DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.8 - - 49.9 - - 40.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - -5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 355 - - 358 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1310 - - 1313 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 378 - - 924 - - 123 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 92 - - 53 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 247 - - 216 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1291 - - -1020 - - -103 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2602 - - 2333 - - 1106 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6206 - - -5422 - - -6733 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7516 - - 6735 - - 7736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 71 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.8 - - 49.9 - - 40.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.2 - - 43.3 - - 39.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 50.2 - - 43.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.0 - - 42.1 - - 40.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - -5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 355 - - 358 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 94962 49 333 52 348 56 358 94962 88203 47 327 48 338 50 349 88203 82950 40 326 50 336 48 344 82950 78548 37 309 45 327 41 343 78548 74702 32 302 39 317 37 339 74702 71256 26 309 36 315 37 335 71256 68112 33 315 36 314 38 326 68112 65207 34 308 32 308 34 315 65207 62490 30 300 28 305 27 310 62490 59823 30 295 33 303 29 311 59823 57011 30 302 38 294 33 306 57011 54083 31 311 37 296 36 301 54083 51293 42 300 42 302 37 299 51293 48792 44 291 43 296 41 305 48792 46567 42 290 41 295 41 309 46567 44564 44 306 42 306 45 314 44564 42742 51 318 53 312 48 308 42742 41070 59 318 54 312 43 313 41070 39532 63 314 53 324 65 325 39532 38114 60 315 65 332 73 319 38114 36792 57 316 73 331 62 317 36792 35515 52 315 69 333 58 325 35515 34212 48 316 71 345 73 339 34212 32860 49 317 85 352 76 338 32860 31460 51 317 89 356 68 338 31460 29995 51 312 82 355 59 331 29995 28453 53 307 70 350 61 322 28453 26832 56 305 65 343 59 320 26832 25129 56 306 64 333 54 319 25129 23345 53 305 62 329 53 318 23345 21484 50 302 57 323 57 321 21484 19543 48 304 48 311 51 325 19543 17523 41 308 42 310 40 326 17523 15466 32 314 33 302 36 313 15466 13492 24 306 29 292 34 299 13492 11704 28 302 29 290 31 291 11704 10119 30 309 29 291 35 285 10119 8712 28 309 30 294 33 280 8712 7456 23 301 31 294 31 281 7456 6337 21 296 28 297 29 285 6337 5347 21 289 24 298 24 278 5347 4474 20 279 23 293 20 262 4474 3701 19 275 22 288 20 263 3701 3011 19 276 22 279 22 268 3011 2404 19 276 21 268 22 264 2404 1901 16 275 18 260 20 248 1901 1517 14*273 13*250 18 235 1517 1254 9*263 12*249 15 229 1254 1094 8 262 10 247 12 225 1094 1003 7 261 7 246 6*216 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