DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/15 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 - - - - - - 24.6 - - 32.9 - - 28.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 85 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1221 - - 1593 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1230 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2176 - - 2548 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 434 - - 608 - - 1358 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 229 - - 210 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 205 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3631 - - -4517 - - -2490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5807 - - 7065 - - 3492 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -16093 - - -14967 - - -12210 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18269 - - 17515 - - 13212 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 96 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.6 - - 32.9 - - 28.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 3.0 - - 5.7 - - 17.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.8 - - 32.2 - - 30.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 2.3 - - 4.8 - - 16.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 85 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1221 - - 1593 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 27 - - 86 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 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] 95986 29 003 37 023 32 015 95986 89153 25 007 21 011 21 008 89153 83749 20 010 15 345 18 011 83749 79191 9 002 16 314 24 346 79191 75223 3 033 15 295 23 318 75223 71684 10 000 7 305 19 307 71684 68443 19 319 17 334 17 304 68443 65441 20 307 23 324 19 323 65441 62639 18 312 24 313 23 330 62639 59918 22 328 26 314 28 306 59918 57072 27 338 21 315 21 283 57072 54107 38 341 30 333 29 322 54107 51266 51 326 43 314 34 301 51266 48700 54 322 40 315 41 289 48700 46387 62 327 56 310 49 294 46387 44274 67 315 70 309 58 298 44274 42335 70 313 75 304 68 299 42335 40558 73 316 70 301 65 297 40558 38918 76 318 65 305 58 299 38918 37392 79 318 67 312 63 303 37392 35970 81 318 72 312 71 299 35970 34626 80 320 69 310 66 296 34626 33292 74 321 66 310 60 302 33292 31923 69 323 69 308 64 306 31923 30520 67 324 64 301 69 302 30520 29068 62 323 60 303 64 294 29068 27559 63 314 58 306 62 283 27559 25985 64 312 58 306 52 279 25985 24337 61 313 57 307 47 287 24337 22620 57 310 50 307 44 300 22620 20838 54 313 45 313 39 297 20838 18979 53 322 40 311 38 288 18979 17036 53 328 37 304 38 280 17036 15051 46 336 42 297 31 283 15051 13136 41 339 40 292 30 303 13136 11392 26 336 36 289 30 308 11392 9838 21 321 30 285 31 308 9838 8454 26 306 30 281 30 309 8454 7221 26 291 33 278 27 308 7221 6125 24 281 37 274 24 305 6125 5154 22 267 36 265 23 300 5154 4305 22 248 36 251 28 272 4305 3567 23 232 32 238 38 240 3567 2914 24 215 23*220 34 228 2914 2340 21*205 18*207 30 213 2340 1862 17*195 18 206 28 202 1862 1495 17 193 17 204 25 196 1495 1243 16 193 16 203 21 192 1243 1090 15 192 14 203 18 191 1090 1002 12 192 12 202 12*190 1002 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