DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.1 - - 73.8 - - 72.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 97 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1060 - - 1639 - - 1133 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 1360 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2015 - - 2594 - - 2088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 985 - - 1750 - - 1987 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 130 - - 231 - - 119 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 8 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 143 - - 094 - - 033 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 548 - - 632 - - 421 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1467 - - 1962 - - 1667 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -41 - - -68 - - -509 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2056 - - 2662 - - 2597 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 580 - - 1560 - - 1590 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.1 - - 73.8 - - 72.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.7 - - 68.2 - - 68.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.0 - - 73.1 - - 72.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.1 - - 67.3 - - 67.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 97 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1060 - - 1639 - - 1133 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 92 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 15 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] 98622 10 145 14 084 11 077 98622 91144 14 080 14 131 10 070 91144 85394 16 092 14 125 7 091 85394 80606 15 088 14 085 10 082 80606 76482 14 076 12 082 13 064 76482 72872 15 064 11 067 13 057 72872 69632 15 054 11 048 11 044 69632 66654 13 042 9 054 7 017 66654 63884 9 024 9 027 9 015 63884 61199 10 354 10 343 12 350 61199 58406 13 328 10 328 12 332 58406 55512 15 310 15 327 16 314 55512 52745 20 265 22 299 19 299 52745 50258 12 269 18 281 21 295 50258 48031 19 282 18 298 24 279 48031 46016 29 244 28 258 25 251 46016 44178 28 216 29 228 18 247 44178 42487 22 199 20 213 32 239 42487 40920 24 206 31 236 31 228 40920 39451 31 205 34 225 38 234 39451 38065 36 198 31 215 42 235 38065 36722 33 187 35 200 43 239 36722 35357 30 182 40 195 40 241 35357 33942 30 194 38 198 38 241 33942 32478 28 203 33 204 37 240 32478 30949 30 210 30 209 36 240 30949 29344 27 211 28 207 34 242 29344 27662 23 213 26 204 34 247 27662 25905 20 211 22 205 33 249 25905 24073 16 217 20 232 32 254 24073 22167 16 234 21 255 32 261 22167 20182 18 243 23 261 30 264 20182 18121 19 244 23 269 30 275 18121 16024 19 246 29 260 29 282 16024 13998 19 259 27 268 28 284 13998 12146 19 270 26 275 26 288 12146 10494 20 264 22 272 23 291 10494 9027 21 256 17 251 21 289 9027 7721 22 252 16 243 19 301 7721 6559 20 252 16 240 13 305 6559 5531 16 243 14 236 10 257 5531 4627 16 208 11 230 9 241 4627 3829 16 198 7 220 6 245 3829 3115 14 191 4*194 3 268 3115 2483 12*172 4*124 3*003 2483 1956 10*147 6 093 7*032 1956 1551 9 143 6 091 7 034 1551 1272 8 141 6 088 7 033 1272 1103 8 140 6 086 7 034 1103 1006 6 140 5 086 6 034 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