DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 40.1 - - 40.6 - - 35.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 138 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2664 - - 2689 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2397 - - 2276 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3619 - - 3644 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 312 - - 275 - - 2191 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 316 - - 290 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 21 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 346 - - 341 - - 349 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 436 - - 208 - - -1776 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3183 - - 3437 - - 2779 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 646 - - 317 - - -8184 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2973 - - 3327 - - 9187 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 40.6 - - 35.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.9 - - 29.3 - - 27.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 39.8 - - 36.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.9 - - 29.2 - - 27.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 138 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2664 - - 2689 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96526 9 055 30 022 28 029 96526 89515 14 039 16 019 18 024 89515 84009 13 039 13 017 14 000 84009 79402 18 030 7 017 14 343 79402 75414 16 017 5 336 12 335 75414 71860 5 339 7 336 8 322 71860 68617 6 325 8 314 11 308 68617 65630 13 310 11 288 12 300 65630 62856 18 286 20 276 22 296 62856 60167 20 273 25 252 26 274 60167 57359 22 271 29 258 29 273 57359 54443 39 267 45 268 50 272 54443 51666 51 272 54 272 54 267 51666 49161 62 269 60 274 58 273 49161 46903 62 264 70 273 76 273 46903 44846 67 264 73 268 80 272 44846 42958 79 267 82 273 87 272 42958 41220 91 265 95 271 87 272 41220 39628 95 262 103 266 97 268 39628 38174 99 264 104 264 106 262 38174 36825 96 263 95 262 102 264 36825 35524 91 262 87 266 91 268 35524 34201 94 265 90 273 90 270 34201 32821 96 268 89 270 92 267 32821 31386 94 270 91 267 94 266 31386 29884 88 271 93 267 97 266 29884 28303 80 268 88 267 99 266 28303 26644 77 266 82 268 97 269 26644 24909 79 265 79 267 95 274 24909 23104 80 264 79 265 85 278 23104 21229 78 265 77 265 77 276 21229 19284 74 265 76 268 71 275 19284 17267 65 266 68 272 65 274 17267 15215 60 266 59 272 56 281 15215 13248 58 278 48 279 43 287 13248 11477 38 286 34 300 31 305 11477 9908 26 293 31 319 26 317 9908 8515 24 310 25 330 24 323 8515 7276 27 326 23 344 21 333 7276 6178 29 333 24 352 21 343 6178 5208 25 339 24 349 22 349 5208 4355 25*347 24*343 25 349 4355 3607 23*346 22*341 25 337 3607 2945 22 346 22 341 25 338 2945 2363 22 346 21 342 24 343 2363 1877 21 346 21 341 22 346 1877 1504 20 346 20 342 20 349 1504 1248 19 346 19 342 17 349 1248 1092 18 346 18 342 14*350 1092 1003 14 346 14 342 9*349 1003 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