DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 66.4 - - 58.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 97 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1786 - - 3764 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1761 - - 2813 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2741 - - 4719 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2258 - - 1090 - - 3422 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 274 - - 291 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 190 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2033 - - -1780 - - -2929 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4774 - - 6500 - - 3934 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9431 - - -8417 - - -10745 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12172 - - 13136 - - 11750 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 78 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 66.4 - - 58.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.4 - - 41.7 - - 45.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.2 - - 65.6 - - 61.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 41.3 - - 45.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 97 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1786 - - 3764 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 97555 14 242 7 314 2 337 97555 90276 6 241 7 263 12 329 90276 84671 0 258 7 240 11 315 84671 80034 2 059 5 244 6 310 80034 76038 5 261 9 287 9 312 76038 72500 11 241 17 261 15 288 72500 69305 13 280 15 273 17 292 69305 66388 14 283 14 278 18 277 66388 63685 15 276 17 287 18 270 63685 61056 21 280 22 286 22 283 61056 58323 26 287 26 285 28 283 58323 55497 32 293 31 290 31 288 55497 52798 39 294 38 287 38 291 52798 50357 40 292 40 285 42 288 50357 48149 42 290 41 291 42 290 48149 46123 45 286 43 293 42 294 46123 44253 46 283 42 291 43 294 44253 42516 45 280 42 288 42 292 42516 40894 43 278 41 285 41 293 40894 39375 42 273 37 282 39 293 39375 37948 39 266 33 281 36 292 37948 36579 31 265 32 277 30 295 36579 35207 24 265 21 267 25 294 35207 33800 23 257 19 276 19 287 33800 32353 25 247 22 266 21 285 32353 30838 22 244 19 261 22 278 30838 29241 19 245 17 262 20 277 29241 27563 20 248 20 266 18 276 27563 25808 22 245 23 265 21 268 25808 23974 25 256 25 261 19 264 23974 22064 28 262 20 269 12 275 22064 20072 25 253 17 264 10 275 20072 17993 20 251 18 249 11 270 17993 15876 14 241 15 247 11 238 15876 13835 10 246 10 244 12 224 13835 11977 12 249 10 249 7 227 11977 10327 15 237 13 237 7 236 10327 8862 18 217 17 230 9 240 8862 7563 20 206 21 222 14 226 7563 6419 19 204 20 215 14 209 6419 5416 17 204 13*199 12 189 5416 4536 15 204 10*189 10 178 4536 3758 14 206 10 190 10 179 3758 3062 12*205 9 189 10 182 3062 2445 10*202 9 190 10 185 2445 1930 8 196 8 191 10 189 1930 1536 8 195 8 192 10 190 1536 1264 7 195 8 191 9 190 1264 1099 7 196 7 192 7*186 1099 1005 6 194 7 192 5*182 1005 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