DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 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 - - - - - - 36.6 - - 36.9 - - 36.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - 3 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2645 - - 868 - - 21 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1113 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2710 - - 933 - - 86 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 377 - - 1615 - - 1716 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 257 - - 61 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 127 - - 118 - - 132 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1688 - - -1796 - - -733 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4399 - - 2729 - - 819 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17064 - - -14986 - - -1809 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19774 - - 15919 - - 1895 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 36.9 - - 36.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.9 - - 25.5 - - 33.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.0 - - 36.9 - - 36.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.4 - - 25.2 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - 3 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2645 - - 868 - - 21 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 51 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95604 95 243 89 246 91 243 95604 88576 70 246 64 246 68 246 88576 83144 52 248 52 253 51 251 83144 78631 41 252 47 261 47 255 78631 74732 38 263 43 270 42 266 74732 71282 38 277 41 272 39 281 71282 68159 39 281 42 282 41 288 68159 65281 40 293 49 286 45 285 65281 62592 56 292 52 281 47 276 62592 59964 57 290 49 285 46 276 59964 57205 51 296 48 293 43 276 57205 54321 74 298 65 286 60 283 54321 51554 86 286 81 284 81 280 51554 49071 86 285 84 284 91 282 49071 46864 93 291 91 285 95 282 46864 44882 101 288 99 282 91 280 44882 43079 99 282 99 278 89 281 43079 41416 94 280 94 275 90 283 41416 39870 94 279 93 276 93 285 39870 38427 94 278 96 273 97 285 38427 37069 94 278 97 270 100 282 37069 35754 93 280 97 272 100 277 35754 34412 92 282 93 276 98 275 34412 33012 91 284 91 281 97 276 33012 31553 89 286 91 282 97 279 31553 30020 84 288 86 279 95 280 30020 28402 78 288 84 276 89 276 28402 26702 72 286 83 275 90 273 26702 24922 70 285 80 275 89 274 24922 23064 71 286 75 278 83 278 23064 21137 70 290 68 283 73 282 21137 19136 68 292 62 284 62 281 19136 17041 67 284 59 282 52 277 17041 14889 55 275 57 275 48 275 14889 12813 44 269 54 270 48 276 12813 10929 41 262 44 273 48 270 10929 9254 28 261 33 264 55 262 9254 7769 20 234 33 242 60 252 7769 6459 17 221 38 235 59 237 6459 5313 14 197 33 225 53 227 5313 4322 14 182 29 205 41 208 4322 3464 14*162 26 181 37 185 3464 2712 11*133 22 157 32 172 2712 2042 11 129 19 141 28 164 2042 1453 10 127 16 128 23 158 1453 963 10 125 15*124 19 152 963 588 9 124 14*120 14 144 588 331 9 124 13 118 11 137 331 175 8 123 11 116 9 135 175 86 7 124 8 114 5*132 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