DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - - - - 85.9 - - 88.3 - - 86.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 45 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4595 - - 4686 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3729 - - 3247 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5550 - - 5641 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1476 - - 1694 - - 7236 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 362 - - 289 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 215 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - -7 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 719 - - 36 - - -3342 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4831 - - 5606 - - 4349 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3073 - - -4217 - - -4810 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8623 - - 9858 - - 5817 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 84 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1310 - - 1490 - - 2470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.9 - - 88.3 - - 86.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.9 - - 66.9 - - 70.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.1 - - 88.0 - - 87.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.5 - - 65.5 - - 69.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 45 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4595 - - 4686 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 37 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 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] 99657 26 088 26 100 22 088 99657 92063 25 095 22 103 19 074 92063 86219 22 106 20 090 18 080 86219 81382 21 093 20 080 23 085 81382 77226 19 094 18 075 21 081 77226 73573 17 090 15 100 15 095 73573 70282 8 068 13 052 16 074 70282 67271 9 082 5 056 10 038 67271 64497 12 038 10 083 7 035 64497 61825 6 015 6 346 10 320 61825 59052 7 342 6 317 9 301 59052 56171 13 319 12 301 15 302 56171 53426 22 324 14 300 20 294 53426 50968 19 323 17 303 21 291 50968 48755 32 326 23 312 25 299 48755 46733 38 324 35 315 38 307 46733 44869 46 323 46 316 54 308 44869 43134 41 311 48 311 54 305 43134 41515 37 271 38 298 41 297 41515 40005 30 228 35 265 39 284 40005 38596 21 229 23 256 36 267 38596 37241 11 257 32 280 36 270 37241 35865 20 294 38 282 39 270 35865 34433 25 297 28 271 37 262 34433 32948 26 303 26 266 34 260 32948 31395 20 282 29 267 30 266 31395 29761 22 269 28 268 31 281 29761 28048 21 262 28 270 25 290 28048 26258 22 250 27 261 18 286 26258 24394 22 256 25 265 19 293 24394 22458 20 266 20 275 21 290 22458 20444 19 274 18 285 17 274 20444 18352 20 282 22 291 16 277 18352 16223 19 290 24 294 17 280 16223 14172 14 286 15 308 10 273 14172 12305 10 285 11 314 6 252 12305 10645 5 283 7 274 10 268 10645 9168 3 243 7 231 11 267 9168 7853 7 223 11 238 15 262 7853 6682 12 226 14*230 15 246 6682 5641 12*225 15*219 14 232 5641 4720 12*223 14 216 13 228 4720 3905 11 222 14 215 12 228 3905 3173 11 221 13 214 11 228 3173 2525 11 221 13 213 10 229 2525 1983 10 221 12 213 9 230 1983 1567 10 221 11 213 9 232 1567 1281 9 221 11 212 7 232 1281 1106 9 221 10 212 6*233 1106 1007 8 221 9 212 4*232 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