DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.2 - - 29.2 - - 25.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 83 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2080 - - 2171 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1927 - - 1416 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3035 - - 3126 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 546 - - 673 - - 2464 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 280 - - 228 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 305 - - 312 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 85 - - 112 - - -1555 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2950 - - 3014 - - 2557 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 330 - - 257 - - -1692 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2705 - - 2869 - - 2694 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.2 - - 29.2 - - 25.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.3 - - 19.9 - - 18.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 28.6 - - 25.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.0 - - 19.7 - - 18.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 83 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2080 - - 2171 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96029 21 048 23 034 23 031 96029 88998 20 061 18 037 14 044 88998 83513 16 029 16 046 5 059 83513 78929 7 011 9 346 9 010 78929 74945 7 323 10 340 12 334 74945 71395 8 294 9 315 18 316 71395 68153 16 305 17 313 21 292 68153 65150 17 291 20 302 17 277 65150 62340 19 296 23 301 18 304 62340 59602 27 304 33 298 29 304 59602 56745 31 288 31 286 33 296 56745 53780 29 300 33 303 42 306 53780 50961 46 301 47 305 49 305 50961 48437 52 302 53 305 53 308 48437 46187 54 304 60 304 61 309 46187 44155 58 308 66 305 68 309 44155 42303 63 310 72 309 76 312 42303 40615 67 311 80 312 93 317 40615 39068 73 312 88 312 114 320 39068 37627 77 313 95 314 128 314 37627 36275 80 315 102 317 139 311 36275 34971 84 317 109 318 141 312 34971 33644 89 320 111 318 136 314 33644 32263 90 320 113 320 130 311 32263 30836 89 319 117 321 119 319 30836 29351 84 316 117 320 123 321 29351 27792 79 315 108 319 125 316 27792 26151 76 314 97 317 125 320 26151 24428 73 315 91 315 121 321 24428 22629 68 315 81 315 110 319 22629 20773 61 314 72 316 92 318 20773 18864 55 315 62 316 72 316 18864 16895 52 313 54 314 60 317 16895 14897 49 310 52 316 53 317 14897 12976 46 309 49 315 50 320 12976 11230 42 313 45 316 46 322 11230 9685 37 316 38 317 39 323 9685 8320 34 317 32 316 32 322 8320 7114 31 317 31 315 28 321 7114 6045 29 319 28 317 25 322 6045 5101 28 320 25 319 22 322 5101 4272 25 316 22 314 21 322 4272 3544 20*314 17*312 19 327 3544 2899 15*306 16*312 18 328 2899 2330 15 305 16 312 17 326 2330 1855 14 305 16 312 16 325 1855 1492 14 304 15 312 15 324 1492 1241 13 303 15 311 13 322 1241 1089 12 303 14 311 11 321 1089 1002 11 303 11 311 8*321 1002 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