DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - - - - - 44.1 - - 47.2 - - 41.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -26 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 336 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 70 - - 71 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 401 - - 87 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 596 - - 2738 - - 2700 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 84 - - 12 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 7 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 233 - - 305 - - 345 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -950 - - -856 - - -2019 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1351 - - 943 - - 2106 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10928 - - -2065 - - -12809 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11329 - - 2152 - - 12896 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 79 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.1 - - 47.2 - - 41.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.7 - - 43.6 - - 32.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.1 - - 48.5 - - 43.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.9 - - 43.2 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -26 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 336 - - 22 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 18 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 95405 85 247 86 244 79 247 95405 88339 63 243 59 251 58 255 88339 82864 48 253 51 254 51 258 82864 78305 45 265 48 263 50 262 78305 74390 44 273 50 277 53 268 74390 70957 40 266 49 270 49 274 70957 67838 38 273 42 274 43 285 67838 64938 57 290 49 296 52 297 64938 62230 69 292 64 302 66 299 62230 59609 80 298 77 300 73 302 59609 56882 90 298 83 302 78 309 56882 54043 93 296 88 305 90 313 54043 51319 90 297 95 303 101 302 51319 48881 89 300 96 301 93 299 48881 46713 88 304 91 305 101 312 46713 44756 89 312 101 314 114 317 44756 42971 107 319 126 313 128 316 42971 41336 126 316 132 310 133 316 41336 39824 127 311 124 311 135 316 39824 38406 119 310 117 312 132 316 38406 37063 106 309 111 315 127 316 37063 35758 97 307 110 316 122 318 35758 34423 91 306 106 313 118 317 34423 33033 88 306 102 310 109 311 33033 31587 91 306 99 310 102 307 31587 30070 96 306 96 310 95 309 30070 28467 97 305 91 308 85 307 28467 26779 95 304 88 308 83 303 26779 25007 94 305 87 310 82 302 25007 23151 91 307 85 314 76 303 23151 21214 82 308 80 316 69 305 21214 19191 68 302 74 313 62 307 19191 17077 64 295 70 309 58 308 17077 14923 60 293 64 304 58 306 14923 12853 54 293 57 299 57 304 12853 10972 49 290 53 299 55 305 10972 9302 46 288 52 301 53 310 9302 7821 45 292 51 303 51 312 7821 6513 43 297 50 305 49 316 6513 5370 35 292 48 312 42 324 5370 4374 30 287 45 322 33 330 4374 3507 28 289 38 326 29 338 3507 2747 28 293 32 327 28 349 2747 2071 29 286 30 328 30 353 2071 1475 29 269 28 328 30 353 1475 978 25 253 24 324 29 351 978 597 19*238 18 317 27 349 597 336 15*234 14 311 20 347 336 177 13 233 11 309 17*346 177 87 10 233 7*305 9*345 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