DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/12 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 - - - - - - 37.3 - - 38.0 - - 38.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 80 - - 74 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1015 - - 790 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1080 - - 855 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2482 - - 1667 - - 6457 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 177 - - 159 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 281 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 410 - - 401 - - -1434 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 670 - - 454 - - 1521 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 280 - - 355 - - -2490 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 800 - - 500 - - 2576 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 0 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.3 - - 38.0 - - 38.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.9 - - 36.5 - - 32.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.0 - - 37.5 - - 40.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.3 - - 35.8 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 80 - - 74 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1015 - - 790 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96214 5 303 10 282 10 290 96214 89128 7 243 10 284 11 296 89128 83639 10 241 7 268 9 280 83639 79050 15 223 13 251 10 250 79050 75081 10 206 12 244 10 225 75081 71584 15 224 12 222 19 242 71584 68412 20 228 22 204 26 211 68412 65468 21 242 20 194 26 224 65468 62709 30 236 30 217 40 222 62709 60027 41 221 47 223 51 226 60027 57251 48 226 55 229 54 225 57251 54371 53 224 62 226 55 219 54371 51592 73 233 67 226 61 228 51592 49071 83 229 70 229 75 231 49071 46808 80 229 78 232 84 231 46808 44750 83 232 87 232 89 230 44750 42861 91 231 94 230 87 228 42861 41111 95 227 101 227 85 228 41111 39479 97 222 112 224 92 228 39479 37955 106 218 123 218 101 226 37955 36529 106 211 122 218 108 222 36529 35154 103 208 121 218 113 218 35154 33756 105 208 116 214 115 218 33756 32307 110 210 113 211 120 217 32307 30815 109 212 110 209 128 214 30815 29272 104 213 107 206 131 211 29272 27663 103 214 104 205 116 208 27663 25983 101 214 93 205 97 205 25983 24230 98 214 87 203 87 207 24230 22402 98 215 93 201 82 216 22402 20498 101 214 92 202 74 223 20498 18515 101 210 84 204 68 227 18515 16448 97 207 76 210 65 231 16448 14350 89 207 72 215 61 240 14350 12355 80 202 72 215 51 252 12355 10568 70 198 73 224 38 268 10568 8997 51 200 51 274 36 281 8997 7610 39 237 45 304 38 294 7610 6382 38 275 37 311 39 302 6382 5292 39 313 36 310 39 306 5292 4328 40 331 35 309 37 308 4328 3478 35 332 32 308 36 308 3478 2727 31 328 28 306 36 309 2727 2057 29 325 22 304 34 309 2057 1464 27*323 16 298 32 308 1464 971 25*321 12*290 29 306 971 593 22 319 9*282 24 303 593 333 20 318 8 281 18 301 333 176 18 318 7 280 15 300 176 86 14 317 6 280 9*298 86 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