DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 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 - - - - - - 29.1 - - 29.8 - - 26.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 17 - - 9 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 484 - - 355 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 986 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1439 - - 1310 - - 1002 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1288 - - 1984 - - 2203 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 84 - - 61 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 085 - - 046 - - 340 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 154 - - 112 - - -49 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1285 - - 1198 - - 1051 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -49 - - -134 - - -701 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1488 - - 1444 - - 1703 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.1 - - 29.8 - - 26.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.2 - - 28.2 - - 26.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.9 - - 29.7 - - 28.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.0 - - 28.0 - - 26.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 17 - - 9 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 484 - - 355 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 94 - - 99 - - 94 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] 96299 64 049 57 055 66 053 96299 89181 37 044 40 052 43 053 89181 83613 23 046 27 044 25 053 83613 78961 14 038 23 010 17 019 78961 74939 14 007 14 358 12 349 74939 71358 15 335 12 357 10 343 71358 68086 18 301 21 308 21 313 68086 65072 18 280 29 284 25 297 65072 62267 24 271 32 263 28 298 62267 59538 27 268 31 265 38 298 59538 56684 33 281 34 276 50 292 56684 53713 45 278 46 279 59 278 53713 50876 54 268 48 276 59 264 50876 48330 53 264 53 276 51 255 48330 46051 49 263 56 271 45 264 46051 43984 48 261 56 264 47 271 43984 42095 47 259 52 261 51 276 42095 40359 47 256 51 269 62 274 40359 38758 50 262 60 275 71 270 38758 37275 55 263 64 272 78 266 37275 35890 55 256 58 264 79 264 35890 34560 57 250 51 259 77 265 34560 33221 69 221 44 248 74 268 33221 31846 64 215 43 226 70 268 31846 30441 59 211 45 209 62 266 30441 28985 57 208 47 196 60 268 28985 27459 53 207 43 199 64 268 27459 25861 49 207 42 202 63 267 25861 24189 43 211 24 204 54 264 24189 22449 39 217 22 227 42 258 22449 20649 32 223 25 237 32 250 20649 18782 24 230 24 232 29 244 18782 16838 17 241 20 233 25 244 16838 14852 16 254 15 249 29 254 14852 12937 13 239 11 255 32 253 12937 11199 12 180 6 196 23 252 11199 9661 17 129 9 106 18 241 9661 8298 14 091 9 057 7 230 8298 7094 9 085 10 345 11 349 7094 6033 4 125 10 319 17 341 6033 5100 11 179 2 311 15 333 5100 4279 18 166 8 104 14 350 4279 3556 19 145 13 089 17 002 3556 2909 21 119 17 071 20 002 2909 2337 21 103 17 060 23 359 2337 1860 18 091 17 057 23 352 1860 1494 17*089 14*051 21 347 1494 1242 15*086 13*048 18 343 1242 1090 13 085 11 046 15 342 1090 1002 10 084 9 044 10*340 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