DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - - - - - 77.0 - - 77.6 - - 72.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 54 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4394 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2306 - - 2108 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3834 - - 4459 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1174 - - 990 - - 4906 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 354 - - 279 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 350 - - 041 - - 114 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2063 - - -941 - - -2371 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5897 - - 5401 - - 2461 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10046 - - -8029 - - -3773 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13880 - - 12488 - - 3862 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 64 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.0 - - 77.6 - - 72.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.7 - - 54.4 - - 62.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 77.2 - - 73.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.4 - - 53.2 - - 61.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 54 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4394 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 12 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] 99473 36 090 29 077 32 062 99473 91931 34 086 32 079 28 076 91931 86128 34 083 30 077 24 081 86128 81319 26 074 27 078 23 074 81319 77189 22 068 24 077 24 077 77189 73550 17 065 21 070 22 073 73550 70264 11 079 14 071 14 065 70264 67236 4 064 9 052 12 071 67236 64426 4 217 1 007 5 356 64426 61721 4 263 5 289 8 300 61721 58904 10 258 13 271 17 277 58904 55969 16 263 21 270 23 282 55969 53183 36 278 41 276 45 280 53183 50715 53 269 55 268 55 271 50715 48521 69 261 64 266 61 267 48521 46525 76 260 73 266 63 269 46525 44684 83 256 78 261 70 273 44684 42973 82 250 78 256 75 271 42973 41373 77 247 75 253 75 265 41373 39870 73 245 72 251 73 260 39870 38456 73 241 73 250 70 256 38456 37090 77 238 75 251 67 254 37090 35701 79 239 77 251 66 253 35701 34254 78 241 76 252 67 253 34254 32749 75 241 73 252 67 253 32749 31172 73 241 69 250 64 253 31172 29508 73 241 67 250 60 254 29508 27758 72 243 65 250 58 256 27758 25920 70 247 62 251 55 256 25920 23998 62 253 56 248 48 255 23998 22002 49 255 48 247 35 259 22002 19929 33 253 32 256 19 268 19929 17763 29 260 26 268 16 268 17763 15547 28 262 24 269 15 266 15547 13409 25 267 19 275 11 261 13409 11466 19 270 12 281 8 246 11466 9743 18 261 9 268 9 246 9743 8222 24 259 10 267 6 287 8222 6882 25 263 7 274 4 350 6882 5700 18 282 3 328 6 005 5700 4659 11*306 4*010 7 358 4659 3742 5*339 4*022 6 005 3742 2933 5 345 4 031 5 028 2933 2211 5 349 4 038 4 066 2211 1573 5 351 4 045 6 096 1573 1042 5 355 4 050 7 107 1042 635 5 356 5 051 8 112 635 356 4 358 4 053 8 113 356 186 4 358 4 053 6 114 186 89 4 358 4 055 4*114 89 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