DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/11 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 - - - - - - 48.9 - - 51.0 - - 55.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 23 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 767 - - 605 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1722 - - 1560 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 473 - - 840 - - 1198 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 159 - - 103 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 23 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 143 - - 159 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 584 - - 423 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1139 - - 1137 - - 1005 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 262 - - 86 - - -6512 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1460 - - 1474 - - 7517 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 150 - - 290 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 51.0 - - 55.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.6 - - 49.5 - - 54.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.6 - - 50.9 - - 56.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.9 - - 49.2 - - 54.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 23 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 767 - - 605 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 96803 34 259 40 267 44 274 96803 89481 41 265 46 266 41 274 89481 83884 37 256 36 269 47 272 83884 79257 30 266 32 275 48 269 79257 75304 37 285 37 281 37 270 75304 71815 41 282 40 277 40 281 71815 68638 40 274 40 270 44 278 68638 65705 41 277 43 273 42 277 65705 62970 46 283 51 278 45 279 62970 60311 51 283 55 272 48 282 60311 57531 50 274 49 274 48 282 57531 54636 47 266 47 278 49 270 54636 51877 46 264 55 269 54 270 51877 49399 51 271 58 270 63 273 49399 47186 60 274 63 275 65 272 47186 45200 61 276 67 272 64 272 45200 43410 62 280 64 269 74 265 43410 41777 64 284 60 273 76 262 41777 40269 67 280 64 276 75 271 40269 38862 69 263 67 273 76 269 38862 37527 70 267 66 271 75 270 37527 36227 67 269 66 267 69 272 36227 34901 62 267 63 263 60 264 34901 33522 61 262 58 266 61 254 33522 32088 62 262 53 264 64 256 32088 30586 56 263 45 263 62 258 30586 29005 44 250 46 260 54 254 29005 27345 38 234 49 257 48 245 27345 25607 30 241 44 258 45 241 25607 23792 26 265 36 262 37 237 23792 21904 30 269 32 254 28 235 21904 19939 35 265 34 241 25 227 19939 17890 42 268 33 242 27 223 17890 15799 47 264 35 242 29 234 15799 13788 48 252 41 247 32 239 13788 11960 46 241 41 246 37 237 11960 10335 44 229 39 234 38 238 10335 8888 41 211 37 229 38 238 8888 7597 37 198 35 231 37 233 7597 6447 30 184 34 229 36 224 6447 5427 28 178 33 222 40 219 5427 4530 29 176 33 214 44 212 4530 3742 30 173 35 205 43 201 3742 3044 34 166 38 186 38 186 3044 2430 35 156 35 171 33 175 2430 1920 30*147 31*162 28 166 1920 1529 28*144 28*160 25 163 1529 1260 26 143 25 159 19 159 1260 1098 23 142 22 159 17*158 1098 1005 17 142 17 159 11*156 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