DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 65.3 - - 57.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 144 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2668 - - 3941 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2487 - - 3213 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3623 - - 4896 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1700 - - 997 - - 4598 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 338 - - 337 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 220 - - 166 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2070 - - -1567 - - -3373 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5693 - - 6463 - - 4377 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6086 - - -5519 - - -8983 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9709 - - 10415 - - 9987 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 74 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 65.3 - - 57.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.6 - - 40.3 - - 41.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 64.2 - - 61.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.4 - - 40.0 - - 41.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 144 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2668 - - 3941 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 12 - - 0 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96788 21 065 17 078 15 082 96788 89677 17 063 13 044 6 086 89677 84099 12 073 7 063 6 067 84099 79419 11 111 4 075 10 018 79419 75370 8 109 2 148 7 325 75370 71782 3 085 4 126 4 232 71782 68536 9 244 5 274 7 266 68536 65542 13 252 14 268 15 292 65542 62759 18 268 22 250 28 268 62759 60081 23 282 28 269 27 273 60081 57292 40 283 43 282 40 280 57292 54378 53 273 51 277 49 279 54378 51577 55 271 54 282 64 279 51577 49069 67 274 71 279 83 275 49069 46843 82 275 88 274 91 273 46843 44829 91 278 96 274 92 272 44829 42998 98 280 99 276 96 275 42998 41331 105 282 106 278 107 278 41331 39800 115 282 116 279 115 277 39800 38375 122 283 121 280 117 276 38375 37035 125 284 122 281 115 276 37035 35735 123 286 119 283 112 277 35735 34410 117 286 117 285 109 279 34410 33032 107 285 111 286 106 282 33032 31605 98 282 101 286 101 284 31605 30114 90 279 92 285 94 283 30114 28547 87 280 88 286 86 280 28547 26909 80 281 81 284 77 279 26909 25201 74 279 74 282 70 280 25201 23422 69 279 68 281 67 278 23422 21572 65 276 61 278 61 279 21572 19645 61 271 55 273 54 275 19645 17634 59 266 52 268 49 270 17634 15580 57 269 51 269 44 269 15580 13598 44 277 42 276 36 275 13598 11795 33 267 25 265 29 285 11795 10192 34 237 29 254 20 270 10192 8765 36 221 29 264 19 283 8765 7496 27 213 29 254 16 294 7496 6374 21 227 27 238 14 237 6374 5386 22 241 15*218 12 213 5386 4515 24 241 14*217 12 212 4515 3744 21*232 14 218 12 207 3744 3052 17*225 13 219 12 201 3052 2439 16 221 13 220 12 195 2439 1927 15 222 13 221 12 190 1927 1534 14 221 12 222 11 185 1534 1263 13 221 12 222 10 179 1263 1098 13 221 11 223 7 172 1098 1004 11 222 10 223 5*166 1004 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