DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.3 - - 18.8 - - 12.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 28 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1544 - - 1937 - - 1887 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 985 - - 985 - - 984 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2499 - - 2892 - - 2842 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 562 - - 647 - - 896 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 160 - - 67 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 39 - - 40 - - 38 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 315 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 19 - - 25 - - 24 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1080 - - 1018 - - 743 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1419 - - 1874 - - 2099 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 452 - - 389 - - 109 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2047 - - 2503 - - 2733 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.3 - - 18.8 - - 12.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.7 - - 14.3 - - 7.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.0 - - 18.7 - - 12.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.8 - - 13.5 - - 6.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 28 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1544 - - 1937 - - 1887 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 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] 95599 24 338 29 324 28 344 95599 88733 26 315 23 311 32 318 88733 83400 29 317 21 306 27 320 83400 78925 20 303 23 306 26 314 78925 75009 17 313 23 291 26 305 75009 71501 19 297 17 296 26 295 71501 68295 22 306 29 293 25 297 68295 65341 40 281 41 283 39 280 65341 62598 39 265 35 257 42 260 62598 59926 39 259 36 271 33 260 59926 57103 51 270 52 279 42 270 57103 54134 62 260 63 265 54 266 54134 51282 75 250 65 254 64 255 51282 48721 73 242 65 247 66 251 48721 46431 67 240 70 240 64 251 46431 44347 68 246 71 239 63 251 44347 42432 85 248 74 242 70 250 42432 40663 102 246 81 244 74 253 40663 39023 105 240 90 244 85 253 39023 37496 106 237 100 240 96 248 37496 36069 106 237 106 235 94 237 36069 34696 111 238 104 233 80 231 34696 33302 120 238 99 232 65 234 33302 31864 130 236 93 233 68 239 31864 30390 134 233 91 235 74 240 30390 28869 131 231 97 236 86 239 28869 27288 127 232 106 237 92 239 27288 25650 118 234 110 238 83 237 25650 23962 103 233 102 237 68 230 23962 22238 88 227 87 232 54 224 22238 20464 81 222 63 229 51 215 20464 18611 73 220 47 228 51 210 18611 16672 63 219 41 227 54 232 16672 14698 49 222 33 236 32 251 14698 12796 37 227 36 254 24 253 12796 11061 36 238 34 262 25 261 11061 9522 35 244 31 282 31 281 9522 8160 23 247 27 287 26 301 8160 6954 15 280 22 296 31 302 6954 5894 24 319 23 305 43 307 5894 4966 23 325 25 311 44 313 4966 4159 27 348 37 321 49 317 4159 3460 37 341 48*319 47*312 3460 2838 43*324 47*317 45*308 2838 2288 43*323 45 316 43 306 2288 1829 42 323 42 315 40 305 1829 1476 40 322 38 314 37 303 1476 1233 37 322 34 313 32 302 1233 1086 33 321 29 313 28 301 1086 1001 24 321 22 312 21 300 1001 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