DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/14 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 = 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 - - - 35.8 - - 42.0 - - 47.6 - - 44.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 80 - - 191 - - 119 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1098 - - 2093 - - 2982 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 986 - - 2044 - - 2459 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2053 - - 3048 - - 3937 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 895 - - 728 - - 934 - - 2426 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 185 - - 304 - - 296 - - 22 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 17 - - 22 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 125 - - 126 - - 136 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 2 - - 4 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -676 - - 535 - - 430 - - -2695 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2729 - - 2513 - - 3507 - - 3698 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11345 - - 117 - - -7765 - - -11820 ODpotential blCL - - - 13398 - - 2931 - - 11702 - - 12823 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 100 - - 88 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.8 - - 42.0 - - 47.6 - - 44.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.6 - - 34.6 - - 35.7 - - 32.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.2 - - 41.0 - - 46.9 - - 46.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 33.4 - - 34.5 - - 31.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 80 - - 191 - - 119 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1098 - - 2093 - - 2982 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 58 - - 101 - - 54 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96409 3 229 2 220 13 227 16 251 96409 89277 4 255 4 300 11 203 14 259 89277 83719 2 245 10 260 5 277 8 273 83719 79042 11 326 7 255 9 284 10 292 79042 75014 15 273 6 278 8 285 13 307 75014 71473 11 244 10 294 16 302 22 283 71473 68250 13 329 15 274 18 280 24 269 68250 65263 40 302 29 282 33 292 26 302 65263 62499 48 285 33 280 36 278 37 280 62499 59805 52 296 46 293 43 295 48 287 59805 56993 58 287 56 287 59 292 62 294 56993 54085 59 281 58 283 60 286 65 282 54085 51288 56 286 58 284 58 281 65 281 51288 48766 65 294 64 289 60 284 65 281 48766 46524 77 293 75 289 72 283 71 281 46524 44502 85 288 84 285 86 278 81 276 44502 42656 90 283 90 278 89 276 84 272 42656 40970 91 278 90 275 86 276 84 271 40970 39427 87 273 85 277 87 277 88 272 39427 38004 82 269 84 281 88 278 91 271 38004 36674 78 272 83 284 86 280 91 271 36674 35388 78 280 83 284 81 280 89 271 35388 34078 81 288 81 281 77 277 85 272 34078 32713 81 289 79 280 76 275 81 272 32713 31297 81 287 78 278 75 274 78 272 31297 29816 80 286 75 278 73 273 73 272 29816 28259 76 287 68 279 67 271 67 271 28259 26629 73 290 62 283 60 267 63 268 26629 24927 70 292 61 285 55 263 61 264 24927 23155 67 289 59 283 54 264 62 260 23155 21316 63 284 58 282 53 264 60 259 21316 19403 61 282 54 279 50 262 56 260 19403 17411 61 277 51 274 45 262 52 265 17411 15381 58 269 48 270 40 265 59 268 15381 13417 47 268 46 262 41 262 60 268 13417 11621 43 264 45 255 46 256 53 272 11621 10021 39 266 36 256 44 251 43 266 10021 8599 28 250 28 242 32 244 41 253 8599 7337 24 214 28 218 28 228 36 236 7337 6224 3 230 27 193 31 207 34 215 6224 5248 4 224 27 169 29 178 32 182 5248 4398 3 159 25 156 25*147 34 157 4398 3650 8 120 22*138 24*143 33 151 3650 2980 15 132 19*128 24 138 31 138 2980 2388 15*132 18 126 23 136 30 130 2388 1894 13*129 18 126 22 134 28 123 1894 1514 12 125 17 125 22 133 26 119 1514 1253 11 124 16 124 20 132 22 116 1253 1094 10 123 15 124 19 132 19 115 1094 1003 9 123 13 124 15 131 13*113 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