DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/06 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 - - - - - - 79.0 - - 81.7 - - 78.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 80 - - 63 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2082 - - 2392 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1489 - - 1521 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3037 - - 3347 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 982 - - 846 - - 3783 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 230 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 108 - - 114 - - 110 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 461 - - 271 - - -1957 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2576 - - 3077 - - 2963 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 29 - - -3511 - - -2797 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3008 - - 6858 - - 3803 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 95 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2030 - - 2070 - - 910 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 81.7 - - 78.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 71.2 - - 68.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.3 - - 81.2 - - 78.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.2 - - 70.5 - - 67.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 80 - - 63 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2082 - - 2392 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 79 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 15 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] 98878 4 243 3 168 5 148 98878 91463 7 209 9 216 8 262 91463 85740 8 148 12 217 8 264 85740 80987 9 089 4 115 4 178 80987 76892 10 066 7 089 10 102 76892 73282 7 086 9 089 10 071 73282 70020 6 087 5 062 7 020 70020 67015 8 050 2 054 7 017 67015 64239 9 061 3 114 4 015 64239 61568 3 054 4 064 2 262 61568 58801 5 343 7 302 4 359 58801 55943 19 323 9 308 18 334 55943 53251 42 291 44 289 39 297 53251 50843 31 286 37 284 31 308 50843 48655 22 309 27 318 37 321 48655 46653 38 314 38 314 52 316 46653 44815 47 305 54 301 61 311 44815 43116 49 304 55 299 58 306 43116 41543 51 301 49 295 54 288 41543 40073 48 297 51 287 52 283 40073 38684 46 291 51 285 46 283 38684 37335 41 289 45 283 40 284 37335 35957 38 288 39 281 39 277 35957 34521 36 291 36 285 38 276 34521 33028 35 294 34 292 37 276 33028 31464 26 294 34 300 33 274 31464 29817 16 280 31 290 30 275 29817 28089 20 277 26 280 29 278 28089 26280 21 277 20 278 28 275 26280 24392 16 275 18 274 25 267 24392 22434 11 258 20 255 20 251 22434 20408 8 221 19 240 18 197 20408 18317 5 255 13 232 20 157 18317 16195 8 276 4 254 13 158 16195 14148 5 239 6 308 5 201 14148 12277 9 154 5 297 4 171 12277 10608 12 163 1 283 4 161 10608 9122 13 164 2 141 3 140 9122 7797 11 171 1 146 2 137 7797 6619 3 190 1 151 2 174 6619 5577 3 239 2 105 3 197 5577 4662 3 186 5 117 2 204 4662 3857 7 117 10*120 1 157 3857 3137 8*108 10*115 1 123 3137 2499 9*107 10 115 2 115 2499 1967 8 108 10 114 2 111 1967 1557 8 108 9 114 2 109 1557 1275 7 108 9 113 2 107 1275 1104 7 108 8 113 2*106 1104 1006 6 108 7 113 1*110 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