DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.0 - - 72.4 - - 70.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 26 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1076 - - 1534 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2031 - - 2489 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 571 - - 1034 - - 1194 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 182 - - 163 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 20 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 146 - - 165 - - 128 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -809 - - -523 - - -11 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2840 - - 3012 - - 1017 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9938 - - -8284 - - -1941 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11969 - - 10773 - - 2947 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1040 - - 770 - - 1430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.0 - - 72.4 - - 70.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 62.3 - - 69.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 72.3 - - 72.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 61.5 - - 69.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 26 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1076 - - 1534 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 93 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 16 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] 98941 8 143 1 155 8 080 98941 91521 10 166 7 130 9 105 91521 85773 3 183 12 174 6 220 85773 81029 5 236 6 194 9 224 81029 76930 9 230 8 252 8 244 76930 73283 8 241 11 234 9 253 73283 69978 5 261 10 230 12 235 69978 66954 6 287 8 227 11 218 66954 64174 9 264 6 230 6 244 64174 61505 13 253 5 234 10 223 61505 58733 19 259 20 268 11 233 58733 55879 22 257 28 255 23 267 55879 53184 26 278 31 259 33 253 53184 50774 41 277 38 270 37 255 50774 48610 53 271 50 267 43 259 48610 46641 56 267 52 262 49 255 46641 44829 56 267 49 256 51 251 44829 43145 56 268 45 252 52 253 43145 41575 53 270 47 257 59 253 41575 40103 47 268 51 262 59 251 40103 38711 41 268 51 260 52 251 38711 37358 40 271 47 260 48 250 37358 35977 41 271 44 261 48 251 35977 34538 42 266 42 259 48 254 34538 33043 41 257 44 256 49 254 33043 31476 42 254 46 254 50 254 31476 29826 47 254 45 257 50 254 29826 28097 50 249 47 257 49 251 28097 26288 48 246 48 254 49 247 26288 24403 43 243 44 249 48 242 24403 22447 38 234 41 245 47 239 22447 20415 35 230 43 234 46 235 20415 18303 34 233 47 224 47 234 18303 16156 33 234 44 227 51 231 16156 14097 33 230 42 227 50 226 14097 12230 34 221 42 228 47 230 12230 10567 38 212 43 227 47 236 10567 9087 41 211 45 226 50 237 9087 7769 42 217 49 225 52 231 7769 6594 44 217 52 222 50 221 6594 5554 42 211 50 215 43 211 5554 4641 39 194 44 203 32 199 4641 3838 43 172 37 190 24 186 3838 3120 41 160 30*177 23 193 3120 2487 37*155 25*168 27 210 2487 1957 28*148 23 166 18 194 1957 1551 26 146 20 163 13 180 1551 1272 23 145 18 162 9 162 1272 1103 21 145 16 161 6*147 1103 1006 16 145 12 161 2*128 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