DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - - - - - 38.4 - - 39.3 - - 38.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 34 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1286 - - 1031 - - 748 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 70 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1351 - - 1096 - - 813 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 857 - - 1087 - - 1912 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 201 - - 136 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 006 - - 002 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 675 - - 372 - - 198 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 677 - - 724 - - 615 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 655 - - 340 - - 26 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 696 - - 756 - - 787 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.4 - - 39.3 - - 38.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.1 - - 36.8 - - 36.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.9 - - 38.9 - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.1 - - 36.1 - - 35.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 34 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1286 - - 1031 - - 748 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 101 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] 96614 32 068 30 064 30 061 96614 89524 28 084 20 071 25 061 89524 83992 22 098 11 082 10 059 83992 79360 11 116 7 099 6 095 79360 75334 7 178 2 193 4 241 75334 71753 5 202 8 253 11 282 71753 68507 11 265 19 235 18 272 68507 65532 14 295 10 227 16 254 65532 62755 24 291 22 283 20 270 62755 60046 36 266 30 266 32 264 60046 57231 41 270 42 274 38 278 57231 54316 56 279 54 272 47 278 54316 51532 64 271 54 273 49 274 51532 49016 64 273 57 280 54 278 49016 46747 69 278 66 280 68 280 46747 44684 73 278 71 278 72 276 44684 42797 74 278 74 279 72 279 42797 41061 73 278 81 280 75 281 41061 39458 75 276 85 277 75 286 39458 37968 75 276 79 277 79 294 37968 36579 70 279 74 284 87 298 36579 35250 66 286 80 293 97 300 35250 33914 67 294 88 296 103 300 33914 32536 73 296 91 296 104 299 32536 31111 76 294 88 297 100 299 31111 29623 77 293 82 296 86 299 29623 28057 76 295 81 297 77 296 28057 26409 74 298 77 300 74 296 26409 24675 73 302 69 299 67 300 24675 22859 67 309 66 299 57 299 22859 20963 58 312 60 305 52 296 20963 18979 52 312 54 308 49 295 18979 16905 47 312 48 306 44 293 16905 14789 42 312 43 308 41 297 14789 12750 40 317 40 310 37 304 12750 10894 38 326 36 317 31 311 10894 9244 32 333 30 322 26 316 9244 7780 26 336 26 322 22 318 7780 6485 24 336 23 317 22 316 6485 5345 16 357 18 319 20 314 5345 4348 15 006 11 334 16 320 4348 3477 15 016 13 344 12 332 3477 2718 16 030 13 000 5 340 2718 2047 14 028 9 002 3 348 2047 1457 10*009 7*002 4 356 1457 966 10*008 7*003 4*357 966 591 9 006 6 002 4*357 591 333 9 006 6 002 4 357 333 176 8 005 5 002 3 353 176 87 7 005 5 001 3 351 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