DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 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 - - - - - - 70.9 - - 73.9 - - 73.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 431 - - 279 - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3787 - - 5183 - - 4700 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3585 - - 4502 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4742 - - 6138 - - 5655 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1865 - - 1502 - - 2348 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 481 - - 463 - - 202 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 10 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 296 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - -3 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -824 - - -829 - - -2637 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5566 - - 6967 - - 8293 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2714 - - -3529 - - -6761 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7456 - - 9667 - - 12416 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 78 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.9 - - 73.9 - - 73.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.9 - - 46.7 - - 40.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.6 - - 72.0 - - 73.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.2 - - 45.9 - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 431 - - 279 - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3787 - - 5183 - - 4700 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 12 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 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] 98492 17 127 9 182 5 061 98492 90991 6 078 5 122 5 101 90991 85245 7 084 5 096 7 122 85245 80493 7 095 7 126 4 098 80493 76401 11 146 4 146 1 001 76401 72794 6 174 0 008 2 174 72794 69519 6 189 8 287 1 293 69519 66489 10 199 12 236 10 277 66489 63667 11 175 13 187 10 235 63667 60924 10 218 10 197 10 241 60924 58065 18 225 12 224 16 237 58065 55099 22 232 21 233 16 236 55099 52263 27 235 29 237 24 247 52263 49729 31 239 29 237 23 239 49729 47476 36 233 30 237 25 243 47476 45446 44 235 48 232 46 238 45446 43610 60 220 64 214 65 223 43610 41934 59 209 70 203 64 208 41934 40373 49 211 69 198 61 207 40373 38909 46 219 58 214 61 214 38909 37534 53 232 58 222 61 217 37534 36214 65 235 66 226 65 219 36214 34879 73 232 67 225 71 220 34879 33491 74 228 68 219 73 221 33491 32050 67 229 67 215 70 222 32050 30541 58 224 59 219 66 220 30541 28952 58 230 53 221 63 221 28952 27283 46 217 51 220 57 226 27283 25539 45 208 54 224 52 229 25539 23721 42 212 52 219 49 228 23721 21832 39 221 51 219 43 226 21832 19866 37 222 45 221 39 226 19866 17818 39 224 40 224 38 238 17818 15737 34 229 29 238 33 260 15737 13738 31 236 27 259 22 278 13738 11919 29 241 28 263 21 270 11919 10302 16 241 20 255 20 282 10302 8868 15 273 14 252 22 307 8868 7595 15 287 11 287 19 315 7595 6464 14 299 10*297 12*316 6464 5461 13*297 10*299 10*313 5461 4574 13*293 10 299 10 313 4574 3790 14 291 11 298 10 311 3790 3086 14 290 11 296 9 309 3086 2464 14 290 11 296 9 309 2464 1943 14 289 10 294 9 308 1943 1543 14 289 10 294 9 307 1543 1268 14 289 10 293 8 307 1268 1101 13 289 9 293 8 307 1101 1005 12 288 9 293 7 307 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