DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 75.8 - - 78.2 - - 77.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 124 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3380 - - 5280 - - 254 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3052 - - 4215 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4335 - - 6235 - - 1209 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3148 - - 2017 - - 5889 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 378 - - 375 - - 54 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 308 - - 016 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -831 - - -670 - - -5490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5166 - - 6906 - - 6699 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2765 - - -4025 - - -8958 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7100 - - 10260 - - 10167 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 68 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 78.2 - - 77.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 51.4 - - 51.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.3 - - 77.3 - - 77.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 50.1 - - 50.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 124 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3380 - - 5280 - - 254 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 12 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98942 26 082 26 089 28 076 98942 91424 21 088 19 093 21 081 91424 85648 24 083 17 090 12 091 85648 80851 22 080 20 097 11 086 80851 76726 17 077 16 083 12 070 76726 73084 7 077 9 056 10 048 73084 69782 9 059 8 040 10 020 69782 66754 10 016 8 329 13 010 66754 63959 5 300 12 278 14 333 63959 61263 4 355 12 282 11 310 61263 58446 22 312 16 300 14 315 58446 55523 30 286 27 294 27 298 55523 52746 37 297 37 300 34 297 52746 50242 54 294 47 298 40 297 50242 47992 59 292 57 297 53 299 47992 45957 67 295 66 293 66 296 45957 44108 71 297 73 292 70 299 44108 42409 73 300 74 294 76 298 42409 40834 77 302 75 299 78 297 40834 39366 78 300 76 300 80 295 39366 37990 75 295 73 299 75 295 37990 36661 71 290 69 294 69 294 36661 35309 71 292 67 292 66 289 35309 33901 71 297 68 293 66 286 33901 32441 64 298 68 294 65 286 32441 30914 57 298 68 293 63 288 30914 29308 57 298 67 294 61 290 29308 27620 61 296 67 295 58 293 27620 25852 62 297 67 296 59 299 25852 24011 57 299 60 300 59 307 24011 22102 55 301 56 307 50 310 22102 20119 53 302 53 307 46 311 20119 18053 53 299 49 300 38 303 18053 15946 52 300 48 298 38 298 15946 13912 51 301 44 298 38 291 13912 12063 43 304 34 304 33 277 12063 10422 35 311 30 308 24 291 10422 8966 28 313 29 311 20 314 8966 7673 21 309 23 307 18 318 7673 6527 17 297 13*303 8 302 6527 5513 16 279 9*304 3 289 5513 4617 12*276 8 305 2 298 4617 3824 8*270 8 307 2 321 3824 3112 8 270 8 308 1 348 3112 2482 7 271 7 310 2 003 2482 1955 7 271 7 311 2 011 1955 1551 7 273 7 312 2 013 1551 1272 6 273 6 312 2*012 1272 1103 6 274 6 313 2*016 1103 1006 5 275 6 313 2 017 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