DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - - - - 45.2 - - 45.5 - - 45.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 3 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 87 - - 87 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1193 - - 1066 - - 467 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 39 - - 16 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 158 - - 140 - - 150 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -41 - - 0 - - -33 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 128 - - 87 - - 120 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7 - - -694 - - -5861 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 94 - - 781 - - 5948 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.2 - - 45.5 - - 45.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.9 - - 45.4 - - 45.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.8 - - 45.9 - - 46.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.7 - - 45.7 - - 45.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 3 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 96303 60 247 58 256 57 258 96303 89083 35 243 40 255 39 260 89083 83563 21 243 28 258 31 254 83563 78980 19 269 19 286 18 265 78980 75022 22 287 19 291 17 295 75022 71513 26 277 19 284 26 292 71513 68332 25 270 24 286 26 287 68332 65409 26 280 29 279 27 292 65409 62683 30 282 28 277 32 291 62683 60009 26 278 25 289 40 290 60009 57189 38 283 43 280 44 277 57189 54243 47 275 44 267 55 276 54243 51439 48 270 57 274 65 273 51439 48940 56 276 71 275 70 273 48940 46719 67 273 79 271 77 271 46719 44713 70 270 80 265 83 269 44713 42887 73 270 86 262 90 263 42887 41218 94 273 96 266 96 260 41218 39683 112 273 113 268 106 260 39683 38252 117 272 120 265 112 261 38252 36904 113 270 111 261 116 262 36904 35598 112 269 104 260 116 259 35598 34268 108 266 103 260 112 256 34268 32881 102 263 99 259 106 255 32881 31440 97 261 94 257 100 255 31440 29928 93 260 90 255 95 254 29928 28335 88 261 88 254 89 253 28335 26663 83 259 83 254 82 251 26663 24913 78 257 77 254 76 251 24913 23083 71 255 71 255 68 249 23083 21176 64 255 66 254 56 245 21176 19182 52 253 60 253 50 245 19182 17095 46 251 56 252 49 246 17095 14962 48 250 54 249 51 244 14962 12908 48 246 52 246 50 247 12908 11042 42 241 48 243 43 249 11042 9389 39 236 44 241 38 241 9389 7929 36 231 36 235 33 241 7929 6635 31 225 32 230 31 247 6635 5487 27 223 26 222 33 249 5487 4474 22 219 21 219 33 245 4474 3585 19 211 20 216 33 237 3585 2805 16 193 20 213 32 215 2805 2113 14 182 20 205 31 213 2113 1500 10 180 17 189 29 204 1500 991 8 168 15 171 24 188 991 603 7 163 12 156 18 174 603 338 6 160 10 146 12 159 338 179 5*158 8 142 10 154 179 87 4*158 5*140 5*150 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