DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.6 - - 31.0 - - 30.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 226 - - 66 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1755 - - 1456 - - 140 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1851 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2710 - - 2411 - - 1095 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 832 - - 1139 - - 1213 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 189 - - 42 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 090 - - 085 - - 041 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -945 - - -1062 - - -1606 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3655 - - 3473 - - 2702 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13176 - - -12962 - - -11651 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15886 - - 15373 - - 12746 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.6 - - 31.0 - - 30.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.5 - - 19.8 - - 22.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 30.6 - - 30.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.3 - - 18.6 - - 21.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 226 - - 66 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1755 - - 1456 - - 140 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 75 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96505 14 128 6 156 3 060 96505 89266 13 123 5 179 5 017 89266 83648 4 165 5 203 2 221 83648 78966 4 270 5 276 8 292 78966 74924 14 277 15 277 16 292 74924 71349 18 259 26 266 28 279 71349 68126 19 268 23 266 29 269 68126 65168 31 294 30 301 31 284 65168 62418 37 296 41 294 39 289 62418 59750 41 295 44 293 47 293 59750 56957 45 297 49 297 54 294 56957 54050 51 298 56 294 59 293 54050 51270 58 298 59 293 65 298 51270 48766 62 295 66 296 75 299 48766 46528 66 295 72 295 81 297 46528 44507 68 296 74 293 82 294 44507 42665 70 294 77 293 81 294 42665 40973 74 289 77 293 78 295 40973 39417 76 283 75 289 73 296 39417 37985 67 285 72 284 68 291 37985 36658 66 287 67 289 63 282 36658 35379 66 283 68 291 58 279 35379 34074 65 281 70 285 58 277 34074 32713 66 283 70 282 59 277 32713 31301 68 286 69 282 63 281 31301 29825 69 287 66 280 64 281 29825 28270 69 286 66 276 59 280 28270 26637 69 282 65 277 55 281 26637 24926 69 277 62 278 53 283 24926 23140 67 277 59 278 49 281 23140 21281 65 281 55 273 46 275 21281 19342 61 283 52 273 44 278 19342 17319 60 286 49 275 41 283 17319 15253 59 288 44 278 40 283 15253 13271 54 278 40 285 34 283 13271 11474 46 262 44 283 33 298 11474 9879 35 264 40 270 31 292 9879 8465 24 303 31 264 22 299 8465 7215 19 325 18 278 12 319 7215 6113 13 335 10 350 7 061 6113 5149 8 023 12 042 10 099 5149 4311 16 089 12 097 18 138 4311 3579 20 099 16 117 16 137 3579 2924 16*101 15*115 14 129 2924 2345 12*093 13*099 12 107 2345 1864 12 091 12 086 11 080 1864 1496 11 089 11 081 10 056 1496 1244 11 087 10 079 9*046 1244 1090 10 086 9 077 8*043 1090 1002 9 086 8 076 6 040 1002 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