DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/27 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 - - - 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.3 - - 47.4 - - 48.3 - - 38.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 104 - - 133 - - 24 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 621 - - 1914 - - 2133 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 70 - - 877 - - 71 - - 70 Hcrit BL Top - - - 686 - - 1979 - - 2198 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 667 - - 1660 - - 1279 - - 657 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 166 - - 265 - - 166 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 30 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 2 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 083 - - 107 - - 128 - - 107 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -705 - - -370 - - -23 - - -284 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1391 - - 2349 - - 2221 - - 371 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4650 - - -2358 - - -2531 - - -4941 ODpotential blCL - - - 5336 - - 4337 - - 4729 - - 5028 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 77 - - 81 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.3 - - 47.4 - - 48.3 - - 38.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.9 - - 37.6 - - 39.1 - - 37.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.6 - - 46.7 - - 48.2 - - 39.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 36.3 - - 37.9 - - 37.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 104 - - 133 - - 24 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 621 - - 1914 - - 2133 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 35 - - 9 - - 25 - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96603 16 080 12 101 8 101 10 059 96603 89467 13 108 13 142 10 164 7 173 89467 83913 10 121 15 161 19 185 13 198 83913 79254 14 189 13 163 17 217 13 224 79254 75218 18 170 16 189 22 203 18 225 75218 71635 15 233 12 237 7 231 18 216 71635 68371 28 222 29 236 28 254 25 250 68371 65385 24 239 27 230 31 240 31 247 65385 62614 40 268 37 246 38 238 36 241 62614 59905 43 261 37 245 36 233 34 233 59905 57049 46 255 42 257 40 253 34 255 57049 54090 54 246 56 252 54 256 50 265 54090 51299 56 242 59 240 66 250 57 255 51299 48807 54 247 55 244 65 240 55 242 48807 46571 58 251 63 252 56 240 53 239 46571 44541 67 249 69 249 62 249 57 245 44541 42702 71 248 71 244 77 246 67 245 42702 41026 73 250 73 242 77 238 71 242 41026 39482 73 248 74 244 68 240 75 238 39482 38050 74 246 85 244 75 242 77 241 38050 36713 79 246 91 239 88 237 75 241 36713 35420 82 245 86 239 88 237 74 237 35420 34101 83 246 87 239 86 236 70 234 34101 32726 86 246 94 237 84 236 59 234 32726 31297 97 244 100 235 76 242 53 246 31297 29799 103 240 102 232 70 249 51 251 29799 28219 98 245 102 231 67 253 48 255 28219 26557 86 247 88 237 63 252 47 261 26557 24808 77 247 67 241 63 249 46 261 24808 22971 69 250 63 242 65 248 46 257 22971 21049 64 253 63 243 64 249 46 260 21049 19042 61 252 60 244 59 251 40 261 19042 16951 58 248 57 246 53 250 41 248 16951 14817 55 248 52 248 50 248 43 254 14817 12762 46 249 45 249 44 245 41 251 12762 10899 40 247 41 252 36 247 39 249 10899 9252 31 248 35 253 30 259 30 256 9252 7802 22 263 24 251 24 269 17 263 7802 6522 17 282 14 267 17 258 10 256 6522 5391 11 292 9 283 10 253 8 228 5391 4394 5 286 4 277 6 241 7 208 4394 3519 4 260 4 272 5 217 7 199 3519 2752 4 253 2 259 4*194 7 195 2752 2071 2 260 1*135 5*153 8 175 2071 1471 2 070 1*115 5 133 10 145 1471 973 6*081 2 109 6 126 11 132 973 594 5*082 2 108 6 121 12 118 594 334 5 083 2 100 6 119 11 109 334 176 5 083 2 100 5 118 9*107 176 87 4 083 2 099 5 118 5*107 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