DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 17.2 - - 14.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 325 - - 175 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2196 - - 4022 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2283 - - 3383 - - 985 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3151 - - 4977 - - 1001 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 627 - - 371 - - 3687 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 363 - - 362 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 30 - - 29 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 324 - - 328 - - 334 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 452 - - 2249 - - -1588 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2699 - - 2728 - - 2589 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -92 - - 1163 - - -1891 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3243 - - 3814 - - 2892 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 17.2 - - 14.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.2 - - 9.0 - - 6.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 14.0 - - 16.4 - - 14.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.1 - - 8.0 - - 5.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 325 - - 175 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2196 - - 4022 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 102 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96558 13 263 10 243 27 244 96558 89361 12 165 9 270 9 270 89361 83835 9 129 5 231 8 281 83835 79241 6 326 4 134 6 318 79241 75245 12 349 7 327 13 329 75245 71686 12 327 6 318 16 305 71686 68434 11 321 9 327 12 282 68434 65402 23 304 16 312 23 300 65402 62567 29 289 27 294 29 285 62567 59800 29 289 28 285 22 279 59800 56892 29 283 25 291 23 305 56892 53863 24 288 29 299 29 314 53863 50967 25 298 34 299 37 319 50967 48363 26 298 35 303 43 320 48363 46033 26 299 36 313 47 324 46033 43923 26 309 41 319 52 327 43923 41992 31 319 46 320 55 329 41992 40214 36 324 48 320 56 331 40214 38565 39 326 48 323 55 333 38565 37027 42 329 48 327 57 335 37027 35589 44 331 50 333 62 337 35589 34210 47 333 57 337 70 337 34210 32828 51 334 67 337 78 340 32828 31419 58 334 72 339 89 342 31419 29986 64 335 74 340 102 344 29986 28505 71 338 76 342 113 346 28505 26958 74 339 79 342 120 346 26958 25340 67 339 79 341 117 344 25340 23654 54 336 72 338 103 342 23654 21910 46 334 61 331 90 339 21910 20119 44 336 53 328 76 335 20119 18279 45 340 47 329 62 331 18279 16380 47 344 43 330 54 329 16380 14452 42 347 39 329 47 328 14452 12594 35 342 37 328 44 326 12594 10907 28 332 36 327 43 326 10907 9410 21 324 35 328 42 325 9410 8084 19 322 37 332 40 326 8084 6910 23 330 40 336 39 327 6910 5873 27 334 36*335 37 327 5873 4963 30 338 30*327 33 325 4963 4170 35 339 30 327 31 328 4170 3472 33*330 30 327 30 329 3472 2848 32*325 30 328 29 331 2848 2295 32 325 29 328 28 332 2295 1833 31 324 28 328 27 333 1833 1478 30 324 27 328 25 334 1478 1234 29 324 26 328 22 334 1234 1086 27 323 24 329 20 334 1086 1001 22 323 19 328 15*334 1001 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