DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 64.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 13 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3329 - - 1168 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2863 - - 989 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4284 - - 2123 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 6846 - - 1521 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 337 - - 113 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 283 - - 314 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - -7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2092 - - 242 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6377 - - 1881 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3472 - - -909 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7756 - - 3032 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 210 - - 70 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 64.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.3 - - 59.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.6 - - 64.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.0 - - 58.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 13 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3329 - - 1168 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 103 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - - 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] 98968 22 093 24 078 98968 91465 22 083 19 082 91465 85676 19 071 17 090 85676 80892 13 071 15 094 80892 76782 12 122 13 097 76782 73135 13 091 8 119 73135 69818 8 028 6 081 69818 66775 6 291 10 339 66775 63966 7 233 6 280 63966 61252 8 294 14 270 61252 58427 13 249 21 259 58427 55491 30 295 18 281 55491 52686 45 286 40 296 52686 50167 43 271 52 287 50167 47910 39 267 57 278 47910 45861 43 283 60 276 45861 43980 56 287 67 283 43980 42246 68 286 72 280 42246 40645 81 285 75 278 40645 39164 91 282 79 283 39164 37786 96 281 87 288 37786 36463 98 283 91 290 36463 35116 98 284 91 290 35116 33714 97 286 91 288 33714 32258 96 287 90 287 32258 30741 95 288 91 282 30741 29144 92 288 92 278 29144 27464 87 287 85 280 27464 25703 83 284 77 282 25703 23868 83 281 69 288 23868 21966 79 285 57 292 21966 19988 74 288 50 284 19988 17920 66 287 54 281 17920 15808 54 280 54 278 15808 13776 42 289 48 276 13776 11935 25 278 40 277 11935 10308 23 291 34 269 10308 8867 27 282 28 257 8867 7586 22 285 23 250 7586 6449 17 292 23 258 6449 5441 15 294 25 273 5441 4552 14*295 20 281 4552 3768 9*290 12 283 3768 3067 6 280 9 298 3067 2449 5 281 9*311 2449 1934 5 281 9*313 1934 1538 5 282 9 314 1538 1265 5 283 8 314 1265 1100 4 284 7 314 1100 1005 4 284 6 315 1005 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