DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 7.3 - - 7.2 - - 4.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 21 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2354 - - 2194 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 984 - - 984 - - 984 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3309 - - 3149 - - 1000 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 580 - - 997 - - 2100 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 214 - - 149 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 26 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 323 - - 317 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1174 - - 1005 - - -1032 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2135 - - 2144 - - 2032 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 605 - - 547 - - -1392 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2704 - - 2602 - - 2392 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 101 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 7.3 - - 7.2 - - 4.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 1.9 - - 1.8 - - -0.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 6.9 - - 7.1 - - 4.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 1.0 - - 1.1 - - -1.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 21 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2354 - - 2194 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 73 - - 103 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96675 59 036 55 039 40 045 96675 89646 47 038 44 034 37 038 89646 84095 29 043 21 042 29 022 84095 79434 19 029 11 023 16 345 79434 75403 13 338 15 351 18 346 75403 71815 11 288 25 327 25 337 71815 68535 14 298 23 313 27 331 68535 65488 13 306 22 316 27 313 65488 62633 20 326 25 314 26 290 62633 59846 27 326 25 301 24 270 59846 56919 30 311 27 282 31 278 56919 53871 34 292 34 280 36 285 53871 50950 34 285 35 279 33 288 50950 48316 32 287 34 284 29 307 48316 45962 31 286 35 286 37 320 45962 43841 29 285 35 288 43 318 43841 41913 26 288 31 298 40 319 41913 40145 24 289 30 309 38 325 40145 38506 21 298 30 322 36 334 38506 36978 23 312 30 331 38 344 36978 35551 24 320 31 339 44 350 35551 34189 25 328 33 345 49 352 34189 32826 27 334 35 352 54 353 32826 31430 28 341 38 358 56 356 31430 30005 30 349 43 003 59 359 30005 28535 31 350 50 006 60 001 28535 27003 28 349 53 008 60 003 27003 25405 25 353 46 004 52 002 25405 23744 27 016 39 003 47 358 23744 22024 32 018 34 008 41 358 22024 20253 33 013 31 011 37 354 20253 18422 32 012 30 008 33 347 18422 16515 31 018 31 013 32 344 16515 14565 29 030 32 013 29 343 14565 12683 31 041 28 008 26 339 12683 10976 32 035 22 002 29 330 10976 9464 34 026 21 000 30 319 9464 8125 32 018 24 359 27 323 8125 6934 30 004 23 002 22 324 6934 5876 30 359 23 001 22 319 5876 4943 29 351 28 338 24 316 4943 4130 31 336 34 318 22 322 4130 3427 31*325 31*317 25 315 3427 2809 31*324 30*317 25 310 2809 2267 30 323 29 317 23 312 2267 1815 28 322 27 318 21 314 1815 1468 26 322 25 317 18 314 1468 1229 24 321 22 317 15 314 1229 1084 21 321 20 317 12 314 1084 1000 16 321 15 317 8*313 1000 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