DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/25 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.6 - - 70.6 - - 67.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 162 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2863 - - 4704 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2514 - - 3882 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3818 - - 5659 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1077 - - 1775 - - 7192 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 318 - - 380 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 103 - - 125 - - 121 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1934 - - -2360 - - -5370 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5752 - - 8019 - - 6375 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6609 - - -5687 - - -7084 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10427 - - 11346 - - 8089 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 74 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.6 - - 70.6 - - 67.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.9 - - 38.8 - - 43.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.6 - - 69.3 - - 69.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.7 - - 37.5 - - 42.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 162 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2863 - - 4704 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 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] 97186 28 235 31 254 20 239 97186 89825 22 240 25 255 21 256 89825 84196 14 249 19 243 20 268 84196 79543 11 249 13 236 15 260 79543 75533 7 242 9 255 10 270 75533 71980 2 292 7 231 12 283 71980 68758 9 328 1 135 10 266 68758 65788 13 284 7 311 9 270 65788 63023 11 252 14 276 16 274 63023 60327 12 281 14 280 14 271 60327 57489 19 275 19 288 12 297 57489 54517 27 252 25 264 22 293 54517 51672 24 245 25 255 28 275 51672 49123 19 251 30 259 30 267 49123 46847 31 254 30 254 35 267 46847 44792 29 258 31 262 34 261 44792 42925 36 266 35 267 33 269 42925 41216 41 263 43 265 39 276 41216 39641 42 265 42 260 44 275 39641 38185 46 268 39 262 43 271 38185 36833 46 259 41 262 40 267 36833 35541 40 256 40 248 41 263 35541 34241 41 257 33 234 46 249 34241 32898 43 252 30 242 44 236 32898 31506 40 254 35 262 45 234 31506 30043 37 255 44 267 43 237 30043 28500 34 254 41 265 40 241 28500 26878 31 252 38 266 35 242 26878 25178 28 246 30 261 29 241 25178 23400 24 245 30 256 24 227 23400 21552 22 243 24 228 26 202 21552 19637 20 231 24 203 34 191 19637 17641 21 212 26 192 32 199 17641 15598 21 207 27 192 30 197 15598 13624 21 198 30 190 31 198 13624 11828 24 181 30 194 27 204 11828 10232 27 179 25 200 20 200 10232 8815 24 181 19 204 14 191 8815 7553 20 182 16 196 11 166 7553 6431 15 189 8*158 11 138 6431 5434 11 177 7*126 12 132 5434 4554 9*128 7 124 12 128 4554 3774 8*104 7 123 12 126 3774 3075 8 102 6 124 13 124 3075 2455 7 103 6 125 13 123 2455 1938 7 102 5 126 13 123 1938 1540 6 102 5 127 12 122 1540 1266 6 101 5 128 11 121 1266 1100 6 103 5 127 10 121 1100 1005 5 103 4 127 7*121 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