DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/17 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 - - 0954z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 64.4 - - 66.6 - - 67.2 - - 63.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 68 - - 23 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2331 - - 2809 - - 2173 - - 23 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 72 - - 1044 - - 72 - - 72 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2396 - - 2874 - - 2238 - - 88 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1298 - - 1274 - - 2128 - - 2847 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 208 - - 246 - - 167 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 8 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 029 - - 050 - - 067 - - 107 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 0 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 729 - - 885 - - 257 - - -853 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1667 - - 1989 - - 1981 - - 941 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 430 - - 443 - - -376 - - -1558 ODpotential blCL - - - 1966 - - 2431 - - 2614 - - 1646 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 98 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 64.4 - - 66.6 - - 67.2 - - 63.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 57.4 - - 58.1 - - 58.8 - - 59.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.1 - - 66.1 - - 67.0 - - 64.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 56.5 - - 57.0 - - 57.8 - - 58.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 50 - - 68 - - 23 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2331 - - 2809 - - 2173 - - 23 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 91 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 - - 11 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] 98417 12 116 11 070 17 047 16 051 98417 91070 21 101 23 083 23 068 22 067 91070 85430 23 090 24 092 19 079 21 063 85430 80725 21 088 20 099 15 090 18 053 80725 76655 17 093 13 098 12 102 11 052 76655 73059 11 112 9 121 10 105 6 042 73059 69800 5 145 5 151 5 110 2 012 69800 66800 3 226 9 169 8 228 4 263 66800 64027 8 276 7 203 10 261 10 256 64027 61342 13 293 5 244 13 258 15 243 61342 58523 21 284 12 271 16 252 18 241 58523 55580 28 280 21 265 19 261 22 247 55580 52751 33 276 34 270 28 271 30 269 52751 50198 40 268 41 266 47 280 45 275 50198 47920 45 265 53 263 60 265 54 267 47920 45858 45 259 52 248 49 250 49 255 45858 43974 44 288 52 272 47 263 49 266 43974 42251 88 286 77 275 74 265 61 267 42251 40674 97 274 92 257 84 251 61 258 40674 39210 89 275 80 255 67 248 52 253 39210 37828 77 279 69 259 62 253 49 253 37828 36485 73 272 66 244 60 255 47 257 36485 35117 63 265 58 248 51 254 44 259 35117 33694 54 259 47 247 50 247 40 262 33694 32220 47 267 39 247 47 246 29 272 32220 30675 40 264 36 249 33 242 28 278 30675 29044 40 261 33 253 28 238 26 270 29044 27326 39 264 28 258 21 238 24 261 27326 25519 32 263 25 258 19 244 23 255 25519 23626 23 261 23 254 21 246 22 253 23626 21655 13 260 21 240 23 241 20 264 21655 19602 15 264 18 224 21 228 18 281 19602 17465 19 244 17 233 18 232 17 269 17465 15288 14 245 14 249 13 265 14 261 15288 13191 8 261 11 257 10 277 10 277 13191 11286 9 294 11 264 11 290 11 284 11286 9598 10 313 10 282 13 310 13 286 9598 8103 10 332 11 315 13 315 14 288 8103 6778 12 340 13 331 15 315 14 303 6778 5602 14 343 14 338 16 315 15 312 5602 4567 16 341 10 004 8 346 8 338 4567 3662 13 351 9*039 7 036 9 059 3662 2869 10*019 9*043 7*052 11 072 2869 2162 9*026 9 048 7*061 10 081 2162 1539 8 029 8 050 7 066 10 101 1539 1020 8 030 8 053 7 068 11 107 1020 622 8 031 8 054 7 069 11 107 622 349 7 031 7 054 7 069 10 107 349 183 6 033 7 055 7 070 8 107 183 88 6 031 6 055 6 071 5*107 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