DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.5 - - 57.5 - - 57.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 22 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2136 - - 781 - - 535 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2045 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3091 - - 1736 - - 1490 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 244 - - 1048 - - 1397 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 109 - - 50 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 336 - - 344 - - 337 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 242 - - 569 - - 61 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2849 - - 1167 - - 1429 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 266 - - 258 - - -363 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2825 - - 1478 - - 1853 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 870 - - 1140 - - 280 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.5 - - 57.5 - - 57.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.4 - - 55.6 - - 54.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.3 - - 57.3 - - 57.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 55.2 - - 54.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 22 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2136 - - 781 - - 535 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 9 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] 97044 23 270 31 275 25 283 97044 89997 10 305 17 271 19 302 89997 84531 7 012 11 268 12 277 84531 79985 8 016 6 240 8 279 79985 76059 4 345 4 179 8 260 76059 72580 3 230 3 151 5 232 72580 69421 2 193 4 212 5 190 69421 66518 3 201 10 230 10 223 66518 63833 16 213 16 247 13 226 63833 61226 14 219 20 241 14 237 61226 58505 34 241 30 240 31 256 58505 55712 38 241 40 240 48 238 55712 53074 43 237 51 234 51 237 53074 50701 44 232 54 242 55 247 50701 48553 50 240 67 248 63 250 48553 46579 66 247 76 246 75 247 46579 44753 78 250 81 245 86 244 44753 43049 84 249 84 246 90 242 43049 41444 87 252 86 246 91 245 41444 39929 88 256 88 248 96 248 39929 38495 89 258 91 251 99 248 38495 37105 92 257 93 252 98 247 37105 35687 96 255 96 250 98 247 35687 34214 98 255 98 251 99 248 34214 32693 99 259 98 255 99 251 32693 31109 98 263 97 260 100 256 31109 29462 91 265 91 264 93 261 29462 27758 78 264 80 265 81 263 27758 25989 67 261 70 261 71 262 25989 24148 63 257 66 258 68 258 24148 22230 59 253 65 255 67 255 22230 20229 52 248 60 253 64 253 20229 18142 45 241 53 251 60 255 18142 16014 39 238 49 250 53 254 16014 13964 35 241 41 244 47 253 13964 12098 31 250 41 230 44 252 12098 10435 34 248 42 232 40 252 10435 8954 40 245 40 241 40 250 8954 7634 41 245 37 248 38 247 7634 6465 30 252 29 245 25 250 6465 5435 18 251 20 246 20 247 5435 4531 18 234 19 247 18 260 4531 3741 11*231 17 245 10 274 3741 3042 4*333 5 295 5 351 3042 2430 5 336 7 347 9 350 2430 1921 5 336 7*347 9 343 1921 1530 5 336 7*345 9*340 1530 1261 5 337 6 344 8*338 1261 1098 5 335 6 344 7 337 1098 1004 5 336 5 344 5 335 1004 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