DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 88.5 - - 90.6 - - 87.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 85 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3388 - - 4603 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2843 - - 3520 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4343 - - 5558 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1316 - - 1468 - - 5386 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 326 - - 326 - - 36 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 22 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 205 - - 197 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -72 - - 140 - - -3504 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4415 - - 5418 - - 4512 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3043 - - -2628 - - -6089 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7386 - - 8186 - - 7096 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 90 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2820 - - 2440 - - 2620 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.5 - - 90.6 - - 87.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.0 - - 69.9 - - 70.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.8 - - 90.1 - - 88.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.0 - - 69.0 - - 70.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 85 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3388 - - 4603 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 61 - - 60 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99425 34 102 31 094 34 088 99425 91900 24 099 22 097 31 084 91900 86093 23 096 20 107 20 080 86093 81267 25 094 22 105 15 114 81267 77133 23 090 19 094 18 106 77133 73490 19 086 11 082 16 074 73490 70190 13 091 7 108 7 099 70190 67163 7 092 9 132 11 131 67163 64356 6 102 8 160 9 099 64356 61626 11 186 11 236 7 342 61626 58805 17 169 17 223 15 248 58805 55935 10 216 23 218 27 218 55935 53236 30 227 32 220 32 224 53236 50820 37 224 38 221 39 229 50820 48654 44 228 43 220 46 224 48654 46677 50 222 49 218 48 224 46677 44849 50 224 54 220 50 227 44849 43149 53 222 58 224 58 232 43149 41568 51 229 61 224 65 233 41568 40091 55 234 60 226 64 226 40091 38697 57 232 62 230 60 221 38697 37342 56 231 63 232 55 223 37342 35959 55 229 60 229 53 226 35959 34519 56 232 58 228 55 235 34519 33025 57 236 58 226 53 235 33025 31463 51 236 57 222 51 226 31463 29826 47 235 54 230 49 224 29826 28112 48 241 46 234 43 229 28112 26321 50 235 44 236 39 230 26321 24450 49 237 35 238 42 230 24450 22508 43 241 39 230 38 239 22508 20491 39 239 44 221 29 242 20491 18397 30 232 45 224 27 255 18397 16265 35 231 44 234 25 270 16265 14212 44 231 40 237 28 260 14212 12342 38 226 39 234 30 246 12342 10677 31 218 38 226 34 242 10677 9194 27 211 36 221 30 227 9194 7873 29 208 34 222 30 222 7873 6696 27 219 29 213 30 212 6696 5652 24 225 24*198 31 204 5652 4730 21*213 24*197 30 201 4730 3913 19*206 24 197 29 200 3913 3180 19 205 23 197 28 200 3180 2529 18 205 23 197 27 200 2529 1987 18 205 22 197 25 200 1987 1569 17 205 21 197 23 199 1569 1282 16 205 20 197 20 199 1282 1107 15 205 18 196 16 199 1107 1007 12 204 14 196 12*198 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