DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - - - - 5.4 - - 10.8 - - 8.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 248 - - 141 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2482 - - 2577 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2397 - - 2215 - - 984 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3437 - - 3532 - - 1001 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 441 - - 887 - - 2779 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 343 - - 289 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 301 - - 279 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1314 - - -2292 - - -3970 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4751 - - 5824 - - 4971 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11623 - - -11355 - - -13309 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15060 - - 14887 - - 14310 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 72 - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 5.4 - - 10.8 - - 8.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -11.7 - - -11.2 - - -9.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 4.2 - - 10.1 - - 9.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -12.3 - - -11.8 - - -10.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 248 - - 141 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2482 - - 2577 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 0 - - 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] 96018 17 336 13 339 11 315 96018 88948 15 300 8 304 14 292 88948 83427 17 289 17 306 19 306 83427 78794 19 276 20 293 19 292 78794 74755 21 286 24 295 27 307 74755 71133 31 278 36 285 28 280 71133 67818 37 269 33 288 35 310 67818 64766 37 279 45 299 42 294 64766 61931 44 277 49 286 38 283 61931 59162 42 275 43 282 43 287 59162 56252 48 279 52 282 52 280 56252 53211 56 276 58 278 54 278 53211 50301 59 280 64 284 67 290 50301 47711 66 284 73 287 79 289 47711 45420 73 286 80 285 77 285 45420 43357 79 285 79 282 74 286 43357 41472 81 284 76 280 74 290 41472 39734 80 282 74 281 77 293 39734 38124 79 282 74 285 81 294 38124 36624 79 283 75 287 84 293 36624 35222 79 285 77 290 87 292 35222 33877 80 288 80 293 88 291 33877 32523 84 289 84 293 86 291 32523 31133 88 288 86 292 86 293 31133 29715 90 285 86 293 89 295 29715 28257 88 284 86 296 91 296 28257 26747 85 284 86 301 93 299 26747 25182 82 286 85 305 95 301 25182 23557 79 289 82 305 98 302 23557 21867 76 291 80 302 99 302 21867 20112 72 293 79 298 95 303 20112 18286 68 296 75 299 86 303 18286 16385 64 298 73 302 79 300 16385 14448 61 301 69 302 73 298 14448 12581 57 306 62 301 65 297 12581 10889 52 309 52 302 55 296 10889 9391 45 310 45 302 47 297 9391 8064 40 308 39 299 41 299 8064 6890 36 307 35 297 36 300 6890 5855 32 310 30 296 32 300 5855 4946 28 312 27 292 30 296 4946 4152 25*309 23*283 28 290 4152 3456 18*300 19*279 23 275 3456 2834 18 300 19 278 21 276 2834 2284 18 300 18 279 20 276 2284 1826 17 301 18 279 18 276 1826 1474 16 301 17 279 16 275 1474 1232 15 301 16 279 13 273 1232 1085 15 301 15 279 10*270 1085 1001 13 301 13 279 6*267 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