DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - - - - 16.4 - - 23.8 - - 18.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 18 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 911 - - 1679 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 985 - - 986 - - 985 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1866 - - 2634 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 721 - - 790 - - 180 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 177 - - 128 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 182 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3349 - - -2957 - - -3247 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5216 - - 5591 - - 4249 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14083 - - -11749 - - -13812 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15949 - - 14383 - - 14814 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 89 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.4 - - 23.8 - - 18.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -2.6 - - 3.1 - - 3.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 15.7 - - 23.7 - - 21.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -2.8 - - 2.7 - - 3.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 18 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 911 - - 1679 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 58 - - 55 - - 65 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] 95676 20 291 21 270 32 266 95676 88628 26 299 25 300 18 288 88628 83131 22 277 28 292 28 300 83131 78539 24 281 32 281 38 299 78539 74567 30 290 26 276 40 291 74567 71020 38 292 35 301 40 291 71020 67791 45 294 50 301 43 299 67791 64809 50 295 49 297 45 298 64809 62014 50 294 48 293 48 296 62014 59276 48 292 53 292 52 294 59276 56405 50 289 62 291 58 292 56405 53426 58 289 65 288 62 289 53426 50590 64 290 65 284 65 287 50590 48048 67 289 65 284 67 286 48048 45777 69 287 66 286 70 286 45777 43725 71 289 70 290 74 284 43725 41852 75 290 78 291 76 283 41852 40128 79 290 86 288 81 281 40128 38532 81 288 91 283 86 279 38532 37048 81 288 92 280 91 277 37048 35665 85 292 94 280 95 275 35665 34348 97 292 99 281 103 275 34348 33031 102 290 101 284 111 274 33031 31682 98 291 104 287 109 273 31682 30295 97 291 105 290 105 275 30295 28858 96 287 101 291 103 278 28858 27359 87 283 98 287 98 279 27359 25792 73 290 92 285 89 278 25792 24150 73 301 83 286 84 277 24150 22433 71 299 81 289 81 276 22433 20649 67 297 74 293 73 275 20649 18792 66 299 64 291 67 275 18792 16856 61 297 63 287 59 273 16856 14879 49 289 63 287 53 273 14879 12972 40 282 62 287 54 271 12972 11237 40 280 59 283 58 263 11237 9699 38 277 46 286 50 263 9699 8336 32 274 36 282 43 264 8336 7124 29 273 38 266 36 264 7124 6048 24 274 37 268 29 260 6048 5099 18 275 26 273 25 243 5099 4267 14 268 15 266 23 217 4267 3539 11 260 13 210 20 203 3539 2893 9 244 11*189 13 185 2893 2325 7*226 10*184 10 169 2325 1852 5*208 9 182 8 152 1852 1489 4 174 8 181 6 128 1489 1239 3 170 7 181 7 099 1239 1088 3 168 7 179 6*078 1088 1002 3 166 6 180 5*074 1002 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