DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.4 - - 82.5 - - 74.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 47 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1986 - - 2358 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1778 - - 990 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2941 - - 3313 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1858 - - 1987 - - 892 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 262 - - 209 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 23 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 198 - - 187 - - 168 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3487 - - -3420 - - -2686 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6428 - - 6733 - - 3692 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7408 - - -6845 - - -7747 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10349 - - 10158 - - 8753 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 49 - - 47 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 240 - - 370 - - 670 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.4 - - 82.5 - - 74.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 56.4 - - 61.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.6 - - 82.2 - - 76.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.7 - - 55.7 - - 61.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 47 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1986 - - 2358 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 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] 97724 21 269 35 281 29 283 97724 90505 21 294 21 275 22 277 90505 84889 16 262 12 269 13 293 84889 80197 13 233 10 239 13 277 80197 76145 11 273 9 217 13 261 76145 72563 14 294 9 270 10 254 72563 69318 18 267 22 282 11 284 69318 66342 21 242 29 276 21 283 66342 63603 22 236 34 263 29 272 63603 60967 26 235 36 252 35 265 60967 58223 29 248 35 241 36 258 58223 55377 35 256 37 241 37 251 55377 52662 41 253 42 248 37 247 52662 50216 42 248 46 251 40 242 50216 48022 38 248 42 247 43 239 48022 46028 35 249 37 244 43 237 46028 44196 33 247 34 240 39 238 44196 42499 30 245 30 236 35 241 42499 40916 28 246 25 238 34 241 40916 39431 22 247 24 248 29 241 39431 38035 24 257 22 242 21 248 38035 36692 26 242 21 245 20 270 36692 35330 26 227 24 244 23 266 35330 33917 28 215 24 236 23 247 33917 32455 28 210 24 228 21 241 32455 30933 26 215 23 226 18 237 30933 29337 25 228 23 226 15 233 29337 27667 21 231 21 231 15 231 27667 25920 19 221 19 232 15 233 25920 24097 18 213 20 232 16 232 24097 22199 18 211 22 224 19 228 22199 20222 20 209 23 217 19 226 20222 18159 23 209 23 214 20 226 18159 16050 25 212 29 222 25 231 16050 14018 30 207 35 222 28 239 14018 12168 35 201 38 218 33 238 12168 10521 38 200 39 214 37 230 10521 9056 37 204 41 211 39 222 9056 7751 37 210 42 209 39 217 7751 6590 38 213 41 210 36 215 6590 5562 35 215 35 212 34 211 5562 4654 32 216 32 208 35 203 4654 3853 31 214 31*205 37 188 3853 3134 28*211 27*193 35 182 3134 2496 22*202 25 187 34 178 2496 1964 21 198 24 186 32 175 1964 1555 19 197 23 185 28 173 1555 1274 18 196 22 184 21 170 1274 1103 17 195 20 184 18*169 1103 1006 14 195 15 184 10*168 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