DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 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 - - - - - - 82.7 - - 86.0 - - 81.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 168 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2496 - - 5019 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1044 - - 3212 - - 73 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2561 - - 5084 - - 90 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3051 - - 2852 - - 7482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 256 - - 385 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 14 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 270 - - 234 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2298 - - -469 - - -5049 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4860 - - 5553 - - 5140 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3621 - - -1544 - - -6419 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6182 - - 6628 - - 6509 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 92 - - 43 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 640 - - 930 - - 310 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.7 - - 86.0 - - 81.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.9 - - 62.0 - - 60.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.0 - - 85.0 - - 84.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 61.6 - - 59.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 168 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2496 - - 5019 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 70 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 11 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] 97972 4 187 5 011 6 328 97972 90592 12 099 5 041 3 318 90592 84935 9 035 5 071 4 315 84935 80228 2 158 5 177 7 001 80228 76157 8 136 7 174 3 342 76157 72559 2 091 3 075 2 139 72559 69305 2 232 1 262 3 246 69305 66326 7 263 8 291 8 291 66326 63575 9 246 13 275 12 297 63575 60911 8 277 16 276 17 290 60911 58132 14 278 12 255 17 292 58132 55256 16 280 13 298 18 294 55256 52522 27 281 21 296 15 299 52522 50058 27 277 25 300 17 304 50058 47869 35 290 42 298 39 306 47869 45935 43 282 55 292 42 299 45935 44186 33 253 50 273 34 277 44186 42560 4 339 26 251 10 256 42560 41032 36 352 11 043 14 305 41032 39587 37 347 9 356 21 322 39587 38216 30 344 9 353 17 316 38216 36885 23 313 6 301 15 266 36885 35522 22 305 20 276 20 262 35522 34096 23 284 21 282 21 283 34096 32610 27 274 22 295 21 299 32610 31050 30 269 28 314 21 308 31050 29405 29 266 28 317 21 307 29405 27676 28 271 27 276 20 291 27676 25861 28 277 27 258 22 275 25861 23962 30 273 26 270 20 275 23962 21984 30 270 31 285 15 282 21984 19923 33 270 27 287 15 292 19923 17775 29 263 24 280 9 309 17775 15580 24 252 22 278 10 305 15580 13464 24 250 21 282 14 289 13464 11544 30 247 24 279 15 280 11544 9842 33 239 26 273 15 282 9842 8332 29 231 25 272 18 278 8332 6989 27 231 22 270 18 273 6989 5796 24 235 18*259 16 271 5796 4738 20 242 15*243 15 267 4738 3806 13 252 15 241 13 260 3806 2983 10*258 14 235 13 251 2983 2249 9*262 14 232 12 240 2249 1600 8 267 14 231 11 232 1600 1060 8 270 14 229 10 225 1060 645 8 274 13 228 9 221 645 361 8 277 13 227 8 218 361 188 7 278 12 227 6*214 188 90 6 279 10 227 3*203 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