DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.0 - - 22.7 - - 20.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - -18 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 554 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 985 - - 985 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1509 - - 1002 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 397 - - 1059 - - 161 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 97 - - 17 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 153 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1342 - - -1915 - - -1211 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2851 - - 2917 - - 2213 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -19996 - - -18398 - - -17966 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 21505 - - 19400 - - 18968 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 66 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.0 - - 22.7 - - 20.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 3.3 - - 13.6 - - 14.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 11.9 - - 24.2 - - 24.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 2.6 - - 12.6 - - 14.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - -18 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 554 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 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] 96270 21 246 31 238 29 263 96270 89171 10 245 10 203 19 254 89171 83654 17 249 8 222 14 240 83654 79066 21 251 15 257 14 232 79066 75093 16 259 18 246 11 227 75093 71555 14 261 20 236 11 285 71555 68343 14 257 20 239 18 273 68343 65383 10 263 17 260 21 282 65383 62622 22 277 34 270 32 285 62622 59946 31 276 33 274 35 279 59946 57153 34 277 31 274 38 271 57153 54243 41 295 47 295 43 273 54243 51455 57 293 58 289 47 275 51455 48954 58 299 61 289 56 285 48954 46728 73 301 66 289 67 290 46728 44715 80 293 66 289 75 286 44715 42869 77 294 74 297 77 285 42869 41157 79 302 89 299 87 291 41157 39576 91 304 109 296 110 291 39576 38118 97 300 112 292 122 285 38118 36760 95 296 109 290 119 282 36760 35452 93 297 107 291 108 284 35452 34128 96 300 105 291 112 300 34128 32761 101 302 103 292 117 302 32761 31350 101 303 99 292 110 294 31350 29873 95 301 95 292 108 290 29873 28317 88 299 93 293 106 290 28317 26685 84 302 88 294 100 292 26685 24978 82 303 83 293 96 297 24978 23196 76 301 83 292 85 296 23196 21341 71 295 80 288 78 294 21341 19406 61 299 73 288 69 296 19406 17388 60 299 62 290 65 289 17388 15327 61 298 55 289 51 282 15327 13341 46 300 46 280 40 295 13341 11541 42 297 35 267 34 294 11541 9944 39 278 35 264 30 275 9944 8524 32 275 40 257 29 264 8524 7262 25 272 46 251 33 268 7262 6143 25 261 52 242 40 269 6143 5161 20 251 49 223 49 255 5161 4310 13 255 41 212 54 232 4310 3571 9 251 40 210 45 215 3571 2916 12 228 36 200 39 203 2916 2340 14 217 29 185 33 190 2340 1861 12*212 23 169 29 180 1861 1494 9*210 20 162 26 173 1494 1242 7 209 17 157 21 164 1242 1089 6 208 15*155 17 161 1089 1002 6 207 11*153 9*156 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