DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 - - - 33.4 - - 33.7 - - 28.2 - - 21.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -12 - - 91 - - 80 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 47 - - 4401 - - 2280 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 986 - - 3285 - - 1597 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1002 - - 5356 - - 3235 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3318 - - 1255 - - 3923 - - 4691 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 19 - - 309 - - 235 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 34 - - 28 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 288 - - 290 - - 306 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 17 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 4 - - 5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -450 - - 2116 - - 1248 - - -591 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1452 - - 3241 - - 1987 - - 1593 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -936 - - 994 - - 719 - - -1062 ODpotential blCL - - - 1938 - - 4362 - - 2516 - - 2064 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.4 - - 33.7 - - 28.2 - - 21.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.5 - - 22.8 - - 23.1 - - 18.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.6 - - 33.3 - - 27.7 - - 22.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.1 - - 21.6 - - 22.3 - - 17.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -12 - - 91 - - 80 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 47 - - 4401 - - 2280 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 - - 78 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96214 36 039 34 008 46 035 39 039 96214 89345 28 039 26 026 32 027 24 031 89345 83915 20 020 23 035 25 028 23 011 83915 79322 15 014 19 037 14 040 20 016 79322 75301 11 353 12 053 7 017 17 012 75301 71715 12 009 7 056 8 333 14 358 71715 68438 22 004 11 004 4 336 10 344 68438 65393 20 327 16 326 14 325 13 319 65393 62543 12 302 14 308 17 322 14 311 62543 59763 23 299 14 300 25 323 17 318 59763 56846 24 300 18 288 27 306 19 308 56846 53801 32 287 25 280 32 285 28 294 53801 50880 28 261 26 273 30 274 27 281 50880 48238 28 288 25 289 30 292 22 295 48238 45864 43 292 40 287 40 283 29 299 45864 43710 46 277 43 271 42 275 38 291 43710 41744 43 265 42 264 39 276 38 281 41744 39942 35 266 36 265 40 276 36 278 39942 38277 32 283 36 271 40 270 34 279 38277 36727 37 293 38 274 38 265 31 280 36727 35277 44 290 40 277 36 268 31 283 35277 33890 52 281 43 282 37 276 33 278 33890 32503 54 271 49 282 40 278 33 270 32503 31091 47 263 52 271 38 276 27 270 31091 29657 40 269 44 259 38 274 28 280 29657 28192 41 273 35 268 38 266 32 276 28192 26683 41 272 38 281 35 259 29 268 26683 25126 33 298 40 284 31 264 27 262 25126 23509 43 309 42 281 29 267 27 267 23509 21829 47 311 38 281 28 270 29 276 21829 20084 45 314 32 279 30 275 33 283 20084 18269 44 317 29 277 34 276 34 284 18269 16382 43 317 29 278 36 275 34 278 16382 14459 34 307 31 278 35 276 34 272 14459 12601 33 303 32 278 31 285 28 275 12601 10914 34 307 33 280 30 289 24 286 10914 9421 30 308 35 277 31 295 24 293 9421 8106 28 302 39 282 27 300 17 293 8106 6948 29 296 40 288 26 297 16 298 6948 5926 30 297 37*289 28 298 21 303 5926 5019 32 307 37*289 30 304 27 308 5019 4219 37 314 37 289 31 305 31 310 4219 3511 40 310 36 290 31*306 33 309 3511 2878 39 307 36 290 31*306 33 309 2878 2316 35 301 35 290 31 306 32 308 2316 1847 30 296 34 290 29 306 30 307 1847 1487 26 293 32 290 28 306 28 306 1487 1239 21 290 30 290 26 306 24 306 1239 1088 19 289 27 290 23 305 21*305 1088 1002 14*288 21 289 18 305 15*305 1002 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