DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 54.5 - - 56.7 - - 52.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - -1 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1052 - - 469 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 71 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1117 - - 534 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 565 - - 880 - - 201 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 183 - - 51 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 251 - - 111 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -486 - - -843 - - -112 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1603 - - 1377 - - 199 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5629 - - -4024 - - -4451 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6746 - - 4558 - - 4538 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 80 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.5 - - 56.7 - - 52.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.7 - - 50.9 - - 51.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 56.8 - - 54.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.5 - - 50.0 - - 52.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - -1 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1052 - - 469 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 19 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 8 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] 96727 29 065 23 064 32 059 96727 89596 24 083 15 065 23 055 89596 84034 18 081 10 099 13 038 84034 79383 12 072 9 082 4 348 79383 75346 4 004 9 034 2 022 75346 71762 6 290 6 310 11 332 71762 68520 7 315 5 269 12 306 68520 65547 16 313 10 300 10 288 65547 62779 25 295 22 302 18 303 62779 60112 34 281 35 291 31 296 60112 57358 44 272 36 281 35 269 57358 54494 51 279 39 267 45 250 54494 51756 56 279 54 282 62 276 51756 49276 63 280 81 281 70 277 49276 47025 76 279 84 272 80 267 47025 44987 84 274 86 269 92 264 44987 43143 91 271 93 266 107 267 43143 41455 114 274 101 272 127 269 41455 39898 135 273 132 276 143 267 39898 38450 132 269 147 271 147 264 38450 37085 125 269 143 269 147 264 37085 35761 123 269 138 268 141 264 35761 34412 121 269 134 265 134 261 34412 33009 118 268 135 263 135 260 33009 31552 117 266 134 262 134 263 31552 30028 117 266 132 263 120 266 30028 28430 115 268 125 267 99 265 28430 26757 108 270 111 270 93 260 26757 25001 96 271 91 268 96 258 25001 23163 88 269 82 264 94 260 23163 21250 77 265 83 260 82 272 21250 19261 73 266 75 258 66 269 19261 17184 74 271 63 254 64 255 17184 15065 73 269 61 263 54 247 15065 13018 67 262 69 276 55 261 13018 11152 57 258 65 277 57 276 11152 9492 50 248 56 270 48 279 9492 8019 38 238 42 254 44 276 8019 6716 33 233 37 256 42 272 6716 5563 23 248 30 260 31 254 5563 4544 19 249 26 262 28 244 4544 3647 22 235 26 259 29 246 3647 2856 24 231 28 251 32 241 2856 2150 23 230 26 246 31 233 2150 1528 18*223 21 243 26 228 1528 1010 11*214 14 242 19 216 1010 615 11 213 8*247 12 191 615 344 10 214 7*249 7 143 344 181 9 214 6 252 6 119 181 87 8 215 5 253 4*111 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