DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 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 - - - - - - - - - 1002z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 43.5 - - 38.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 28 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3670 - - 13 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 62 - - 61 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 3735 - - 78 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 2625 - - 1475 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 197 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 15 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 041 - - 144 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 279 - - -949 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 3456 - - 1027 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - 61 - - -2326 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 3674 - - 2404 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 97 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 40 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 43.5 - - 38.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 29.0 - - 34.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 43.3 - - 39.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 28.0 - - 34.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 28 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3670 - - 13 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 88 - - 3 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 96818 25 238 28 251 96818 89489 19 241 22 251 89489 83862 18 221 12 255 83862 79181 12 246 19 261 79181 75144 18 234 19 245 75144 71567 20 237 19 244 71567 68301 24 217 22 250 68301 65289 21 243 31 254 65289 62500 35 250 36 241 62500 59770 37 244 33 247 59770 56900 48 255 48 265 56900 53938 63 257 64 260 53938 51120 73 255 71 252 51120 48573 77 252 72 251 48573 46282 77 250 75 251 46282 44202 75 249 77 250 44202 42293 76 252 78 254 42293 40534 82 255 84 258 40534 38909 90 253 93 258 38909 37401 91 248 98 255 37401 35992 92 246 99 253 35992 34637 92 246 97 254 34637 33269 95 248 98 253 33269 31858 100 249 97 252 31858 30407 105 249 92 252 30407 28902 106 247 82 254 28902 27332 100 245 73 255 27332 25695 89 243 61 256 25695 23987 79 243 50 264 23987 22209 72 244 42 275 22209 20363 63 245 32 289 20363 18437 54 247 28 303 18437 16427 47 249 26 312 16427 14379 39 249 22 310 14379 12414 27 241 18 294 12414 10638 23 245 22 288 10638 9065 18 260 25 291 9065 7667 15 269 23 297 7667 6423 13 269 19 305 6423 5319 10 272 15 316 5319 4343 5*284 10 326 4343 3485 2*343 8 328 3485 2728 2 025 5 320 2728 2053 2 039 1 263 2053 1457 3 049 6 153 1457 963 3 055 10 147 963 585 3 059 11 148 585 325 3 060 10 149 325 168 3 059 8*148 168 78 2 059 4*144 78 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