DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 86.7 - - 80.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 221 - - 133 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1679 - - 3869 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1802 - - 3145 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2634 - - 4824 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 595 - - 2564 - - 4670 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 296 - - 332 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 25 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 158 - - 212 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -11 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2758 - - -3967 - - -5860 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5392 - - 8791 - - 6866 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7187 - - -5988 - - -7914 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9821 - - 10812 - - 8920 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 90 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 780 - - 1670 - - 1740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 86.7 - - 80.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 51.4 - - 53.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 85.9 - - 82.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 50.8 - - 53.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 221 - - 133 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1679 - - 3869 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 6 - - 61 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 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] 96443 31 256 32 249 35 263 96443 89136 14 256 19 247 29 269 89136 83556 13 261 11 262 23 273 83556 78947 17 237 21 263 21 279 78947 74980 14 277 19 261 21 275 74980 71482 23 273 21 267 16 290 71482 68311 22 263 23 270 19 267 68311 65381 24 269 25 272 23 279 65381 62662 28 269 34 279 28 281 62662 60027 32 262 35 269 28 273 60027 57255 40 275 37 267 41 276 57255 54359 49 270 42 268 50 269 54359 51583 54 266 51 269 55 267 51583 49086 59 265 60 271 57 265 49086 46865 65 261 68 266 60 266 46865 44885 65 260 66 260 65 266 44885 43108 59 266 61 260 65 260 43108 41493 59 270 60 260 59 258 41493 39995 62 270 62 257 56 262 39995 38589 60 266 66 255 57 262 38589 37261 56 262 67 253 59 262 37261 35973 54 262 64 254 62 263 35973 34662 52 262 63 259 62 261 34662 33297 50 263 63 264 58 262 33297 31883 50 264 62 268 54 263 31883 30405 51 265 60 272 52 266 30405 28850 50 265 60 276 52 270 28850 27218 50 266 55 278 51 272 27218 25506 52 265 53 276 45 269 25506 23727 46 262 44 267 41 252 23727 21884 44 264 40 269 41 244 21884 19962 41 277 41 268 36 239 19962 17954 38 278 35 257 36 233 17954 15902 36 268 36 253 42 238 15902 13918 33 260 39 251 48 246 13918 12107 27 258 40 252 48 249 12107 10488 28 255 40 254 44 251 10488 9042 32 260 39 255 40 251 9042 7751 36 261 37 254 39 247 7751 6598 34 255 33 248 37 245 6598 5573 27 245 29*229 36 245 5573 4666 21 230 27*217 34 245 4666 3863 21 215 27 214 32 246 3863 3141 17*192 26 212 31 246 3141 2503 12*163 26 211 28 245 2503 1968 11 158 25 210 25 243 1968 1558 11 157 24 209 21 241 1558 1276 10 155 23 208 17 237 1276 1104 10 154 21 208 13*235 1104 1006 9 155 17 207 8*232 1006 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