DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/10 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 45.9 - - 54.9 - - 55.6 - - 51.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 57 - - 71 - - -15 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 655 - - 1484 - - 189 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 988 - - 988 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1610 - - 2439 - - 1144 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 416 - - 342 - - 1538 - - 1582 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 141 - - 203 - - 44 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 15 - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 051 - - 069 - - 028 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -327 - - -407 - - -1315 - - -365 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1938 - - 2846 - - 2459 - - 1369 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10509 - - -9264 - - -9536 - - -9265 ODpotential blCL - - - 12119 - - 11703 - - 10680 - - 10269 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 1150 - - 480 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.9 - - 54.9 - - 55.6 - - 51.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.9 - - 45.7 - - 48.1 - - 49.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.6 - - 54.5 - - 56.0 - - 52.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.0 - - 44.4 - - 47.0 - - 48.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 57 - - 71 - - -15 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 655 - - 1484 - - 189 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 38 - - 100 - - 101 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96459 3 309 7 284 6 264 17 264 96459 89334 1 196 8 286 4 336 4 304 89334 83798 12 199 8 236 6 311 5 240 83798 79204 10 151 7 196 14 234 14 249 79204 75251 10 268 14 229 18 218 14 255 75251 71746 14 249 22 242 21 263 26 260 71746 68559 27 250 31 252 29 248 29 257 68559 65618 37 256 41 263 38 253 34 245 65618 62891 44 249 47 250 43 257 34 248 62891 60238 50 248 50 251 52 253 44 258 60238 57447 56 252 54 257 56 250 53 259 57447 54530 60 256 59 259 58 253 64 255 54530 51738 62 258 62 255 63 253 68 250 51738 49229 64 256 63 256 69 256 69 251 49229 46981 73 251 73 253 83 251 79 252 46981 44943 78 245 78 248 87 251 93 248 44943 43087 73 252 88 252 100 247 102 242 43087 41389 96 261 93 252 96 246 99 238 41389 39826 110 254 98 254 98 251 94 243 39826 38377 101 252 102 250 106 252 98 248 38377 37019 86 255 97 245 103 244 100 247 37019 35710 79 254 91 246 98 243 100 243 35710 34382 72 256 88 248 96 242 99 240 34382 33005 73 260 82 245 91 241 97 239 33005 31582 73 257 79 241 85 240 92 239 31582 30098 72 252 76 243 80 237 85 240 30098 28544 67 250 71 246 78 239 78 243 28544 26917 59 248 66 248 70 245 70 247 26917 25215 56 246 63 246 60 245 63 245 25215 23439 56 246 62 245 59 239 67 243 23439 21592 54 243 61 246 57 240 68 242 21592 19668 50 239 56 247 49 240 61 240 19668 17661 44 238 52 245 44 241 52 241 17661 15610 33 236 47 238 41 237 48 240 15610 13628 28 219 40 232 35 236 40 244 13628 11818 24 202 32 229 29 238 38 244 11818 10202 26 200 24 220 25 233 33 243 10202 8764 28 205 20 222 20 224 28 237 8764 7488 31 194 18 213 20 220 28 230 7488 6359 32 185 22 195 25 214 31 221 6359 5363 31 188 22 186 25 205 24 219 5363 4484 26 200 8 172 21 198 16 226 4484 3709 13 210 14 122 17 189 8 223 3709 3019 11 079 18*106 12 121 8 066 3019 2412 22 065 17*078 15 081 18 044 2412 1910 22*056 16 069 15 064 19 033 1910 1523 19*052 15 067 14 047 18 027 1523 1258 18 051 14 065 12*036 16 023 1258 1096 16 050 13 064 11*031 14*021 1096 1004 13 050 11 063 8 027 10*017 1004 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