DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 79.0 - - 74.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 27 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3007 - - 5791 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2557 - - 3431 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3962 - - 6746 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3266 - - 1043 - - 5728 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 311 - - 266 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 322 - - 349 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -964 - - 1970 - - -2173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4926 - - 4776 - - 3179 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3188 - - 863 - - -3231 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7150 - - 5883 - - 4237 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 99 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 220 - - 400 - - 440 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 79.0 - - 74.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 61.4 - - 63.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.3 - - 78.8 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.5 - - 60.1 - - 63.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 27 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3007 - - 5791 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 94 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 13 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] 99288 20 086 16 085 12 068 99288 91814 18 117 11 095 14 074 91814 86029 18 104 12 121 14 068 86029 81233 13 086 17 115 5 105 81233 77110 8 111 12 091 8 129 77110 73459 8 097 4 122 7 091 73459 70151 8 075 7 160 4 046 70151 67109 6 039 6 124 3 023 67109 64286 2 008 4 040 5 316 64286 61558 2 275 6 289 13 292 61558 58719 14 327 10 298 14 287 58719 55772 22 299 21 287 21 302 55772 52970 30 297 28 299 29 305 52970 50461 37 291 38 291 39 288 50461 48218 40 288 39 287 39 284 48218 46185 46 290 46 289 40 291 46185 44330 51 292 49 294 48 297 44330 42628 55 295 55 298 52 299 42628 41054 59 298 59 299 55 302 41054 39585 63 298 61 299 61 300 39585 38205 66 296 65 301 64 298 38205 36871 65 295 67 301 64 299 36871 35512 63 294 65 301 62 304 35512 34098 60 291 60 302 62 307 34098 32630 58 292 56 303 61 308 32630 31093 56 294 54 306 56 308 31093 29477 51 294 48 307 53 307 29477 27783 43 297 41 307 49 311 27783 26013 37 303 37 308 42 311 26013 24171 35 303 34 308 37 310 24171 22254 35 300 33 307 31 309 22254 20257 36 302 33 306 30 307 20257 18174 37 304 31 310 27 312 18174 16051 34 305 29 310 25 316 16051 14005 29 309 29 314 24 314 14005 12142 30 310 28 316 24 314 12142 10485 31 312 26 319 24 317 10485 9013 29 315 24 322 23 326 9013 7708 27 318 20*318 21 315 7708 6555 24 317 18*318 18 310 6555 5534 24 320 18 319 17 315 5534 4632 23*319 17 321 15 329 4632 3835 18*314 17 322 16 338 3835 3120 15 311 17 323 16 343 3120 2487 14 310 16 324 17 346 2487 1959 13 310 16 324 16 348 1959 1552 12 310 15 325 15 349 1552 1273 12 310 14 325 13 349 1273 1103 11 310 13 325 11*349 1103 1006 9 310 10 325 7*349 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