DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - - - - - 51.1 - - 52.6 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 293 - - 256 - - 36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6524 - - 6092 - - 5885 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5560 - - 5152 - - 2945 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7479 - - 7047 - - 6840 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2630 - - 3163 - - 2539 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 504 - - 471 - - 244 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 304 - - 300 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -4 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 231 - - -341 - - -711 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7249 - - 7388 - - 7551 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -28 - - -579 - - -1264 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7507 - - 7626 - - 8104 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 52.6 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.5 - - 22.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.6 - - 51.2 - - 52.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.0 - - 22.9 - - 22.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 293 - - 256 - - 36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6524 - - 6092 - - 5885 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 97947 9 221 11 271 17 287 97947 90546 7 269 10 221 13 257 90546 84842 11 248 7 245 5 244 84842 80072 15 236 12 251 9 271 80072 75938 12 237 16 237 16 270 75938 72286 14 247 16 252 19 265 72286 68990 17 255 22 265 21 269 68990 65955 23 253 26 265 29 268 65955 63122 32 257 33 261 33 267 63122 60363 35 258 35 266 36 270 60363 57482 38 266 41 271 40 270 57482 54489 47 268 47 268 44 264 54489 51623 58 264 52 265 49 267 51623 49042 64 260 57 261 55 264 49042 46730 66 256 59 258 60 261 46730 44631 66 255 63 258 63 263 44631 42712 68 256 66 258 69 264 42712 40951 72 257 70 258 73 262 40951 39319 75 258 73 258 74 260 39319 37797 77 260 77 258 76 261 37797 36373 84 259 81 256 78 261 36373 35009 88 253 80 255 79 260 35009 33637 85 252 82 258 77 259 33637 32231 85 255 88 259 75 260 32231 30799 89 259 88 260 72 263 30799 29328 92 256 87 262 64 264 29328 27798 95 253 84 263 54 266 27798 26203 96 252 79 263 50 267 26203 24535 89 250 71 264 51 274 24535 22793 84 253 61 267 48 279 22793 20983 76 255 50 277 42 286 20983 19100 62 262 45 284 39 295 19100 17138 55 267 44 287 37 300 17138 15136 46 271 41 291 37 301 15136 13205 38 280 38 295 35 302 13205 11447 32 287 34 296 31 295 11447 9895 22 289 24 291 28 289 9895 8528 20*291 24 291 26 290 8528 7313 19*294 20*293 22*292 7313 6232 19 296 19*294 19*295 6232 5271 18 303 18 297 16 300 5271 4422 18 305 18 299 15 302 4422 3670 17 307 17 300 13 305 3670 2997 17 308 17 301 13 307 2997 2400 17 309 16 303 12 309 2400 1902 17 310 16 303 12 310 1902 1519 16 311 15 304 11 311 1519 1255 16 311 15 304 11 312 1255 1096 15 311 14 304 10 312 1096 1004 13 311 12 305 9 312 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