DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - - - - 80.3 - - 83.9 - - 82.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 89 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1829 - - 2737 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1455 - - 2175 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2784 - - 3692 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 878 - - 841 - - 3580 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 234 - - 272 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 060 - - 037 - - 073 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1024 - - 1088 - - -1536 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1760 - - 2605 - - 2543 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 411 - - 380 - - -2877 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2373 - - 3312 - - 3884 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3120 - - 3620 - - 3190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.3 - - 83.9 - - 82.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.1 - - 75.1 - - 74.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.6 - - 83.2 - - 83.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.2 - - 73.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 89 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1829 - - 2737 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 87 - - 36 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 19 - - 19 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] 99374 15 090 23 087 24 080 99374 91900 14 092 20 090 19 079 91900 86129 18 116 10 072 13 083 86129 81313 14 093 8 118 8 047 81313 77163 13 077 9 121 6 053 77163 73492 12 048 9 094 7 073 73492 70162 7 004 6 044 8 054 70162 67113 4 340 2 319 5 353 67113 64307 8 296 8 004 2 255 64307 61598 10 290 11 321 7 325 61598 58791 7 284 13 272 11 303 58791 55902 17 320 15 279 14 268 55902 53150 28 290 20 288 13 272 53150 50694 40 269 32 294 31 296 50694 48523 39 280 44 288 43 289 48523 46564 51 292 52 290 49 280 46564 44766 62 299 61 293 52 282 44766 43093 74 301 64 289 55 286 43093 41523 73 298 64 290 57 288 41523 40043 70 297 62 290 60 286 40043 38643 65 297 61 288 63 286 38643 37284 60 298 60 287 64 287 37284 35897 58 298 60 286 63 288 35897 34454 55 297 57 287 60 289 34454 32960 51 296 53 288 56 292 32960 31402 43 293 49 285 49 290 31402 29767 39 293 45 287 45 287 29767 28056 38 295 42 288 42 283 28056 26268 37 286 42 286 40 288 26268 24405 40 288 43 286 40 292 24405 22471 43 293 43 294 41 304 22471 20464 42 290 40 296 37 311 20464 18377 40 299 34 291 30 307 18377 16251 38 305 33 293 32 294 16251 14199 33 303 28 297 31 288 14199 12331 28 300 21 307 20 277 12331 10668 23 298 19 311 16 273 10668 9183 19 295 15 311 10 272 9183 7858 18 307 13 319 5 280 7858 6677 12 315 11 326 2 297 6677 5631 2 267 6 331 1 334 5631 4708 4 197 3 340 2 086 4708 3895 3 167 4*005 5 090 3895 3166 4*067 5*027 6 084 3166 2520 4*063 5 035 6 080 2520 1981 5 061 5 038 6 077 1981 1566 5 060 5 040 6 075 1566 1280 5 059 5 042 6 074 1280 1106 4 059 4 042 5*073 1106 1007 4 057 4 042 4*073 1007 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