DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.0 - - 76.3 - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 182 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 971 - - 3348 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 2913 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1926 - - 4303 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 772 - - 996 - - 2730 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 199 - - 346 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 11 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 189 - - 228 - - 177 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3137 - - -3044 - - -4976 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5063 - - 7347 - - 5981 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8611 - - -6784 - - -8826 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10537 - - 11087 - - 9831 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 92 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 80 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.0 - - 76.3 - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 47.5 - - 49.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.3 - - 75.0 - - 74.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.1 - - 47.1 - - 49.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 182 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 971 - - 3348 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 68 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96199 17 280 23 249 28 254 96199 89010 23 248 26 254 28 272 89010 83504 11 267 14 244 28 262 83504 78942 16 299 15 277 18 258 78942 75022 21 308 25 265 22 266 75022 71581 27 304 26 279 29 294 71581 68483 40 297 36 296 43 303 68483 65640 43 291 47 299 39 307 65640 62988 39 311 49 298 48 297 62988 60411 51 323 51 300 48 283 60411 57700 65 321 57 297 49 294 57700 54864 79 315 63 300 57 301 54864 52151 80 310 74 305 69 302 52151 49703 81 309 84 304 78 304 49703 47498 88 307 88 303 87 305 47498 45486 92 306 88 305 91 304 45486 43647 88 307 85 306 91 302 43647 41969 81 307 82 305 86 302 41969 40434 75 305 81 303 84 302 40434 39005 73 305 79 300 83 301 39005 37653 74 305 77 298 82 300 37653 36340 74 306 77 298 83 299 36340 35000 73 305 77 299 82 298 35000 33606 74 305 76 299 81 298 33606 32159 75 305 75 300 83 301 32159 30646 76 306 74 301 82 302 30646 29056 74 306 70 302 79 303 29056 27390 69 305 66 301 76 304 27390 25646 64 304 62 301 72 304 25646 23827 57 300 57 300 68 303 23827 21938 54 295 54 295 62 302 21938 19974 50 294 58 296 60 302 19974 17931 42 290 51 296 54 300 17931 15853 35 277 34 283 35 301 15853 13854 35 281 38 275 28 305 13854 12032 35 268 36 283 27 301 12032 10409 25 249 25 290 21 303 10409 8963 19 275 13 293 13 289 8963 7673 17 287 11 316 10 311 7673 6525 16 260 8 325 10 346 6525 5506 13 257 4 331 8 356 5506 4607 16 267 5*242 3 355 4607 3813 23 251 6*232 7 206 3813 3103 23 235 6 230 10 200 3103 2476 18 219 6 228 9 196 2476 1951 13*205 6 227 8 193 1951 1548 10*191 6 226 7 188 1548 1271 9 189 6 225 7 185 1271 1102 8 189 5 225 6 180 1102 1005 7 188 5 224 4*177 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