DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 76.8 - - 68.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 66 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1752 - - 2499 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1751 - - 1618 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2707 - - 3454 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 717 - - 783 - - 301 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 233 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 226 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2612 - - -2030 - - -1651 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5319 - - 5484 - - 2658 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9443 - - -7296 - - -8435 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12150 - - 10750 - - 9441 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 64 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 640 - - 510 - - 320 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 76.8 - - 68.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 56.2 - - 59.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 76.4 - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.5 - - 55.5 - - 59.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 66 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1752 - - 2499 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 11 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] 97854 26 239 29 253 34 248 97854 90502 17 252 29 254 27 279 90502 84850 12 291 22 255 24 283 84850 80169 14 296 13 275 15 280 80169 76127 11 312 9 290 10 290 76127 72535 12 331 7 322 9 322 72535 69285 10 301 11 293 14 312 69285 66316 11 304 15 301 16 305 66316 63573 18 315 20 306 16 299 63573 60915 20 306 22 302 15 300 60915 58143 20 298 20 292 17 291 58143 55272 20 296 19 290 19 281 55272 52535 17 295 21 297 18 294 52535 50080 11 292 19 294 20 310 50080 47886 11 324 15 293 22 306 47886 45894 14 333 12 303 20 294 45894 44064 16 348 15 323 20 300 44064 42366 21 347 18 324 21 295 42366 40775 24 330 20 318 24 300 40775 39284 26 312 22 307 27 301 39284 37888 25 301 24 306 30 306 37888 36550 23 299 27 307 31 309 36550 35197 23 298 29 305 29 307 35197 33797 24 298 29 303 32 304 33797 32350 23 302 29 301 34 300 32350 30839 23 309 27 301 34 298 30839 29250 25 315 24 303 30 300 29250 27585 27 320 23 305 28 305 27585 25844 28 321 25 314 27 305 25844 24031 29 318 31 316 27 307 24031 22148 30 317 32 311 34 308 22148 20187 30 318 30 311 36 304 20187 18138 30 316 30 315 33 302 18138 16040 28 312 29 314 29 302 16040 14010 25 309 27 306 26 299 14010 12157 23 305 26 299 27 303 12157 10507 28 304 28 300 27 310 10507 9038 30 297 26 298 25 310 9038 7729 24 260 25 291 23 305 7729 6566 22 243 28 274 22 302 6566 5534 21 243 29 261 20 300 5534 4626 28 250 28 254 22 275 4626 3827 33 241 24*239 25 255 3827 3113 30*231 21*228 23 249 3113 2482 22*216 20 227 23 247 2482 1954 20 213 19 226 21 240 1954 1549 19 212 18 225 19 232 1549 1270 18 211 17 224 15 222 1270 1102 17 211 16 224 13*218 1102 1006 14 210 13 223 6*212 1006 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