DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.2 - - 45.4 - - 43.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - -5 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 308 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1263 - - 1003 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 251 - - 1160 - - 1539 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 85 - - 14 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 11 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 122 - - 031 - - 343 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -757 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2021 - - 1003 - - 1003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6806 - - -369 - - -432 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8069 - - 1372 - - 1435 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.2 - - 45.4 - - 43.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.7 - - 44.5 - - 42.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.9 - - 45.6 - - 43.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.8 - - 44.4 - - 42.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - -5 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 308 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 6 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] 96320 48 247 55 259 39 270 96320 89116 29 247 33 255 31 270 89116 83607 23 255 25 259 25 264 83607 79042 21 248 22 257 19 250 79042 75099 18 238 17 261 17 234 75099 71613 8 223 18 252 18 260 71613 68458 15 225 17 215 19 229 68458 65521 16 233 25 276 18 274 65521 62758 44 240 43 251 43 248 62758 60076 44 242 46 242 53 243 60076 57262 53 259 50 246 53 242 57262 54320 61 251 51 245 51 240 54320 51504 57 244 51 243 49 239 51504 48966 49 239 52 243 54 243 48966 46696 47 246 55 243 64 231 46696 44639 58 252 64 240 62 221 44639 42748 68 251 70 240 65 233 42748 41000 82 247 82 240 73 234 41000 39378 103 239 99 231 72 232 39378 37867 118 226 91 220 69 229 37867 36454 112 219 86 208 70 227 36454 35105 105 213 82 199 70 225 35105 33753 100 211 71 194 61 220 33753 32372 93 215 62 187 49 215 32372 30964 89 216 60 189 35 216 30964 29502 86 216 57 191 33 227 29502 27970 76 217 55 192 37 228 27970 26369 59 218 53 193 34 227 26369 24695 47 215 52 193 24 223 24695 22947 42 212 51 195 27 214 22947 21126 39 224 50 196 32 212 21126 19229 39 220 50 192 36 214 19229 17253 40 216 50 183 40 214 17253 15238 40 209 47 179 43 216 15238 13294 36 192 42 180 43 219 13294 11524 24 179 35 182 42 214 11524 9949 20 191 28 183 38 199 9949 8550 24 200 21 178 29 181 8550 7309 27 201 18 161 17 143 7309 6212 25 193 18 142 15 081 6212 5244 23 185 16 128 20 043 5244 4393 18 172 13 106 26 026 4393 3643 13 171 13 068 29 018 3643 2973 11 197 17 046 30 014 2973 2382 11 213 20 038 31 007 2382 1889 9 205 21 040 29 359 1889 1512 6*159 20 037 26 353 1512 1252 4*124 18 034 22 348 1252 1094 4 122 16 033 20 346 1094 1003 3 121 11*031 14*343 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