DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 Ames_IA 955ft pt37194@41.911,-93.594,951ft SPONSORED BY: Silent Knights Glider Club BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 78.6 - - 75.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 95 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3893 - - 3128 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3186 - - 2519 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4848 - - 4083 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2380 - - 2235 - - 5514 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 337 - - 294 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 284 - - 265 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -11 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 139 - - -1995 - - -3175 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4709 - - 6079 - - 4181 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2218 - - -5585 - - -5239 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7066 - - 9668 - - 6245 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 53 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 70 - - 540 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 78.6 - - 75.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.4 - - 55.4 - - 60.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.0 - - 77.8 - - 76.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 54.1 - - 59.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 95 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3893 - - 3128 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 12 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] 98881 29 102 25 109 22 078 98881 91364 30 089 29 094 21 091 91364 85631 25 083 25 090 25 088 85631 80877 15 089 17 101 20 076 80877 76753 19 107 16 106 12 098 76753 73109 20 096 14 119 12 093 73109 69828 14 097 15 136 7 132 69828 66824 8 117 16 121 11 130 66824 64032 3 238 8 164 4 188 64032 61328 8 246 2 163 12 195 61328 58509 11 265 9 285 7 265 58509 55578 28 249 26 257 24 263 55578 52793 29 250 39 258 39 270 52793 50299 38 260 39 245 44 260 50299 48057 46 272 38 264 48 256 48057 46018 58 274 54 275 55 268 46018 44156 68 272 69 274 66 274 44156 42444 74 271 74 272 76 273 42444 40853 77 271 75 272 80 270 40853 39363 77 273 76 273 81 270 39363 37961 75 275 76 273 81 270 37961 36609 74 274 74 273 81 270 36609 35240 71 272 71 271 82 270 35240 33822 68 270 69 267 82 270 33822 32357 66 270 65 265 81 270 32357 30829 65 271 61 265 76 271 30829 29227 67 271 58 264 68 272 29227 27552 70 269 58 264 61 271 27552 25805 71 270 57 262 55 267 25805 23981 69 275 55 262 52 266 23981 22079 63 279 53 264 50 268 22079 20095 54 281 51 267 47 270 20095 18029 51 280 49 268 48 269 18029 15926 46 289 47 269 45 266 15926 13907 44 303 43 275 36 277 13907 12072 33 303 41 286 34 287 12072 10437 25 301 38 299 29 289 10437 8982 21 301 32 310 21 292 8982 7689 20 305 25 316 11 284 7689 6542 22 306 17 312 9 247 6542 5524 22*299 13 303 13 235 5524 4627 20*294 11*295 16 223 4627 3832 18 286 9*282 17 219 3832 3119 17 283 8 267 16 218 3119 2487 16 282 8 263 16 217 2487 1958 16 281 8 261 15 217 1958 1552 15 280 7 259 14 216 1552 1273 14 280 7 257 12 216 1273 1103 13 280 7 257 10 216 1103 1006 11 279 6 257 7*215 1006 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