 187 2095 1491 12 180 23 161 20 174 1491 988 12 179 22 161 19 168 988 604 12 179 21 161 18 163 604 339 11 179 20 161 15 160 339 179 10 179 17 160 12 158 179 87 9 179 13 160 7*156 87 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