DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/23 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 0959z - - 1334z - - 1603z - - 1900z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 66.1 - - 67.9 - - 66.8 - - 68.7 - - 68.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 21 - - 3 - - -4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 23 - - 944 - - 1015 - - 166 - - 24 BL Depth Hcrit 72 - - 72 - - 72 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top 88 - - 1009 - - 1080 - - 231 - - 89 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2753 - - 2260 - - 1754 - - 3308 - - 3128 Hgt.Variab. W* 13 - - 116 - - 76 - - 28 - - 12 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 6 - - 12 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 084 - - 073 - - 074 - - 005 - - 357 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 2 - - -6 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -528 - - 279 - - 423 - - -402 - - -722 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 616 - - 730 - - 657 - - 633 - - 811 sfcLCL ODpotential -1124 - - -1 - - 132 - - -1043 - - -1303 ODpotential blCL 1212 - - 1010 - - 948 - - 1274 - - 1392 blCL maxRH 92 - - 100 - - 100 - - 90 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 80 - - 80 - - 150 - - 300 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m 66.1 - - 67.9 - - 66.8 - - 68.7 - - 68.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 63.5 - - 64.7 - - 63.9 - - 65.9 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.4 - - 67.6 - - 66.8 - - 69.0 - - 68.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 63.1 - - 64.2 - - 63.6 - - 65.6 - - 63.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 21 - - 3 - - -4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 23 - - 944 - - 1015 - - 166 - - 24 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 69 - - 102 - - 102 - - 61 - - 51 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 12 - - 13 - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 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] 98690 24 070 35 086 28 098 28 087 33 075 98690 91199 29 087 29 082 28 095 25 091 24 075 91199 85432 29 083 27 088 31 091 23 090 18 083 85432 80672 23 074 26 084 28 096 18 087 20 078 80672 76591 20 071 25 073 21 094 17 090 21 074 76591 72986 18 068 20 073 19 090 19 093 16 066 72986 69729 16 078 16 080 19 087 15 084 14 074 69729 66745 17 090 15 090 16 088 13 101 8 073 66745 63982 18 090 14 105 12 107 12 115 5 114 63982 61306 16 099 16 118 8 133 6 136 6 126 61306 58513 14 099 11 132 8 149 4 203 5 162 58513 55613 7 076 9 141 9 170 8 227 7 195 55613 52837 8 315 5 307 6 221 10 245 8 269 52837 50349 11 321 18 293 23 268 28 272 23 301 50349 48134 18 341 14 311 29 270 36 280 26 308 48134 46106 20 353 21 324 35 276 34 279 40 298 46106 44234 32 352 41 323 33 288 31 285 46 294 44234 42507 63 322 59 320 48 305 39 296 52 297 42507 40906 74 309 73 308 65 299 55 297 58 299 40906 39411 73 305 75 296 70 290 66 296 60 299 39411 38003 68 307 72 288 67 287 66 291 59 300 38003 36641 64 305 63 286 56 290 57 285 58 302 36641 35255 62 312 61 290 47 292 49 291 55 304 35255 33818 64 318 58 294 42 298 49 304 54 306 33818 32328 64 318 56 299 41 302 52 311 56 309 32328 30769 59 320 46 300 41 303 54 312 57 313 30769 29125 53 321 39 293 40 306 53 311 58 318 29125 27396 48 323 33 293 34 306 50 311 58 323 27396 25585 45 323 27 301 33 293 46 308 57 330 25585 23697 39 329 23 303 34 286 41 309 54 334 23697 21735 34 340 22 308 35 291 39 317 48 339 21735 19692 32 319 24 317 29 308 31 326 37 343 19692 17562 31 318 28 324 28 315 23 335 30 338 17562 15388 24 344 30 327 25 317 20 331 27 334 15388 13291 23 353 25 324 22 329 14 335 27 339 13291 11382 20 356 19 319 18 345 10 316 22 335 11382 9687 13 337 13 336 18 347 10 329 20 329 9687 8182 13 302 11 332 14 320 9 316 16 331 8182 6844 5 344 10 329 4 283 11 282 10 349 6844 5660 9 086 12 114 5 054 8 287 6 355 5660 4618 17 096 13 127 9 067 4 344 6 337 4618 3705 19 113 11 130 9 077 7 044 5 025 3705 2903 20 126 10 117 10 081 9 055 6 055 2903 2189 20 124 10 105 13 080 9 052 7 039 2189 1558 18 121 9 097 14*077 9 044 7 025 1558 1033 16 116 8*087 14*076 8 031 7 017 1033 630 13 110 7*076 13 074 7 018 6 010 630 353 9 097 6 072 12 073 6*010 6 005 353 185 7 094 6 071 10 072 5*007 5*001 185 89 4*084 5 070 7 072 4 004 3*357 89 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