DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 72.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 235 - - 123 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5393 - - 5848 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4627 - - 4649 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6348 - - 6803 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1306 - - 1614 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 457 - - 390 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 310 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 452 - - -818 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5897 - - 7621 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3002 - - -4777 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9350 - - 11580 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 68 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 72.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.7 - - 42.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 71.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.4 - - 40.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 235 - - 123 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5393 - - 5848 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 98801 21 097 24 097 98801 91319 23 104 22 091 91319 85560 22 094 24 093 85560 80766 16 085 19 089 80766 76638 16 063 15 071 76638 72989 11 058 9 080 72989 69676 10 054 6 032 69676 66636 11 056 4 317 66636 63805 15 019 7 019 63805 61055 23 326 18 324 61055 58195 17 288 20 321 58195 55234 18 303 29 313 55234 52409 32 314 31 305 52409 49855 35 315 33 305 49855 47559 39 311 38 308 47559 45480 41 306 44 305 45480 43585 45 308 46 310 43585 41844 48 306 53 313 41844 40232 52 310 56 313 40232 38734 62 312 61 318 38734 37335 67 311 69 321 37335 35994 66 311 73 322 35994 34640 67 312 68 320 34640 33240 72 309 61 315 33240 31800 75 308 57 309 31800 30300 76 310 54 311 30300 28724 69 312 55 309 28724 27073 65 316 54 314 27073 25344 65 319 55 314 25344 23538 65 322 55 315 23538 21657 59 321 54 317 21657 19698 52 319 52 317 19698 17664 46 312 46 315 17664 15598 40 305 46 307 15598 13613 36 302 46 306 13613 11814 32 303 41 308 11814 10217 29 306 35 306 10217 8800 29 308 30 309 8800 7542 27 321 20*307 7542 6424 22*323 16*307 6424 5431 20*322 15 308 5431 4552 19 322 15 309 4552 3774 19 322 14 310 3774 3076 18 323 14 310 3076 2457 18 323 13 311 2457 1939 17 323 12 312 1939 1541 17 323 12 312 1541 1267 16 323 11 312 1267 1101 15 323 11 311 1101 1005 12 323 9 312 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