DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/14 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.6 - - 75.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 22 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1231 - - 615 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1175 - - 989 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2186 - - 1570 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 677 - - 1335 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 226 - - 102 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 088 - - 124 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 676 - - 559 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1510 - - 1011 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 255 - - 99 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1931 - - 1471 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1790 - - 1190 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.6 - - 75.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.6 - - 73.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.9 - - 74.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.8 - - 73.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 22 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1231 - - 615 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - - 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] 99585 35 105 22 089 99585 92071 30 106 22 103 92071 86284 20 091 19 107 86284 81474 10 074 14 108 81474 77310 8 138 9 122 77310 73627 14 151 6 149 73627 70308 11 118 6 114 70308 67267 10 080 6 119 67267 64455 4 093 7 167 64455 61748 6 198 12 171 61748 58950 7 224 5 174 58950 56085 6 246 5 207 56085 53376 13 265 9 248 53376 50970 25 258 17 273 50970 48855 36 249 29 280 48855 46938 47 242 34 265 46938 45150 39 240 32 252 45150 43472 22 257 30 257 43472 41890 29 274 28 257 41890 40397 26 267 24 256 40397 38987 21 258 25 256 38987 37618 18 245 27 257 37618 36220 23 233 26 258 36220 34763 29 231 24 258 34763 33252 32 231 23 250 33252 31671 35 232 21 245 31671 30007 37 233 20 248 30007 28264 37 234 21 253 28264 26441 38 237 24 253 26441 24544 42 239 30 246 24544 22574 46 238 30 242 22574 20528 44 234 26 242 20528 18402 47 233 30 244 18402 16243 48 232 42 241 16243 14169 44 229 37 238 14169 12284 47 225 35 228 12284 10607 48 222 38 220 10607 9119 40 221 32 210 9119 7798 34 222 20 191 7798 6627 26 217 16 172 6627 5587 21 214 19 169 5587 4669 10 211 18 168 4669 3858 5 117 14 158 3858 3133 13 099 12 148 3133 2494 17*094 11 157 2494 1962 17*090 10*138 1962 1554 17 088 9*127 1554 1274 16 087 8 124 1274 1104 15 087 8 122 1104 1006 11 086 6 121 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