DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1005z - - 1330z - - 1600z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 53.4 - - 64.2 - - 73.2 - - 76.5 - - 72.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -12 - - 40 - - 131 - - 55 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 47 - - 502 - - 3642 - - 4109 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit 985 - - 986 - - 3011 - - 2774 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top 1002 - - 1457 - - 4597 - - 5064 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 166 - - 581 - - 547 - - 1316 - - 4584 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 117 - - 331 - - 271 - - 17 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 9 - - 17 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 169 - - 181 - - 187 - - 197 - - 177 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 13 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -356 - - -1348 - - 692 - - 610 - - -1651 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1358 - - 2805 - - 3905 - - 4454 - - 2654 sfcLCL ODpotential -10462 - - -8405 - - -5233 - - -4272 - - -2988 ODpotential blCL 11464 - - 9862 - - 9830 - - 9336 - - 3991 blCL maxRH 88 - - 99 - - 80 - - 82 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 80 - - 490 CAPE Temp@2m 53.4 - - 64.2 - - 73.2 - - 76.5 - - 72.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 50.9 - - 55.3 - - 59.3 - - 60.1 - - 63.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.3 - - 63.8 - - 72.2 - - 76.0 - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 50.8 - - 54.5 - - 58.1 - - 58.8 - - 63.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -12 - - 40 - - 131 - - 55 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 47 - - 502 - - 3642 - - 4109 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 52 - - 94 - - 21 - - 27 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 10 - - 13 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] 98236 11 205 9 225 16 230 18 253 14 264 98236 90814 12 213 9 238 13 233 16 242 15 247 90814 85082 13 235 7 231 12 222 15 236 15 241 85082 80330 13 245 5 236 10 215 13 227 17 241 80330 76240 10 240 6 245 10 233 16 224 14 248 76240 72638 15 261 10 252 11 253 16 225 19 258 72638 69397 20 260 15 256 13 262 13 249 15 249 69397 66420 21 268 21 258 20 265 16 264 17 249 66420 63656 27 264 26 261 20 258 19 266 20 254 63656 60984 29 272 30 270 28 266 31 267 28 267 60984 58209 41 256 41 266 38 262 42 267 41 266 58209 55336 39 256 48 264 48 260 56 260 52 258 55336 52589 50 271 53 260 56 254 62 253 61 256 52589 50114 58 269 56 259 57 253 65 250 69 256 50114 47896 58 262 58 259 59 255 66 249 74 253 47896 45884 54 254 58 257 61 258 65 250 73 250 45884 44044 49 254 56 258 63 259 65 252 70 249 44044 42352 48 261 52 260 61 259 63 253 68 248 42352 40789 49 268 51 261 59 258 60 251 68 245 40789 39334 47 269 50 258 56 251 59 249 68 241 39334 37966 43 265 47 254 53 247 58 246 65 237 37966 36640 40 257 41 251 50 248 57 247 61 235 36640 35287 39 255 38 248 47 247 56 249 58 238 35287 33879 37 260 36 252 44 245 54 250 55 238 33879 32417 36 264 35 255 41 244 51 245 55 238 32417 30888 32 263 33 254 37 245 47 236 55 236 30888 29282 27 258 30 246 35 239 43 233 52 234 29282 27601 23 250 30 238 34 237 40 235 49 234 27601 25845 21 246 28 237 33 234 40 234 47 233 25845 24013 19 235 27 232 33 231 39 234 45 231 24013 22104 18 229 26 228 34 227 36 234 40 231 22104 20114 19 217 25 225 34 224 34 236 31 238 20114 18047 20 204 22 221 28 220 30 240 24 258 18047 15948 16 205 16 222 18 220 21 228 24 254 15948 13932 10 209 13 222 13 255 13 254 13 230 13932 12094 10 207 14 230 17 277 13 267 14 249 12094 10454 12 214 15 236 13 269 11 240 12 230 10454 8993 14 218 15 228 13 238 14 230 13 229 8993 7691 15 212 15 211 16 218 16 232 16 239 7691 6537 16 196 16 197 18 200 19 222 14 223 6537 5519 17 187 19 178 22*192 19*219 13 199 5519 4622 18 197 22 177 22*189 17*209 14 195 4622 3828 23 204 22 187 21 189 15 200 15 194 3828 3115 25 207 23 199 18 186 14 197 15 193 3115 2483 25 210 22 200 16 185 13 195 16 193 2483 1955 26 206 20 197 15 185 13 193 15 191 1955 1549 25 196 16*190 14 184 12 191 15 188 1549 1270 17 178 11*182 13 184 11 191 13 185 1270 1100 15*177 9 181 11 184 10 190 10*182 1100 1003 4*169 7 181 10 185 9 189 5*177 1003 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