DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.0 - - 79.5 - - 74.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 327 - - 201 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8725 - - 11098 - - 3035 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 7394 - - 8972 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9680 - - 12053 - - 3990 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2647 - - 2186 - - 5573 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 585 - - 542 - - 111 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 21 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 272 - - 333 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -9 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 608 - - 2696 - - -4958 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9072 - - 9358 - - 8948 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -145 - - 1168 - - -7080 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9825 - - 10885 - - 11070 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 78 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 80 - - 380 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.0 - - 79.5 - - 74.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.0 - - 41.3 - - 38.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 78.3 - - 74.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.8 - - 40.1 - - 37.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 327 - - 201 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8725 - - 11098 - - 3035 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97821 11 225 13 266 14 277 97821 90348 12 225 16 249 11 263 90348 84598 10 227 11 237 10 238 84598 79819 9 218 9 246 7 246 79819 75689 7 238 10 241 10 266 75689 72029 13 257 14 264 14 279 72029 68715 15 236 16 264 15 276 68715 65660 13 277 16 268 19 271 65660 62813 19 277 20 271 19 273 62813 60053 28 286 27 286 31 286 60053 57180 31 276 39 277 39 283 57180 54198 34 275 39 273 43 276 54198 51362 40 280 43 277 44 276 51362 48827 45 284 50 281 46 285 48827 46565 51 286 53 282 51 285 46565 44522 53 285 55 283 54 280 44522 42663 51 285 56 280 58 281 42663 40960 51 285 56 278 64 285 40960 39389 53 283 56 284 73 285 39389 37938 51 281 58 283 69 283 37938 36595 49 282 57 276 63 285 36595 35308 48 280 54 274 62 283 35308 34002 40 271 54 273 60 280 34002 32648 40 273 52 273 56 279 32648 31251 43 279 51 272 56 280 31251 29795 45 280 51 271 56 278 29795 28268 46 277 51 272 57 277 28268 26667 45 273 51 272 56 276 26667 24990 44 272 50 270 54 275 24990 23237 42 273 48 269 52 273 23237 21414 40 275 46 267 51 272 21414 19518 37 276 44 266 51 276 19518 17544 36 276 41 267 49 277 17544 15533 36 274 37 268 37 271 15533 13595 34 270 28*269 27 272 13595 11826 30 267 25*272 25 268 11826 10245 27*265 24 272 20 255 10245 8833 24*268 22 271 18 255 8833 7573 24 269 22 271 16 265 7573 6449 24 270 21 271 15 288 6449 5451 24 271 21 271 16 310 5451 4568 23 271 21 272 19*324 4568 3787 22 272 20 272 21*330 3787 3085 22 273 20 272 22 332 3085 2464 21 274 20 272 22 333 2464 1944 21 274 19 272 22 334 1944 1544 20 274 19 272 21 335 1544 1269 19 275 18 272 20 335 1269 1101 18 275 17 272 18 335 1101 1005 15 275 14 273 14 336 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