DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - - - - - 61.8 - - 63.1 - - 63.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1002 - - 1118 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1957 - - 2073 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2139 - - 1790 - - 2901 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 108 - - 100 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 135 - - 132 - - 117 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 620 - - 665 - - -208 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1337 - - 1408 - - 1213 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 215 - - 251 - - -894 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1742 - - 1822 - - 1899 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.8 - - 63.1 - - 63.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 60.4 - - 61.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.8 - - 63.1 - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.1 - - 59.9 - - 61.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1002 - - 1118 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 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] 98601 21 175 9 228 3 274 98601 91214 5 150 7 187 7 230 91214 85464 4 170 7 192 7 238 85464 80684 6 145 8 180 3 316 80684 76595 4 109 8 163 1 319 76595 73016 4 100 6 185 4 135 73016 69786 8 090 5 175 5 106 69786 66815 5 031 4 036 3 055 66815 64057 7 262 9 325 4 044 64057 61391 13 250 8 273 4 327 61391 58622 3 245 12 262 12 280 58622 55763 14 293 15 263 15 271 55763 53051 19 285 19 273 29 285 53051 50612 29 274 22 281 27 274 50612 48417 29 270 33 280 30 281 48417 46424 37 267 46 266 44 274 46424 44615 41 260 46 251 37 262 44615 42958 31 273 29 261 27 270 42958 41410 46 290 35 293 34 294 41410 39952 54 281 43 297 38 287 39952 38569 55 280 40 290 39 281 38569 37222 55 282 44 278 41 280 37222 35844 53 287 48 270 41 280 35844 34406 51 295 48 267 38 281 34406 32912 47 294 46 275 38 279 32912 31351 40 283 42 279 36 274 31351 29710 36 274 33 279 33 271 29710 27988 33 266 24 266 31 272 27988 26183 29 256 25 267 30 273 26183 24304 28 238 24 272 23 276 24304 22355 24 236 19 282 20 273 22355 20329 11 229 16 272 17 274 20329 18216 1 309 18 258 13 273 18216 16061 5 277 9 274 12 269 16061 13990 8 256 5 294 10 266 13990 12109 6 234 8 285 7 234 12109 10439 6 213 11 283 9 219 10439 8957 8 207 9 283 12 221 8957 7641 9 192 7 258 10 206 7641 6475 9 174 6 244 8 175 6475 5452 9 168 2 186 12 166 5452 4557 13 165 11 158 15 165 4557 3772 16 151 19 145 17 151 3772 3071 16 149 19 143 17 147 3071 2452 15*142 18*137 16 137 2452 1936 13*138 16*134 15 129 1936 1539 12 136 15 132 13 124 1539 1266 11 134 14 132 11 121 1266 1100 10 134 12 132 9*119 1100 1005 8 133 10 131 6*117 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