DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 61.8 - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 8 - - -3 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 520 - - 50 - - 1663 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1475 - - 1005 - - 2618 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1957 - - 2298 - - 1823 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 74 - - 27 - - 138 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 066 - - 068 - - 061 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 0 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 374 - - -322 - - 775 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1101 - - 1327 - - 1843 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -115 - - -789 - - -74 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1590 - - 1794 - - 2692 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 100 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 61.8 - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 59.1 - - 59.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 61.9 - - 64.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.1 - - 58.7 - - 58.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 8 - - -3 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 520 - - 50 - - 1663 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 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] 99121 30 098 25 113 26 090 99121 91549 24 103 25 097 24 097 91549 85724 15 086 22 089 23 093 85724 80901 17 094 15 099 20 077 80901 76768 17 091 18 112 11 085 76768 73139 14 079 12 103 9 107 73139 69854 10 051 9 095 9 092 69854 66826 3 073 3 083 7 010 66826 64032 2 261 3 262 4 316 64032 61335 3 308 9 250 7 268 61335 58523 10 330 8 259 12 234 58523 55606 29 291 26 300 11 280 55606 52834 37 265 39 268 31 269 52834 50347 30 262 32 249 39 242 50347 48101 43 291 29 258 37 243 48101 46046 61 285 42 272 45 261 46046 44160 68 274 56 269 55 261 44160 42415 69 257 69 261 56 258 42415 40792 68 242 76 250 56 256 40792 39281 72 233 78 241 54 255 39281 37867 64 228 74 234 52 259 37867 36513 61 227 72 232 52 262 36513 35146 58 229 67 236 53 265 35146 33731 50 231 63 244 49 273 33731 32273 41 235 59 249 46 279 32273 30753 41 240 54 250 43 282 30753 29156 49 244 51 251 38 283 29156 27481 54 248 48 258 36 284 27481 25727 53 249 41 262 32 282 25727 23894 50 249 31 259 28 283 23894 21986 47 248 27 264 29 284 21986 20000 42 244 31 269 33 282 20000 17930 35 234 34 263 36 282 17930 15819 29 213 29 261 35 285 15819 13787 25 203 27 251 33 297 13787 11941 19 205 16 251 33 300 11941 10305 19 211 8 098 18 311 10305 8855 22 205 13 078 3 333 8855 7568 24 173 17 091 10 081 7568 6430 28 135 29 090 22 081 6430 5425 31 111 32 076 27 079 5425 4541 34 098 34 072 28 073 4541 3762 34 090 36 075 25 071 3762 3065 33 082 35 076 22*068 3065 2448 31 075 33 075 19*064 2448 1934 29 071 31 073 16 061 1934 1538 26*068 26 071 14 059 1538 1265 23*066 23 070 13 059 1265 1100 20 066 20*069 12 058 1100 1005 15 065 14*068 9 058 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