DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 44.9 - - 42.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 25 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 941 - - 1017 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1896 - - 1972 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 405 - - 760 - - 1458 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 183 - - 123 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 113 - - 095 - - 131 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 361 - - 126 - - -322 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1535 - - 1846 - - 1325 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 146 - - -9147 - - -875 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1750 - - 11119 - - 1878 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 44.9 - - 42.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.6 - - 40.5 - - 40.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.9 - - 44.6 - - 43.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.9 - - 39.9 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 25 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 941 - - 1017 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96168 29 250 31 251 36 265 96168 89017 27 261 29 258 34 266 89017 83494 33 267 37 263 39 280 83494 78929 30 263 38 270 39 279 78929 75022 37 275 36 278 37 277 75022 71570 42 280 38 282 41 291 71570 68431 43 282 46 286 54 281 68431 65532 51 280 54 283 54 277 65532 62822 57 276 59 281 57 281 62822 60178 59 278 64 281 63 282 60178 57403 61 280 67 277 69 279 57403 54506 66 278 70 273 73 276 54506 51724 73 275 72 273 72 274 51724 49210 75 271 75 273 70 275 49210 46956 70 267 72 266 68 272 46956 44918 64 264 63 259 66 264 44918 43061 60 264 57 253 62 259 43061 41355 59 264 56 248 60 257 41355 39781 62 257 56 243 59 248 39781 38318 70 263 54 245 56 241 38318 36949 78 258 60 245 49 236 36949 35632 76 243 64 241 46 237 35632 34297 71 237 65 238 49 237 34297 32915 72 233 63 239 51 235 32915 31488 74 228 57 243 49 237 31488 30005 73 229 48 245 38 242 30005 28454 67 235 46 236 21 242 28454 26835 53 247 41 238 20 239 26835 25142 38 259 31 249 21 236 25142 23377 27 265 29 247 21 238 23377 21540 20 250 28 234 24 242 21540 19624 18 244 24 226 24 245 19624 17620 18 255 21 239 21 263 17620 15565 21 247 21 239 17 280 15565 13574 19 245 17 234 9 254 13574 11754 16 250 13 237 10 226 11754 10132 8 258 13 228 12 239 10132 8689 3 168 13 232 13 247 8689 7410 7 170 12 228 13 230 7410 6283 10 205 11 226 12 213 6283 5292 13 224 9 240 6 199 5292 4422 11 224 7 268 1 116 4422 3658 9 200 4 259 4 085 3658 2979 9 164 3 159 10 119 2979 2384 8*146 3*104 12 121 2384 1890 5*126 3*097 9 125 1890 1512 4 110 3 094 8 127 1512 1252 3 109 3 094 7 128 1252 1094 3 107 3 095 6 129 1094 1003 3 104 3 093 4*131 1003 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