DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/16 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 13.8 - - 32.1 - - 34.9 - - 32.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -6 - - -1 - - -8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 46 - - 47 - - 48 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 985 - - 986 - - 987 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1001 - - 1002 - - 1003 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 27 - - 306 - - 193 - - 84 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 179 - - 207 - - 214 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -396 - - -430 - - -86 - - -477 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1397 - - 1432 - - 1089 - - 1480 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -19471 - - -14125 - - -12701 - - -12513 ODpotential blCL - - - 20472 - - 15127 - - 13704 - - 13515 blCL maxRH - - - 78 - - 86 - - 80 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 13.8 - - 32.1 - - 34.9 - - 32.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 11.5 - - 29.4 - - 33.6 - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 17.3 - - 32.3 - - 37.5 - - 37.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.6 - - 29.2 - - 34.2 - - 33.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -6 - - -1 - - -8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 46 - - 47 - - 48 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 11 - - 43 - - 21 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95741 43 329 48 310 41 334 35 329 95741 88891 44 317 42 310 38 313 34 305 88891 83525 40 314 35 312 27 306 29 292 83525 79011 37 308 27 307 26 300 29 295 79011 75075 36 307 24 294 30 298 30 301 75075 71594 35 306 25 290 31 295 27 302 71594 68449 32 310 24 298 27 288 27 302 68449 65531 29 305 27 302 25 282 27 300 65531 62792 29 285 29 291 27 284 34 279 62792 60130 29 265 32 292 28 291 28 269 60130 57356 31 281 40 288 35 291 33 267 57356 54472 47 288 47 273 48 279 37 276 54472 51716 45 280 47 274 62 278 64 289 51716 49223 48 291 53 279 67 272 76 280 49223 46975 57 296 50 281 61 268 71 270 46975 44921 52 295 49 284 56 272 65 264 44921 43035 50 294 53 285 61 278 65 261 43035 41303 45 279 51 277 68 275 70 263 41303 39712 44 274 44 268 64 263 76 260 39712 38261 43 269 44 274 59 259 72 259 38261 36928 38 265 46 270 56 260 73 256 36928 35642 34 266 42 264 56 258 68 251 35642 34333 35 258 41 261 56 259 65 254 34333 32971 41 258 47 263 55 261 65 258 32971 31559 45 264 50 262 52 263 64 257 31559 30083 46 260 46 259 50 264 62 255 30083 28530 44 258 42 258 47 264 60 257 28530 26902 42 256 42 262 42 269 58 262 26902 25198 42 254 45 260 41 276 54 266 25198 23419 44 262 49 259 43 280 50 269 23419 21570 49 268 52 260 46 283 47 277 21570 19643 48 270 48 262 49 285 42 276 19643 17631 42 271 38 266 52 280 36 271 17631 15580 37 275 28 275 35 266 32 276 15580 13599 34 277 24 283 25 266 28 275 13599 11791 27 270 24 286 18 273 24 275 11791 10182 22 264 25 275 15 288 19 289 10182 8754 18 280 25 259 18 291 23 327 8754 7487 19 284 22 252 23 278 42 332 7487 6361 22 284 21 249 24 272 39 333 6361 5362 18 280 18 241 21 273 33 332 5362 4480 16 254 19 234 21 273 35 336 4480 3701 20 237 22 233 26 272 35 340 3701 3006 23 229 23 236 30 269 33 337 3006 2394 23 227 26 235 29 260 31 323 2394 1891 19 222 26 230 25 247 31 298 1891 1510 18 210 21 224 19 236 25 277 1510 1250 20 202 13 214 14 226 19 276 1250 1092 16 198 10 212 11 222 14 273 1092 1002 4*179 5*207 5*214 6*263 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