DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 80.5 - - 77.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 93 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3004 - - 6794 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2708 - - 5196 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3959 - - 7749 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2867 - - 1543 - - 7736 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 345 - - 382 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 280 - - 289 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -407 - - 631 - - -4481 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4367 - - 7118 - - 5487 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2671 - - -3135 - - -5335 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6630 - - 10884 - - 6341 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 80 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 540 - - 10 - - 130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 80.5 - - 77.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 52.8 - - 56.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.9 - - 79.9 - - 78.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.9 - - 51.4 - - 55.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 93 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3004 - - 6794 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 21 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 10 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] 99198 28 086 31 087 29 071 99198 91715 28 090 24 098 23 077 91715 85948 22 086 25 089 23 089 85948 81128 14 090 20 069 20 087 81128 76957 14 085 7 088 16 056 76957 73272 11 082 7 106 7 053 73272 69945 10 088 7 119 5 044 69945 66896 6 057 8 112 2 044 66896 64069 4 341 5 017 4 026 64069 61337 6 280 4 306 8 333 61337 58483 13 279 12 305 13 319 58483 55519 31 287 40 290 34 291 55519 52703 36 260 38 264 40 276 52703 50173 29 281 32 280 41 277 50173 47899 38 295 44 289 37 290 47899 45844 65 295 60 289 63 291 45844 43997 79 287 75 285 81 286 43997 42319 83 283 85 283 84 283 42319 40764 83 282 90 282 83 281 40764 39308 83 281 88 280 80 282 39308 37935 80 280 82 277 76 283 37935 36607 77 276 79 275 71 283 36607 35256 73 272 75 274 65 282 35256 33854 70 275 70 275 61 284 33854 32400 67 279 69 278 61 286 32400 30880 62 280 68 279 61 287 30880 29281 59 280 66 278 59 291 29281 27601 57 279 63 275 65 298 27601 25839 56 279 62 275 67 299 25839 24000 52 282 59 279 64 305 24000 22090 48 290 51 284 55 305 22090 20105 45 293 44 290 47 297 20105 18043 41 289 39 289 44 296 18043 15942 42 282 38 286 43 294 15942 13914 45 279 41 285 41 291 13914 12070 43 282 43 283 40 291 12070 10434 35 288 39 293 35 291 10434 8985 26 281 24*294 25 288 8985 7698 21 282 15*288 17 294 7698 6553 17 291 15 287 16 296 6553 5535 17 304 15 288 16 298 5535 4634 15*305 15 289 16 300 4634 3836 13*302 15 289 15 302 3836 3121 11 285 15 290 15 303 3121 2488 10 276 14 290 15 304 2488 1960 10 274 14 290 14 305 1960 1553 10 271 14 290 13 305 1553 1273 9 270 13 290 12 305 1273 1103 9 270 12 289 10*304 1103 1006 8 270 10 290 7*304 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