DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/30 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 - - - - - - 70.3 - - 72.3 - - 73.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 15 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1326 - - 1694 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2281 - - 2649 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1552 - - 2008 - - 4126 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 181 - - 151 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 124 - - 132 - - 120 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 778 - - 536 - - -1231 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1504 - - 2113 - - 2237 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 229 - - -716 - - -2665 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2052 - - 3365 - - 3671 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 360 - - 450 - - 860 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 72.3 - - 73.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.7 - - 66.1 - - 66.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 72.2 - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.0 - - 65.1 - - 65.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 15 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1326 - - 1694 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 14 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] 98443 17 127 15 096 20 072 98443 90997 22 118 15 094 18 080 90997 85277 24 101 15 102 11 078 85277 80528 25 080 16 108 8 088 80528 76446 19 068 13 087 8 076 76446 72845 13 056 9 062 10 043 72845 69592 12 018 13 056 11 035 69592 66610 12 011 14 042 11 041 66610 63845 10 001 8 023 11 013 63845 61168 8 335 10 001 13 348 61168 58384 10 331 9 335 11 317 58384 55500 9 310 7 301 5 287 55500 52747 16 266 14 268 11 267 52747 50270 20 253 18 254 16 245 50270 48054 25 238 24 238 21 245 48054 46052 21 215 23 218 27 221 46052 44234 17 213 21 209 23 210 44234 42566 25 211 20 199 21 203 42566 41013 29 185 21 186 23 187 41013 39554 30 179 21 183 23 170 39554 38178 32 184 21 173 23 161 38178 36845 26 178 22 164 23 156 36845 35487 18 183 14 141 23 154 35487 34075 19 204 6 139 20 157 34075 32610 17 204 12 174 18 169 32610 31075 15 203 16 186 19 180 31075 29460 13 200 15 192 19 180 29460 27763 14 197 13 195 18 177 27763 25986 15 195 12 202 17 172 25986 24130 16 192 12 210 14 168 24130 22202 18 189 11 220 15 179 22202 20200 19 186 13 231 16 199 20200 18121 19 178 16 231 15 222 18121 16005 21 163 15 209 14 233 16005 13964 24 149 17 175 12 229 13964 12109 23 151 21 161 7 204 12109 10464 19 163 23 159 12 171 10464 9002 17 167 20 160 16 169 9002 7701 19 162 19 153 17 167 7701 6547 22 158 20 145 20 157 6547 5525 24 156 21 148 23 146 5525 4624 24 152 23 149 23 142 4624 3828 24 143 23 145 22 141 3828 3115 24 134 21*139 20 140 3115 2483 22*132 18*135 18 138 2483 1956 19*127 16 133 16 135 1956 1551 17 124 15 131 14 130 1551 1272 15 123 14 130 11 125 1272 1103 14 122 12 130 9*122 1103 1006 11 121 10 128 6*120 1006 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