DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.0 - - 31.6 - - 28.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 43 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1400 - - 1511 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 986 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2355 - - 2466 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 267 - - 669 - - 1096 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 169 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 15 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 275 - - 231 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 344 - - 4 - - -1182 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2011 - - 2462 - - 2184 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 42 - - -11506 - - -12938 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2313 - - 13972 - - 13940 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 84 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.0 - - 31.6 - - 28.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.3 - - 24.9 - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 25.3 - - 31.3 - - 29.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.3 - - 23.8 - - 22.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 43 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1400 - - 1511 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95005 72 277 67 274 65 284 95005 88263 50 286 50 290 55 284 88263 82954 35 281 42 288 47 291 82954 78510 33 282 39 286 43 291 78510 74671 31 281 34 289 38 286 74671 71249 31 286 29 291 33 289 71249 68103 32 290 32 298 34 300 68103 65164 34 296 38 303 36 306 65164 62411 35 295 38 300 39 304 62411 59742 34 291 38 287 41 295 59742 56966 33 297 38 276 41 283 56966 54082 34 312 32 278 40 275 54082 51309 38 320 32 295 41 281 51309 48800 46 314 45 298 47 288 48800 46550 56 303 55 294 54 292 46550 44515 62 294 63 290 61 292 44515 42667 67 286 64 288 65 289 42667 40982 65 288 65 289 67 287 40982 39438 70 295 70 290 70 285 39438 38011 83 293 78 288 73 284 38011 36682 81 293 76 286 73 283 36682 35402 73 298 63 291 65 286 35402 34101 75 299 62 297 63 299 34101 32755 75 299 62 300 60 297 32755 31360 70 303 59 304 47 294 31360 29902 59 307 56 306 37 314 29902 28366 50 310 51 311 43 315 28366 26752 48 312 47 317 42 310 26752 25055 53 313 46 324 42 307 25055 23276 54 312 44 325 42 307 23276 21419 47 312 47 317 42 307 21419 19482 45 314 50 309 42 308 19482 17462 41 321 45 300 42 307 17462 15404 38 344 36 284 39 308 15404 13417 33 350 30 291 38 316 13417 11607 30 329 30 304 39 318 11607 10000 27 326 32 310 36 314 10000 8576 23 313 32 309 33 309 8576 7315 21 304 28 309 33 303 7315 6198 18 293 21 292 33 295 6198 5213 16 282 21 264 29 286 5213 4350 15 284 23 251 25 267 4350 3596 16 294 24 246 25 255 3596 2928 15*293 21*241 28 243 2928 2345 10*277 16*232 30 230 2345 1864 9 274 16 232 25 219 1864 1496 8 274 15 231 20 214 1496 1243 8 274 14 230 17 210 1243 1090 7 273 13 230 14 209 1090 1002 7 273 10 229 9*208 1002 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