DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.2 - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 43 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1063 - - 721 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 2018 - - 1676 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 649 - - 956 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 152 - - 46 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 098 - - 100 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -498 - - -787 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 2516 - - 2463 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -10474 - - -10543 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 12492 - - 12219 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 630 - - 130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.2 - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 51.8 - - 52.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 58.8 - - 60.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 50.9 - - 52.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 43 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1063 - - 721 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 98791 8 245 3 220 98791 91382 7 211 7 282 91382 85655 4 287 8 234 85655 80884 15 270 11 265 80884 76767 16 246 12 261 76767 73121 16 253 13 288 73121 69837 13 267 10 289 69837 66828 11 301 6 284 66828 64026 13 298 14 314 64026 61323 27 289 27 299 61323 58530 28 271 26 283 58530 55648 31 289 34 291 55648 52912 48 293 46 288 52912 50457 59 290 55 282 50457 48269 68 289 63 292 48269 46295 82 289 83 298 46295 44487 90 286 94 295 44487 42808 91 284 93 290 42808 41239 91 284 91 288 41239 39764 92 286 90 290 39764 38370 92 286 90 291 38370 37017 89 287 88 293 37017 35640 86 288 83 295 35640 34209 82 289 79 295 34209 32729 78 290 76 294 32729 31184 73 289 73 292 31184 29561 72 287 73 291 29561 27860 74 286 73 289 27860 26081 74 287 70 290 26081 24224 70 287 67 292 24224 22289 65 287 64 291 22289 20270 57 284 60 292 20270 18162 55 287 54 301 18162 16013 56 285 48 296 16013 13941 54 284 45 284 13941 12053 49 285 38 285 12053 10379 37 279 28 292 10379 8898 24 302 27 287 8898 7590 17 357 11 336 7590 6439 15 013 10 031 6439 5426 11 023 9 037 5426 4536 7 051 7 064 4536 3751 6 105 7 109 3751 3050 7 139 7 122 3050 2435 7*128 7 117 2435 1924 6*103 6*110 1924 1532 6 099 5*104 1532 1262 6 096 5 100 1262 1099 5 096 4 098 1099 1005 5 094 3 095 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