DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.9 - - 44.4 - - 43.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 11 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 585 - - 1501 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1540 - - 2456 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2122 - - 1383 - - 2703 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 93 - - 110 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 159 - - 181 - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 313 - - 564 - - -305 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1227 - - 1892 - - 1308 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 85 - - 196 - - -871 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1455 - - 2260 - - 1874 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.9 - - 44.4 - - 43.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.3 - - 39.9 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.8 - - 44.3 - - 44.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 39.4 - - 41.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 11 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 585 - - 1501 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96195 31 324 22 323 32 312 96195 89224 21 345 27 333 28 327 89224 83804 19 341 25 324 24 339 83804 79275 22 327 24 322 23 337 79275 75340 19 315 24 323 20 326 75340 71842 17 316 19 306 20 319 71842 68657 18 328 15 301 20 304 68657 65709 16 302 18 301 17 286 65709 62967 17 294 25 292 24 292 62967 60307 25 278 31 281 29 290 60307 57528 27 274 31 273 32 280 57528 54640 36 261 44 272 37 278 54640 51887 40 260 53 264 53 267 51887 49412 49 262 66 256 57 269 49412 47190 60 259 70 255 76 265 47190 45184 71 261 76 258 84 258 45184 43360 78 261 81 259 86 258 43360 41677 79 259 82 260 86 258 41677 40108 83 257 82 261 85 258 40108 38641 85 255 83 261 86 259 38641 37262 82 252 84 260 89 260 37262 35933 76 254 81 259 92 259 35933 34586 78 260 78 261 91 258 34586 33189 93 262 79 259 88 257 33189 31747 103 262 83 255 80 254 31747 30248 101 264 79 249 74 254 30248 28679 86 262 66 252 68 258 28679 27036 74 256 58 260 64 258 27036 25313 72 255 58 262 51 255 25313 23515 65 256 53 263 41 265 23515 21649 48 266 43 262 32 263 21649 19707 42 265 37 273 29 258 19707 17680 44 259 34 269 28 265 17680 15609 45 265 34 268 28 276 15609 13609 35 268 29 271 31 281 13609 11786 26 271 24 280 28 281 11786 10161 21 269 22 282 27 284 10161 8713 16 265 19 277 24 291 8713 7427 13 272 17 286 21 297 7427 6288 11 273 17 292 20 301 6288 5282 9 223 15 285 20 298 5282 4407 9 190 11 251 12 265 4407 3648 10 190 8 216 12 210 3648 2978 10 188 7*200 11 204 2978 2386 10 175 7*186 11 194 2386 1893 8*164 6 181 11 185 1893 1513 8*160 6 180 10 179 1513 1253 7 158 6 179 8 173 1253 1094 7 159 5 178 7 171 1094 1003 6 158 5 177 4*169 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