DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 10/11 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.8 - - 82.9 - - 74.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 60 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1200 - - 1685 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1192 - - 990 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2155 - - 2640 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 638 - - 1049 - - 662 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 227 - - 198 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 19 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 183 - - 182 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3155 - - -3413 - - -2749 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5310 - - 6053 - - 3755 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6193 - - -6018 - - -7558 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8348 - - 8658 - - 8564 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 57 - - 56 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 100 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.8 - - 82.9 - - 74.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 59.8 - - 61.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.9 - - 82.5 - - 76.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.2 - - 59.2 - - 61.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 60 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1200 - - 1685 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 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] 97664 26 277 28 280 33 292 97664 90447 24 278 30 289 24 289 90447 84851 12 263 24 281 20 290 84851 80186 11 302 19 275 19 305 80186 76160 17 284 20 281 26 308 76160 72631 9 268 12 276 20 295 72631 69462 10 328 7 268 10 260 69462 66538 21 294 11 290 15 278 66538 63821 23 286 21 277 23 280 63821 61211 21 273 29 273 26 272 61211 58513 20 269 30 268 27 283 58513 55712 29 278 29 269 34 276 55712 53030 45 278 30 274 38 278 53030 50613 53 283 39 285 41 281 50613 48439 60 282 56 288 41 281 48439 46448 59 280 60 280 42 283 46448 44611 52 286 62 283 60 289 44611 42913 53 294 65 289 71 284 42913 41333 60 298 64 295 65 282 41333 39847 59 302 64 300 59 277 39847 38444 52 304 61 303 52 271 38444 37084 47 301 53 302 44 267 37084 35700 45 292 48 298 41 266 35700 34260 43 285 46 297 37 269 34260 32767 42 281 43 301 35 270 32767 31207 47 281 37 298 31 266 31207 29570 42 282 31 268 20 250 29570 27859 25 281 30 264 22 228 27859 26073 24 275 26 263 22 233 26073 24215 29 281 23 274 25 239 24215 22287 27 287 22 275 22 248 22287 20284 22 282 23 272 18 255 20284 18202 21 265 16 262 19 261 18202 16085 22 241 16 243 19 251 16085 14050 22 224 19 235 16 246 14050 12202 23 219 18 242 13 270 12202 10556 24 222 22 258 20 270 10556 9087 27 223 24 244 27 254 9087 7776 29 219 28 230 26 235 7776 6610 29 212 31 223 29 231 6610 5575 27 206 32 217 34 227 5575 4662 25 202 32 212 36 220 4662 3856 23 201 30 208 36 215 3856 3134 23 199 29*205 36 210 3134 2496 21*194 21*186 34 200 2496 1964 15*184 20 183 29 191 1964 1555 15 183 20 182 26 187 1555 1274 14 182 19 181 20 182 1274 1103 13 182 17 180 16*181 1103 1006 11 182 14 180 9*178 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