DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 79.3 - - 71.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -5 - - 125 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 50 - - 3891 - - 1150 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 3157 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1005 - - 4846 - - 2105 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2488 - - 1257 - - 1346 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 24 - - 332 - - 137 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 13 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 139 - - 185 - - 168 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 3 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 8 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2417 - - 431 - - 304 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3422 - - 4415 - - 1801 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6870 - - -210 - - -130 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7875 - - 5056 - - 2235 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 79.3 - - 71.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 63.2 - - 67.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 78.5 - - 71.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.2 - - 62.4 - - 66.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -5 - - 125 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 50 - - 3891 - - 1150 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 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] 99575 43 092 39 103 29 094 99575 92025 31 093 30 091 32 076 92025 86243 22 091 26 085 29 078 86243 81461 25 088 17 086 22 080 81461 77340 20 074 17 112 14 079 77340 73701 16 072 19 106 14 107 73701 70397 8 061 15 071 16 099 70397 67363 4 089 10 053 12 044 67363 64576 8 059 4 032 7 001 64576 61894 8 346 8 279 10 296 61894 59102 10 295 10 288 13 285 59102 56225 12 301 18 291 18 303 56225 53509 25 309 26 275 27 287 53509 51082 29 289 31 278 33 288 51082 48908 31 290 37 286 35 288 48908 46926 38 297 43 292 40 293 46926 45098 44 297 49 292 48 297 45098 43397 47 295 51 293 54 299 43397 41801 50 299 55 297 53 298 41801 40297 53 301 55 296 50 300 40297 38877 50 300 49 294 48 305 38877 37500 48 296 43 297 48 305 37500 36098 41 295 42 300 47 304 36098 34643 34 301 40 296 45 306 34643 33140 30 306 34 290 43 308 33140 31574 32 321 33 300 40 308 31574 29932 29 327 32 314 35 306 29932 28209 23 318 27 313 32 308 28209 26406 24 307 27 305 28 304 26406 24522 25 295 28 309 28 303 24522 22562 21 298 26 316 30 313 22562 20522 17 299 23 320 26 322 20522 18397 17 296 20 326 18 321 18397 16229 20 281 13 311 14 312 16229 14139 9 281 13 305 13 288 14139 12239 8 291 14 267 13 292 12239 10551 10 254 14 257 16 277 10551 9059 10 232 14 262 16 265 9059 7738 10 212 11 258 15 255 7738 6568 13 188 13 225 12 247 6568 5535 16 175 13*185 9 229 5535 4624 17 174 13*184 8 218 4624 3822 18 178 13 184 10 213 3822 3107 16 175 13 185 11 198 3107 2477 14 168 13 186 12*186 2477 1952 10 155 13 187 11*171 1952 1549 9 148 13 187 10 168 1549 1271 8 144 13 187 10 167 1271 1102 7 141 12 188 9 166 1102 1006 5*139 10 187 7 166 1006 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