DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/29 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1326z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 60.4 - - 69.7 - - 83.5 - - 90.2 - - 82.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -29 - - 119 - - 241 - - 117 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 50 - - 726 - - 2088 - - 4853 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit 988 - - 989 - - 2115 - - 3762 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top 1005 - - 1681 - - 3043 - - 5808 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 637 - - 455 - - 892 - - 1852 - - 4337 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 180 - - 325 - - 341 - - 13 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 11 - - 13 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 144 - - 162 - - 168 - - 182 - - 173 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -369 - - -1360 - - -2704 - - -2438 - - -4546 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1374 - - 3041 - - 5748 - - 8246 - - 5553 sfcLCL ODpotential -9117 - - -7911 - - -6132 - - -5441 - - -8646 ODpotential blCL 10122 - - 9592 - - 9175 - - 11249 - - 9652 blCL maxRH 86 - - 80 - - 62 - - 63 - - 62 maxRH CAPE 1190 - - 300 - - 1140 - - 1030 - - 1690 CAPE Temp@2m 60.4 - - 69.7 - - 83.5 - - 90.2 - - 82.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 57.7 - - 59.8 - - 61.7 - - 57.5 - - 61.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 61.4 - - 68.8 - - 82.1 - - 89.5 - - 84.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 57.6 - - 59.6 - - 61.4 - - 57.0 - - 61.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -29 - - 119 - - 241 - - 117 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 50 - - 726 - - 2088 - - 4853 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 44 - - 18 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 10 - - 11 - - 12 - - 9 - - 12 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] 97943 16 253 13 255 18 246 27 265 22 267 97943 90594 10 270 7 290 8 250 18 237 18 274 90594 84957 4 295 1 322 2 292 8 232 12 279 84957 80302 6 342 2 105 3 289 6 285 8 287 80302 76298 1 093 5 112 4 222 5 231 6 299 76298 72753 3 153 6 103 4 184 10 193 8 248 72753 69534 5 246 3 135 8 157 10 200 8 236 69534 66567 5 189 11 226 9 204 13 235 11 249 66567 63808 9 227 14 235 12 219 16 241 12 242 63808 61126 15 226 17 235 15 244 21 248 18 246 61126 58331 17 239 18 230 19 242 22 229 21 244 58331 55445 20 248 17 237 21 240 21 230 25 241 55445 52698 26 259 24 245 25 236 25 247 28 245 52698 50232 34 256 31 250 34 238 34 250 33 248 50232 48028 36 252 38 251 39 245 40 246 34 248 48028 46040 38 253 40 250 41 248 39 238 33 250 46040 44227 37 250 39 248 36 243 34 233 29 246 44227 42560 35 242 36 241 31 236 29 226 26 241 42560 41013 30 237 32 228 31 230 25 227 24 237 41013 39564 26 236 28 228 30 224 24 229 20 236 39564 38198 26 241 27 232 26 225 21 224 19 236 38198 36875 29 243 28 236 24 226 18 225 19 232 36875 35525 28 241 27 234 22 229 16 227 18 226 35525 34119 28 236 26 227 22 232 16 234 17 223 34119 32660 29 230 30 223 24 232 17 242 15 228 32660 31135 30 226 33 223 26 230 20 242 15 237 31135 29531 28 226 33 223 26 229 23 238 14 244 29531 27851 24 230 31 222 26 232 25 239 13 246 27851 26094 24 234 30 220 27 233 28 242 13 254 26094 24261 27 229 31 220 30 224 29 239 15 257 24261 22350 26 225 30 221 33 221 28 237 16 265 22350 20358 18 222 25 214 30 220 20 244 13 273 20358 18284 12 217 23 203 24 225 13 276 13 286 18284 16173 10 201 18 199 24 211 17 259 17 283 16173 14135 6 175 16 203 22 198 22 242 17 250 14135 12276 7 191 16 192 24 209 23 219 22 230 12276 10619 9 192 16 194 27 219 29 209 24 215 10619 9142 10 196 15 203 28 225 32 212 25 212 9142 7827 8 226 18 211 23 221 29 214 24 210 7827 6658 17 242 20 208 21 207 23*203 26 198 6658 5621 22 237 21 212 22 205 20*185 26 185 5621 4704 26 235 21 224 22 213 19 184 25 182 4704 3892 29 232 24 230 21 212 19 183 25 182 3892 3163 29 224 25 226 17*198 19 181 25 182 3163 2517 25 194 21 212 14*172 19 181 25 181 2517 1978 29 161 16*179 13 169 18 180 24 180 1978 1563 26 154 13*163 13 167 18 179 21 179 1563 1278 19 148 12 162 12 166 17 179 17 177 1278 1105 16*147 11 161 12 165 16 179 14 176 1105 1006 9*144 9 160 10 165 13 179 7*173 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