DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/19 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 - - - - - - 81.0 - - 86.1 - - 82.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - 84 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2074 - - 2833 - - 473 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1554 - - 2193 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3029 - - 3788 - - 1428 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1179 - - 1679 - - 4579 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 236 - - 269 - - 57 W* B/S - - - - - - 30 - - 7 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 7 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 194 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 927 - - 246 - - -800 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2102 - - 3542 - - 2229 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 307 - - -2029 - - -2001 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2722 - - 5817 - - 3429 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 99 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2890 - - 3200 - - 3650 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.0 - - 86.1 - - 82.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 73.4 - - 75.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.3 - - 85.5 - - 83.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 72.5 - - 74.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - 84 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2074 - - 2833 - - 473 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - 94 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 19 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] 99395 28 098 26 086 35 083 99395 91904 25 096 26 101 24 067 91904 86125 26 105 22 079 18 095 86125 81317 22 093 16 096 16 088 81317 77177 17 085 16 104 14 078 77177 73521 11 076 15 102 9 073 73521 70217 8 088 8 081 9 069 70217 67179 6 102 0 091 7 351 67179 64369 4 062 3 219 5 331 64369 61655 7 345 3 049 4 314 61655 58851 14 276 13 319 14 292 58851 55983 11 244 18 257 17 265 55983 53265 18 290 17 243 20 270 53265 50823 36 296 29 290 30 286 50823 48643 53 278 45 285 46 282 48643 46669 57 269 57 279 54 279 46669 44856 56 270 70 277 66 279 44856 43178 54 272 68 275 71 276 43178 41611 55 275 66 279 71 276 41611 40137 55 278 74 279 75 276 40137 38739 56 278 79 278 74 276 38739 37380 57 276 73 277 70 273 37380 35995 59 276 69 274 64 268 35995 34557 59 278 68 272 52 268 34557 33067 55 277 65 271 58 270 33067 31508 48 274 62 270 48 274 31508 29866 47 272 61 270 49 275 29866 28143 52 273 59 273 56 272 28143 26341 52 269 55 278 49 273 26341 24464 48 268 52 274 52 276 24464 22519 41 272 46 276 47 277 22519 20500 37 275 40 282 44 285 20500 18404 38 276 32 287 39 295 18404 16273 37 278 29 293 29 293 16273 14215 28 278 24 298 21 287 14215 12337 24 272 20 279 16 282 12337 10662 22 262 23 268 17 263 10662 9170 16 250 14 260 17 240 9170 7845 12 237 14 245 18 218 7845 6668 11 232 17 239 13 222 6668 5627 8 237 15 229 9 228 5627 4709 4 236 12 218 6 234 4709 3895 2 230 8*200 4 238 3895 3165 2*225 7*197 3 246 3165 2519 2*230 7 195 3 247 2519 1980 2 227 7 195 3 244 1980 1565 1 226 7 193 2*240 1565 1279 1 226 6 193 2*235 1279 1106 1 225 6 193 2 231 1106 1007 1 226 5 192 2 232 1007 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