DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 74.2 - - 71.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 64 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1970 - - 1695 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1564 - - 990 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2925 - - 2650 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2674 - - 1931 - - 2610 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 210 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 210 - - 278 - - 329 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 861 - - 647 - - -615 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2064 - - 2003 - - 1621 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 98 - - -248 - - -2047 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2827 - - 2898 - - 3053 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 95 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3190 - - 3290 - - 2860 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 74.2 - - 71.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 68.1 - - 67.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 73.6 - - 72.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.4 - - 67.1 - - 66.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 64 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1970 - - 1695 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 80 - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 15 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] 96721 23 273 27 285 26 299 96721 89446 19 259 25 294 24 287 89446 83942 14 252 24 271 22 287 83942 79395 15 259 18 235 21 286 79395 75466 12 256 15 246 22 256 75466 71968 17 224 13 232 16 243 71968 68762 17 239 16 248 16 279 68762 65803 28 244 25 250 23 271 65803 63058 29 241 28 251 26 247 63058 60372 31 258 20 246 25 232 60372 57546 30 257 33 265 27 255 57546 54621 50 250 54 259 50 250 54621 51856 58 242 62 239 53 240 51856 49386 57 245 55 244 51 246 49386 47168 65 251 59 251 57 252 47168 45158 72 249 70 249 69 252 45158 43329 77 244 78 247 82 248 43329 41664 79 243 85 248 96 244 41664 40136 78 248 90 246 104 243 40136 38714 80 253 92 244 110 244 38714 37372 80 253 90 243 108 244 37372 36067 78 250 87 244 103 243 36067 34737 75 248 83 245 100 242 34737 33354 72 248 77 244 95 241 33354 31920 71 247 71 244 89 241 31920 30424 73 247 68 244 79 242 30424 28856 68 246 66 244 70 241 28856 27215 56 243 65 244 65 239 27215 25498 54 241 62 245 61 241 25498 23707 53 243 58 247 58 246 23707 21845 55 239 53 249 56 251 21845 19908 56 235 49 249 54 253 19908 17890 53 236 48 247 52 252 17890 15831 46 241 50 245 52 248 15831 13843 39 236 51 242 55 245 13843 12028 37 229 48 238 56 242 12028 10409 38 228 41 231 54 239 10409 8966 40 229 37 229 49 232 8966 7682 36 229 33 226 42 224 7682 6537 26 224 28 223 36 224 6537 5518 21 214 22 222 30 228 5518 4618 19 210 17 221 22 236 4618 3823 16 208 12 222 15 247 3823 3110 11*206 8*234 10 267 3110 2480 10*207 6*255 7 300 2480 1954 7 210 6 280 7 321 1954 1550 7 211 6 284 7 327 1550 1272 6 211 6 285 7 329 1272 1103 6 212 6 286 6*329 1103 1006 5 213 5 286 5*329 1006 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