DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/17 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.2 - - 61.2 - - 65.4 - - 62.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 124 - - 39 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 49 - - 1606 - - 2796 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 1452 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1004 - - 2561 - - 3751 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 378 - - 674 - - 1175 - - 2789 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 41 - - 239 - - 198 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 22 - - 32 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 140 - - 141 - - 168 - - 165 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 10 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 7 - - -6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1476 - - -2418 - - -1377 - - -2735 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2480 - - 4980 - - 5128 - - 3740 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10829 - - -9581 - - -7373 - - -8729 ODpotential blCL - - - 11833 - - 12142 - - 11124 - - 9734 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 88 - - 100 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.2 - - 61.2 - - 65.4 - - 62.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.9 - - 42.7 - - 46.1 - - 48.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.1 - - 60.5 - - 65.2 - - 63.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.8 - - 42.5 - - 45.9 - - 48.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 124 - - 39 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 49 - - 1606 - - 2796 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 7 - - 50 - - 101 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96996 22 089 26 068 28 083 23 083 96996 89873 16 086 17 077 13 096 14 065 89873 84278 18 084 14 088 11 091 8 064 84278 79581 12 065 15 087 12 091 4 070 79581 75521 6 052 7 092 9 070 4 092 75521 71926 4 011 7 143 3 261 8 358 71926 68669 2 197 5 345 8 282 8 341 68669 65678 11 276 15 284 18 271 12 289 65678 62891 18 285 11 256 14 271 20 274 62891 60181 30 266 22 270 34 282 30 275 60181 57366 38 271 42 263 40 278 36 287 57366 54461 51 258 55 270 52 276 48 268 54461 51710 58 264 57 263 52 259 49 245 51710 49238 67 270 53 264 46 270 43 259 49238 46999 76 272 57 273 66 283 62 276 46999 44955 80 271 73 273 86 272 79 270 44955 43080 87 268 83 268 94 262 86 264 43080 41349 97 264 93 264 98 256 88 259 41349 39744 102 263 104 260 111 254 93 255 39744 38247 95 264 106 259 121 253 103 251 38247 36851 86 269 100 258 125 252 112 249 36851 35518 74 269 90 257 123 250 121 248 35518 34175 67 263 83 257 119 249 128 245 34175 32790 71 258 81 259 113 248 129 244 32790 31363 79 256 82 258 107 249 124 244 31363 29880 81 254 80 255 100 250 115 243 29880 28329 77 257 78 251 89 251 106 243 28329 26709 68 263 80 249 78 250 94 243 26709 25020 48 264 70 250 72 249 75 241 25020 23264 42 263 56 250 69 248 61 236 23264 21442 49 259 48 243 60 246 65 229 21442 19547 54 252 47 243 52 240 72 225 19547 17566 55 249 36 245 52 237 70 225 17566 15545 47 247 27 242 58 238 60 227 15545 13594 36 229 35 238 59 237 50 228 13594 11813 30 213 46 232 54 235 46 225 11813 10222 22 210 52 224 47 232 47 219 10222 8799 21 204 57 209 43 227 51 212 8799 7527 27 195 51 197 45 221 56 214 7527 6397 29 187 44 179 47 212 60 218 6397 5400 25 179 44 171 43 197 57 215 5400 4523 24 174 44 164 36*174 53 202 4523 3750 24 171 39 160 35*169 47 190 3750 3057 22 169 33*156 35 169 42 184 3057 2444 21 171 25*144 34 168 39 180 2444 1930 22 169 23 141 33 168 34 174 1930 1536 21 156 22 140 31 168 29 170 1536 1264 16 145 21 139 29 167 24 167 1264 1099 13*141 19 139 25 167 21*166 1099 1005 9*140 15 139 20 167 14*165 1005 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