DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.8 - - 39.7 - - 36.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 33 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 372 - - 1433 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1327 - - 2388 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1164 - - 195 - - 1053 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 109 - - 153 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 307 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 324 - - 767 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1003 - - 1621 - - 1003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 270 - - 236 - - -722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1057 - - 2152 - - 1725 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.8 - - 39.7 - - 36.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.4 - - 36.2 - - 36.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.4 - - 39.6 - - 37.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.0 - - 35.5 - - 36.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 33 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 372 - - 1433 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96143 42 262 48 263 45 271 96143 88987 19 283 18 276 24 270 88987 83525 17 284 20 286 21 297 83525 78980 18 296 19 290 18 285 78980 75036 21 279 16 313 22 302 75036 71546 19 262 32 296 29 297 71546 68399 25 280 37 275 30 282 68399 65480 32 274 31 279 31 268 65480 62722 32 290 38 296 36 278 62722 60008 48 285 47 295 44 289 60008 57155 56 278 61 272 59 279 57155 54192 55 271 60 260 60 265 54192 51355 52 273 55 268 54 273 51355 48800 57 275 59 275 61 281 48800 46522 64 271 61 275 67 281 46522 44461 69 269 63 276 68 279 44461 42571 71 269 69 277 71 277 42571 40828 71 267 74 274 75 277 40828 39211 69 268 76 275 76 278 39211 37704 74 277 80 276 74 285 37704 36296 85 280 83 277 76 286 36296 34949 92 278 82 277 74 287 34949 33598 95 274 82 276 75 290 33598 32212 92 272 82 275 78 293 32212 30789 80 271 81 275 76 294 30789 29313 68 272 82 278 71 298 29313 27771 56 280 87 278 66 303 27771 26166 58 284 79 273 65 309 26166 24494 51 285 63 276 65 314 24494 22751 45 287 61 282 63 311 22751 20945 43 289 62 280 59 298 20945 19072 44 289 54 276 57 290 19072 17132 43 288 49 274 48 284 17132 15159 38 291 43 284 50 288 15159 13255 35 282 36 292 39 300 13255 11517 36 284 34 301 35 296 11517 9964 39 285 35 304 40 296 9964 8579 37 297 35 303 42 298 8579 7343 33 306 34 305 34 296 7343 6242 27 316 32 314 29 304 6242 5265 25 318 32 322 28 312 5265 4404 26 316 32 323 27 316 4404 3645 25 313 28 321 25 313 3645 2966 21 317 25*316 27 310 2966 2371 19 318 21*310 26 304 2371 1881 17 315 19 307 21 300 1881 1507 15*312 18 307 18 303 1507 1249 14*311 17 306 14 305 1249 1092 12 311 15 305 11 305 1092 1003 10 310 12 305 6*302 1003 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