DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 35.9 - - 37.4 - - 35.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 48 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 986 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1003 - - 1003 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 482 - - 404 - - 293 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 132 - - 133 - - 075 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1003 - - 1003 - - 1003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -239 - - -13489 - - -15020 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1242 - - 14492 - - 16023 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.9 - - 37.4 - - 35.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.3 - - 36.7 - - 34.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.0 - - 37.5 - - 35.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 36.6 - - 35.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 48 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 95316 55 272 54 275 44 272 95316 88381 45 283 44 294 44 281 88381 82970 42 282 48 288 50 297 82970 78481 35 280 42 278 48 298 78481 74633 29 290 31 282 40 295 74633 71248 32 297 29 284 40 298 71248 68187 38 285 39 283 41 293 68187 65368 44 274 42 277 43 291 65368 62742 44 284 48 293 54 303 62742 60189 56 293 63 290 53 293 60189 57503 67 286 73 288 68 293 57503 54701 83 282 87 291 85 285 54701 52029 95 281 102 284 102 281 52029 49624 100 280 104 276 107 279 49624 47470 97 279 94 271 99 281 47470 45514 93 280 86 270 96 289 45514 43720 93 281 97 284 104 296 43720 42062 96 280 114 289 112 299 42062 40517 99 278 119 285 115 299 40517 39071 101 275 116 281 113 299 39071 37708 101 269 112 281 109 299 37708 36392 102 266 110 284 104 299 36392 35055 102 266 101 292 96 297 35055 33666 99 269 96 299 90 297 33666 32227 90 272 98 300 83 293 32227 30721 87 275 99 302 77 293 30721 29135 83 276 88 299 71 297 29135 27471 77 276 78 292 63 291 27471 25726 79 274 73 288 55 296 25726 23902 81 272 71 283 50 296 23902 21999 72 267 67 277 53 291 21999 20015 61 265 58 276 52 290 20015 17948 51 272 59 279 47 286 17948 15836 48 278 55 279 45 283 15836 13799 43 270 40 279 46 292 13799 11949 35 268 38 294 34 298 11949 10305 31 267 35 290 26 291 10305 8844 27 262 33 289 25 301 8844 7546 23 255 25 293 20 312 7546 6392 20 250 21 279 19 304 6392 5374 19 224 17 271 17 294 5374 4480 22 203 15 253 13 284 4480 3698 22 207 17 223 11 252 3698 3006 21 210 17 222 9 245 3006 2396 22 201 16 226 8 272 2396 1890 17 190 13 215 6 266 1890 1507 12 161 9 169 3 207 1507 1248 8 137 8 142 3 117 1248 1091 7*135 7*137 2*082 1091 1003 5*132 4*133 2*075 1003 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