DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 6.3 - - 8.1 - - 7.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 15 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1809 - - 1349 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 984 - - 984 - - 984 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2764 - - 2304 - - 1001 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 243 - - 436 - - 1434 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 199 - - 112 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 21 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 327 - - 323 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 681 - - 396 - - -818 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2083 - - 1908 - - 1819 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 350 - - 109 - - -1156 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2414 - - 2195 - - 2157 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 6.3 - - 8.1 - - 7.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 1.4 - - 3.9 - - 3.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 6.1 - - 8.1 - - 8.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 0.7 - - 3.4 - - 3.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 15 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1809 - - 1349 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 101 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95431 45 296 53 296 65 283 95431 88352 36 283 47 282 59 273 88352 82926 29 292 44 278 55 275 82926 78422 26 290 37 269 47 272 78422 74492 29 286 38 271 45 275 74492 70969 38 285 40 274 50 280 70969 67755 44 270 43 275 53 280 67755 64784 41 268 48 267 50 279 64784 62018 44 265 47 273 50 286 62018 59334 38 268 50 278 53 286 59334 56531 47 279 52 281 50 284 56531 53609 52 277 54 281 53 294 53609 50817 52 275 54 280 61 293 50817 48314 53 281 61 280 61 290 48314 46074 58 284 58 278 59 296 46074 44041 61 286 51 286 59 300 44041 42186 62 287 58 294 59 302 42186 40485 56 287 61 295 59 306 40485 38913 52 291 56 296 59 309 38913 37449 50 296 51 300 56 311 37449 36080 52 304 50 307 51 316 36080 34769 56 307 49 315 49 323 34769 33452 57 317 49 321 50 329 33452 32101 62 323 47 321 50 333 32101 30712 61 323 46 320 51 335 30712 29264 57 321 49 317 51 338 29264 27743 51 324 53 309 51 335 27743 26146 46 323 53 307 51 332 26146 24474 46 320 54 311 51 330 24474 22726 49 317 57 315 51 327 22726 20905 49 313 56 319 49 325 20905 19002 45 315 50 322 45 325 19002 17012 39 317 49 322 44 326 17012 14978 37 314 49 324 45 331 14978 13017 38 313 42 328 44 334 13017 11238 39 313 39 328 40 332 11238 9667 37 317 39 331 38 332 9667 8280 38 328 39 334 37 335 8280 7056 38 338 38 337 36 339 7056 5977 36 349 37 344 34 341 5977 5030 36 352 35 349 32 343 5030 4202 38 349 31 351 31 345 4202 3477 36 343 32 344 28 343 3477 2835 31*334 30*332 30 334 2835 2280 27*328 24*323 28 321 2280 1823 26 327 23 323 24 318 1823 1472 24 327 21 323 21 314 1472 1231 22 326 19 322 17 312 1231 1085 20 325 17 322 14*311 1085 1001 15 325 13 321 9*309 1001 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