DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 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 - - - - - - 73.7 - - 76.8 - - 76.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 74 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3918 - - 4916 - - 3740 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2237 - - 3557 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4873 - - 5871 - - 4695 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1740 - - 2226 - - 2728 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 242 - - 309 - - 127 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 357 - - 030 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 11 - - 1 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -388 - - -161 - - -967 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5261 - - 6032 - - 5662 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2812 - - -2083 - - -4648 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7685 - - 7954 - - 9343 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 93 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 76.8 - - 76.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 53.8 - - 54.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 76.0 - - 76.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.0 - - 52.5 - - 53.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 74 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3918 - - 4916 - - 3740 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 71 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 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] 99206 29 107 23 096 27 075 99206 91699 28 095 27 103 25 083 91699 85909 22 090 24 090 24 092 85909 81093 20 096 18 093 19 095 81093 76942 18 087 16 105 13 104 76942 73282 11 065 11 081 12 106 73282 69963 6 035 5 089 7 086 69963 66912 4 352 2 168 3 331 66912 64096 2 254 1 302 8 245 64096 61373 9 299 8 305 10 302 61373 58543 15 273 24 264 20 287 58543 55614 25 296 23 296 28 287 55614 52818 36 285 37 285 34 278 52818 50309 37 280 35 283 32 276 50309 48072 45 295 50 294 54 291 48072 46066 67 293 69 284 66 280 46066 44252 69 289 72 279 65 280 44252 42585 70 292 75 279 66 278 42585 41032 78 290 73 280 67 278 41032 39573 85 284 73 281 67 277 39573 38192 82 280 72 276 67 275 38192 36853 81 278 67 273 66 275 36853 35488 77 277 65 273 66 276 35488 34067 71 276 68 269 65 277 34067 32592 71 276 70 269 63 279 32592 31047 72 277 69 272 58 279 31047 29421 64 279 64 278 53 275 29421 27716 54 288 57 286 48 273 27716 25930 49 296 46 286 46 270 25930 24071 44 292 38 285 31 268 24071 22144 44 279 39 275 32 263 22144 20143 48 269 43 267 39 254 20143 18061 51 261 46 262 40 260 18061 15941 46 265 47 266 33 279 15941 13901 44 275 37 286 28 289 13901 12047 43 290 30 301 17 304 12047 10408 34 302 19 300 10 270 10408 8957 19 314 10 303 10 252 8957 7668 13 327 7 335 3 278 7668 6525 12 343 7*348 4 016 6525 5511 9*342 6*352 6*027 5511 4616 6*330 6 354 6*030 4616 3823 5 327 6 356 6 031 3823 3111 5 322 6 358 6 030 3111 2481 5 320 5 358 6 031 2481 1955 4 316 5 000 6 030 1955 1550 4 313 5 001 6 031 1550 1272 4 313 5 360 6 031 1272 1103 4 311 4 359 5 030 1103 1005 4 309 4 000 4 031 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