DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.5 - - 50.5 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 38 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1317 - - 1547 - - 22 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 488 - - 71 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1382 - - 1612 - - 87 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1269 - - 1877 - - 179 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 241 - - 161 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 252 - - 235 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2129 - - -2227 - - -1230 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3512 - - 3839 - - 1317 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4289 - - -4060 - - -4204 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5671 - - 5672 - - 4291 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 70 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.5 - - 50.5 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.6 - - 34.3 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.6 - - 50.4 - - 46.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.5 - - 33.7 - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 38 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1317 - - 1547 - - 22 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96278 31 048 31 057 31 052 96278 89274 18 050 19 051 22 036 89274 83782 8 066 10 028 11 023 83782 79163 7 360 8 337 12 007 79163 75156 3 302 11 280 15 314 75156 71591 7 333 8 302 13 305 71591 68328 14 315 15 304 14 318 68328 65311 19 296 25 288 18 315 65311 62511 21 297 26 285 25 308 62511 59797 33 299 32 291 34 292 59797 56964 44 294 40 295 38 291 56964 54017 49 289 47 295 43 293 54017 51211 49 288 52 290 50 287 51211 48697 51 289 53 286 53 284 48697 46448 54 289 55 289 57 287 46448 44403 59 287 60 287 65 286 44403 42533 61 285 66 286 70 286 42533 40817 63 288 73 286 70 291 40817 39239 68 295 70 289 74 300 39239 37786 76 301 71 295 110 297 37786 36443 91 304 101 299 140 293 36443 35154 129 307 124 299 143 292 35154 33840 151 306 133 299 124 293 33840 32472 141 306 132 300 120 293 32472 31049 110 306 123 301 116 292 31049 29554 80 300 117 305 104 294 29554 27975 73 299 102 306 100 297 27975 26312 68 299 79 300 90 302 26312 24571 63 298 63 294 68 295 24571 22756 60 297 59 295 57 284 22756 20868 57 298 57 291 54 284 20868 18895 55 298 54 288 51 288 18895 16836 52 299 50 288 45 288 16836 14736 46 301 44 288 38 287 14736 12714 42 300 39 289 33 287 12714 10876 39 294 36 288 29 288 10876 9247 38 288 34 287 28 289 9247 7809 39 281 33 288 28 293 7809 6540 35 275 32 293 28 296 6540 5418 28 269 31 294 26 291 5418 4428 24 270 29 288 24 277 4428 3555 23 276 26 282 22 267 3555 2786 23 269 23 276 20 263 2786 2099 21 257 19*265 17 261 2099 1494 18*241 15*253 15 260 1494 990 17*238 14 252 12 261 990 603 17 238 13 252 10 258 603 339 16 237 12 251 7 252 339 178 14 237 11 251 5 243 178 87 12 237 9 252 3*235 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