DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/15 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 - - - - - - 82.3 - - 83.5 - - 77.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 29 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3101 - - 4858 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1788 - - 1871 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3166 - - 4923 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2113 - - 2038 - - 4149 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 325 - - 251 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 359 - - 352 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1640 - - -429 - - -1916 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4807 - - 5353 - - 2006 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4810 - - -3525 - - -3498 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7976 - - 8448 - - 3588 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 61 - - 73 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 160 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 83.5 - - 77.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.7 - - 60.5 - - 68.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.3 - - 83.3 - - 78.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.2 - - 59.1 - - 68.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 29 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3101 - - 4858 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 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] 99445 43 087 24 087 30 066 99445 91975 38 078 36 079 31 079 91975 86188 32 064 39 073 31 078 86188 81389 28 067 30 075 27 065 81389 77258 19 065 21 076 18 052 77258 73603 13 045 13 087 11 037 73603 70293 4 023 7 104 7 058 70293 67250 7 039 7 029 10 058 67250 64435 4 309 11 320 11 004 64435 61731 3 034 12 306 13 339 61731 58951 10 311 23 312 17 321 58951 56111 18 290 31 309 26 315 56111 53418 27 313 33 294 32 312 53418 50998 39 305 37 295 43 304 50998 48837 49 300 46 300 52 308 48837 46887 57 301 46 306 61 310 46887 45095 55 296 48 325 61 315 45095 43424 53 298 70 341 61 326 43424 41854 54 300 68 334 62 330 41854 40371 53 303 51 321 60 328 40371 38960 51 306 49 315 56 322 38960 37581 50 305 49 308 55 320 37581 36170 48 305 47 301 54 315 36170 34701 46 303 46 303 50 307 34701 33173 46 299 45 305 47 301 33173 31570 45 298 44 302 46 292 31570 29877 43 302 43 298 47 292 29877 28097 39 298 42 296 45 299 28097 26230 34 298 39 293 39 305 26230 24278 30 290 33 288 33 302 24278 22243 28 291 30 290 32 301 22243 20120 26 291 29 295 28 303 20120 17911 26 287 27 296 26 304 17911 15662 24 286 28 299 29 306 15662 13503 21 283 29 306 29 314 13503 11549 19 291 26 312 26 316 11549 9826 20 309 24 318 21 313 9826 8307 18 313 20 318 17 302 8307 6962 17 324 15 324 14 300 6962 5770 18 339 9*333 11 320 5770 4716 13 346 6*349 7 345 4716 3789 9*351 6 350 6 356 3789 2970 8*356 6 353 5 002 2970 2239 8 359 6 353 4 030 2239 1593 8 359 6 353 5 086 1593 1055 8 001 6 353 8 098 1055 643 7 001 6 354 9 097 643 360 7 001 5 354 9 094 360 188 7 001 5 354 7*093 188 90 6 001 5 353 4*092 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