DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 73.7 - - 74.6 - - 68.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 297 - - 101 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5847 - - 5507 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4146 - - 3220 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5912 - - 5572 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3097 - - 4155 - - 3532 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 488 - - 337 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 19 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 206 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 224 - - -241 - - -4037 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5688 - - 5813 - - 4126 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -102 - - -802 - - -5736 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6014 - - 6374 - - 5825 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 97 - - 45 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 240 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 74.6 - - 68.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 49.3 - - 51.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 74.0 - - 70.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.3 - - 48.8 - - 50.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 297 - - 101 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5847 - - 5507 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 41 - - 88 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 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] 97692 11 162 6 262 3 331 97692 90338 6 217 3 275 6 198 90338 84685 2 172 2 157 5 185 84685 79974 8 234 7 179 7 250 79974 75894 10 204 10 200 11 267 75894 72285 9 206 7 236 11 231 72285 69013 7 246 9 281 11 246 69013 65999 16 239 21 250 22 260 65999 63190 22 238 31 248 22 256 63190 60452 31 242 33 250 36 257 60452 57602 36 250 40 257 41 264 57602 54652 47 262 50 262 52 260 54652 51838 62 249 57 258 54 253 51838 49306 58 248 61 252 53 266 49306 47056 55 259 67 260 70 267 47056 45043 76 258 74 258 77 262 45043 43216 78 251 73 261 88 262 43216 41539 71 257 87 268 98 261 41539 39985 85 264 100 266 104 261 39985 38533 101 262 102 264 103 261 38533 37167 111 258 98 264 103 266 37167 35849 113 256 95 264 107 269 35849 34508 107 256 92 261 108 270 34508 33109 97 258 91 260 103 270 33109 31657 93 260 91 260 98 270 31657 30134 88 263 91 260 94 269 30134 28527 72 259 91 261 90 269 28527 26838 68 244 86 261 84 270 26838 25067 62 242 79 262 77 270 25067 23219 54 244 63 265 72 272 23219 21304 53 247 52 253 55 272 21304 19312 56 250 56 244 46 255 19312 17228 58 249 54 250 50 253 17228 15098 49 241 36 259 47 264 15098 13053 38 234 32 260 32 263 13053 11199 33 229 31 247 32 263 11199 9554 29 223 30 243 28 254 9554 8093 28 220 28 232 24 251 8093 6792 26*217 26 226 23 249 6792 5634 25*215 23*217 21 244 5634 4608 23 204 22*214 19 239 4608 3702 23 202 20 208 17 233 3702 2904 22 201 20 206 16 227 2904 2189 22 200 19 204 15 221 2189 1558 22 199 18 203 14 212 1558 1033 21 199 18 202 13 207 1033 629 20 199 17 202 11 207 629 353 20 198 16 202 8 208 353 185 18 198 15 201 6*211 185 89 14 198 12 201 3*222 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