DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 74.7 - - 72.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 88 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4568 - - 5018 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3895 - - 3781 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5523 - - 5973 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1498 - - 1214 - - 5876 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 404 - - 330 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 005 - - 004 - - 023 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 577 - - 716 - - -3459 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4946 - - 5257 - - 4464 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7720 - - -476 - - -4228 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13243 - - 6449 - - 5233 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 98 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 74.7 - - 72.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.3 - - 55.2 - - 56.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 74.0 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 53.9 - - 55.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 88 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4568 - - 5018 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 94 - - 13 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 10 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] 99656 24 095 32 087 31 088 99656 92142 31 106 27 090 27 098 92142 86333 31 094 27 092 27 096 86333 81504 25 087 23 078 27 083 81504 77354 20 071 15 089 23 076 77354 73697 12 095 14 085 18 060 73697 70383 18 098 12 078 10 057 70383 67336 18 049 13 058 12 042 67336 64532 8 013 4 053 14 004 64532 61845 7 002 3 287 15 325 61845 59059 18 357 8 328 17 326 59059 56172 38 330 28 320 29 308 56172 53412 46 304 41 313 34 305 53412 50932 52 310 58 314 50 320 50932 48735 67 305 71 308 67 317 48735 46754 70 301 73 303 74 307 46754 44929 67 300 71 301 79 297 44929 43225 68 303 69 302 72 296 43225 41629 80 304 77 305 77 305 41629 40136 89 300 86 305 89 306 40136 38729 87 300 91 300 88 297 38729 37361 83 304 90 299 86 292 37361 35962 81 303 91 305 88 298 35962 34504 81 300 79 306 83 302 34504 32994 78 299 71 299 73 304 32994 31419 70 302 68 291 66 304 31419 29766 68 305 65 287 63 300 29766 28031 68 303 67 291 63 300 28031 26215 67 298 65 296 62 304 26215 24326 67 296 65 302 59 300 24326 22361 67 300 65 307 57 296 22361 20311 66 303 63 307 58 301 20311 18178 64 307 59 310 61 309 18178 16014 58 313 47 329 53 322 16014 13944 49 315 32 323 29 335 13944 12072 40 322 28 306 23 302 12072 10411 32 334 27 304 26 302 10411 8938 25 347 24 318 24 321 8938 7639 20 347 17 324 20 332 7639 6496 12*348 12*335 12 335 6496 5487 9*358 9*353 9 349 5487 4595 9 001 9 359 9 001 4595 3806 9 003 9 002 9 008 3806 3098 9 006 9 005 9 014 3098 2472 8 008 9 007 8 017 2472 1949 8 009 9 008 8 019 1949 1547 8 010 8 010 7 021 1547 1270 8 010 8 010 6 021 1270 1101 7 011 8 011 6 023 1101 1005 6 011 7 011 4*023 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