DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/27 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 66.8 - - 60.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 378 - - 147 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4836 - - 5494 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3462 - - 3494 - - 71 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4901 - - 5559 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1079 - - 1216 - - 2322 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 497 - - 382 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 33 - - 26 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 321 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1611 - - -1604 - - -6158 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6512 - - 7163 - - 6247 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7996 - - -7829 - - -13323 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12897 - - 13388 - - 13411 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 58 - - 30 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 66.8 - - 60.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.5 - - 35.7 - - 33.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.3 - - 66.2 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.5 - - 34.6 - - 33.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 378 - - 147 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4836 - - 5494 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 97669 13 210 11 217 14 270 97669 90302 10 198 8 219 6 311 90302 84629 6 160 7 223 5 297 84629 79913 5 071 3 299 4 274 79913 75843 8 045 1 263 5 238 75843 72242 9 010 8 342 7 007 72242 68975 5 281 5 254 7 297 68975 65987 10 296 18 301 21 298 65987 63223 18 288 25 286 23 279 63223 60525 15 274 20 272 18 282 60525 57684 18 288 21 284 23 308 57684 54720 40 286 37 296 36 302 54720 51902 46 272 46 285 44 290 51902 49381 40 267 43 277 43 286 49381 47137 39 262 44 276 49 289 47137 45114 40 272 46 274 52 283 45114 43270 50 278 49 276 52 282 43270 41573 58 281 54 280 56 284 41573 40002 65 289 62 285 64 284 40002 38546 84 286 74 287 72 287 38546 37188 100 279 84 285 80 288 37188 35881 105 275 89 283 84 286 35881 34550 103 275 89 283 82 286 34550 33163 100 277 87 285 79 289 33163 31721 97 283 85 288 76 293 31721 30207 98 288 84 292 75 296 30207 28611 97 290 87 291 78 295 28611 26931 85 292 89 294 78 301 26931 25167 80 298 81 294 66 302 25167 23319 79 303 74 303 64 300 23319 21384 66 301 68 306 62 308 21384 19362 56 303 57 301 54 306 19362 17257 54 307 50 303 47 302 17257 15110 53 312 48 309 39 309 15110 13036 49 315 45 313 37 313 13036 11145 42 313 42 318 34 327 11145 9472 36 314 42 329 36 343 9472 7997 38 326 43 336 39 350 7997 6697 45 334 40*334 39 344 6697 5550 38*325 29*321 34 328 5550 4536 35*318 28 320 32 324 4536 3644 34 317 28 321 31 326 3644 2857 34 316 27 321 30 328 2857 2153 34 316 26 321 28 329 2153 1532 33 316 26 321 27 331 1532 1015 32 315 25 321 24 331 1015 619 31 315 24 321 21 330 619 347 29 315 23 321 16 328 347 182 26 315 20 321 12*326 182 88 20 314 16 321 6*324 88 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