DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - - - - 82.3 - - 85.0 - - 82.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 95 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3805 - - 4422 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3327 - - 3419 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4760 - - 5377 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 984 - - 1007 - - 5045 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 381 - - 326 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 168 - - 167 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 214 - - -309 - - -3813 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4546 - - 5687 - - 4819 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4531 - - -5099 - - -8766 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9291 - - 10476 - - 9772 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 69 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 250 - - 170 - - 230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 85.0 - - 82.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.5 - - 63.3 - - 64.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.1 - - 84.4 - - 83.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 62.1 - - 63.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 95 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3805 - - 4422 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 13 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] 99470 36 094 26 087 35 090 99470 92019 29 079 28 084 24 093 92019 86278 19 084 32 090 21 097 86278 81472 18 102 24 096 17 092 81472 77319 15 105 19 108 14 090 77319 73662 16 105 16 122 12 087 73662 70365 19 094 16 136 5 091 70365 67347 13 074 11 128 5 156 67347 64551 8 043 5 090 7 156 64551 61846 8 351 4 049 5 165 61846 59036 8 293 8 309 3 271 59036 56125 12 280 18 284 12 311 56125 53357 17 269 22 268 24 284 53357 50888 16 314 22 278 27 273 50888 48690 31 315 31 294 29 284 48690 46699 36 307 38 291 34 287 46699 44874 39 308 38 291 36 285 44874 43182 43 309 38 297 35 293 43182 41599 45 308 40 301 35 300 41599 40106 41 304 39 304 35 302 40106 38693 38 298 35 304 32 299 38693 37323 36 298 32 300 30 294 37323 35931 31 300 29 293 30 289 35931 34488 31 302 25 289 28 284 34488 32997 31 300 25 282 26 280 32997 31442 26 297 24 278 22 275 31442 29810 25 296 23 283 19 274 29810 28101 24 298 23 289 19 280 28101 26314 20 301 22 291 18 281 26314 24450 11 298 18 293 16 282 24450 22510 10 291 17 292 14 289 22510 20487 4 317 6 328 5 274 20487 18374 6 086 3 288 4 301 18374 16222 7 120 5 202 4 245 16222 14156 10 156 9 189 10 200 14156 12278 12 142 10 182 10 207 12278 10607 9 136 9 189 7 230 10607 9121 6 126 8 201 5 241 9121 7800 6 127 9 184 6 213 7800 6630 7 142 13 182 12 196 6630 5596 9*179 14*175 15 185 5596 4684 10*182 14*172 16 179 4684 3876 10 180 14 171 16 177 3876 3151 10 180 13 168 16 175 3151 2509 10 179 13 167 16 173 2509 1973 9 178 13 166 15 171 1973 1561 9 177 13 165 14 170 1561 1277 9 176 12 165 13 168 1277 1105 8 176 11 164 11 167 1105 1006 7 175 9 163 8*167 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