DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.1 - - 22.8 - - 18.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 13 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 981 - - 1377 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 985 - - 985 - - 985 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1936 - - 2332 - - 1001 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 962 - - 1219 - - 1790 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 133 - - 107 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 233 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 338 - - 572 - - -365 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1598 - - 1760 - - 1366 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 176 - - 218 - - -1287 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1760 - - 2114 - - 2288 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.1 - - 22.8 - - 18.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.1 - - 19.1 - - 16.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 20.8 - - 22.7 - - 20.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.5 - - 18.6 - - 18.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 13 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 981 - - 1377 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 74 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] 96446 34 046 29 040 20 041 96446 89280 23 055 25 038 18 058 89280 83729 18 038 19 019 18 032 83729 79109 17 030 15 358 18 001 79109 75101 17 036 13 355 16 332 75101 71523 18 029 12 004 10 321 71523 68227 17 010 15 351 14 323 68227 65162 17 338 19 334 18 313 65162 62313 18 311 22 310 25 306 62313 59553 21 302 25 301 31 293 59553 56673 33 298 29 295 31 288 56673 53683 39 287 38 285 41 293 53683 50846 43 276 47 278 50 287 50846 48308 48 271 51 273 51 281 48308 46037 50 269 52 270 50 278 46037 43981 50 267 52 269 49 277 43981 42103 51 265 51 267 49 277 42103 40373 56 265 50 267 47 276 40373 38769 61 263 51 267 44 277 38769 37272 65 259 52 267 43 281 37272 35870 69 256 54 266 44 282 35870 34526 75 254 55 262 43 281 34526 33175 81 250 55 258 42 280 33175 31790 84 247 54 254 42 279 31790 30376 85 244 52 253 40 280 30376 28916 81 243 48 254 39 284 28916 27387 74 240 48 254 40 286 27387 25785 67 237 53 252 42 284 25785 24112 66 238 57 249 42 281 24112 22371 65 242 53 243 40 274 22371 20567 61 246 51 245 40 261 20567 18696 52 245 49 248 42 257 18696 16746 35 245 41 254 41 258 16746 14758 34 254 35 259 36 272 14758 12849 30 255 28 270 24 279 12849 11119 29 238 26 259 19 272 11119 9588 25 246 23 243 25 278 9588 8239 21 260 15 264 21 270 8239 7046 18 246 14 276 14 277 7046 5989 14 244 16 269 13 286 5989 5057 15 243 12 254 13 279 5057 4240 15 238 12 254 12 265 4240 3521 14 233 12 249 12 257 3521 2881 13 228 11*243 12 248 2881 2317 12*219 8*235 10 237 2317 1847 9*210 8 233 8 229 1847 1486 7 206 7 233 7 223 1486 1238 6 205 6 233 6 217 1238 1087 6 204 6 233 4 210 1087 1001 5 204 5 232 3*204 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