DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 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 - - - - - - 41.1 - - 41.9 - - 39.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 33 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 892 - - 911 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1847 - - 1866 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 592 - - 607 - - 1410 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 147 - - 131 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 329 - - 332 - - 339 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 678 - - 604 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1169 - - 1262 - - 1003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 398 - - 296 - - 0 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1449 - - 1570 - - 1003 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.1 - - 41.9 - - 39.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.5 - - 40.0 - - 39.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.8 - - 41.6 - - 39.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.9 - - 39.3 - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 33 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 892 - - 911 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95180 63 278 57 279 56 283 95180 88337 51 278 49 282 44 282 88337 82998 32 281 41 279 41 286 82998 78527 28 298 31 275 36 291 78527 74650 30 293 30 286 28 290 74650 71245 32 289 34 282 30 281 71245 68166 31 294 30 294 28 280 68166 65288 26 290 22 281 28 301 65288 62590 24 268 24 253 29 271 62590 59975 33 294 32 286 33 272 59975 57205 61 287 44 298 45 268 57205 54316 71 266 68 274 71 270 54316 51600 77 266 74 266 77 274 51600 49182 82 271 75 267 81 272 49182 47014 94 272 85 269 85 273 47014 45046 101 273 95 274 96 274 45046 43251 107 274 108 279 104 271 43251 41601 112 274 116 280 107 270 41601 40072 113 277 117 281 107 273 40072 38641 117 281 116 283 105 277 38641 37289 121 283 117 284 106 281 37289 35978 121 285 117 284 108 283 35978 34640 122 287 116 284 106 282 34640 33246 121 288 114 284 103 281 33246 31802 117 288 112 284 101 281 31802 30293 110 287 109 284 99 280 30293 28713 102 285 104 284 96 279 28713 27059 95 285 99 285 93 277 27059 25330 93 289 92 286 90 275 25330 23524 82 291 87 285 86 276 23524 21645 71 288 77 287 81 278 21645 19685 63 287 67 283 74 279 19685 17644 54 288 62 280 67 277 17644 15566 42 290 51 285 60 281 15566 13566 37 285 40 283 54 287 13566 11752 38 284 36 278 44 288 11752 10142 34 289 35 283 34 283 10142 8713 30 300 30 292 28 284 8713 7444 28 307 27 301 22 294 7444 6316 27 309 25 308 16 295 6316 5317 28 310 24 314 13 304 5317 4436 27 315 22 327 8 317 4436 3660 24 321 17 342 4 300 3660 2971 21 326 15 347 4 262 2971 2374 18 328 13 338 5 282 2374 1884 15*329 10*333 4 304 1884 1508 14*329 9*331 3 320 1508 1250 13 329 8 333 2 330 1250 1093 12 329 8 332 2*337 1093 1003 9 329 6 332 2*339 1003 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