DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 90.1 - - 86.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 29 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2286 - - 2631 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2024 - - 990 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3241 - - 3586 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1308 - - 1918 - - 5001 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 280 - - 211 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 32 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 10 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 128 - - 194 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -790 - - -1261 - - -2076 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4031 - - 4847 - - 3083 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3860 - - -4066 - - -3953 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7101 - - 7652 - - 4960 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 79 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3270 - - 3040 - - 4260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 90.1 - - 86.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 71.9 - - 75.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.3 - - 90.0 - - 87.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 70.7 - - 74.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 29 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2286 - - 2631 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 16 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 20 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] 98962 1 116 3 110 10 085 98962 91579 4 113 4 022 8 059 91579 85853 7 095 2 074 9 013 85853 81111 9 093 3 113 11 014 81111 77043 8 083 5 120 9 024 77043 73436 5 048 7 114 2 037 73436 70159 3 314 3 043 1 042 70159 67143 3 250 7 296 7 325 67143 64350 5 252 14 248 13 290 64350 61659 6 306 6 229 11 247 61659 58874 15 277 13 288 15 267 58874 56009 20 260 27 262 21 265 56009 53288 24 265 29 249 28 266 53288 50842 38 273 37 258 36 258 50842 48648 48 263 43 261 41 268 48648 46661 51 253 56 260 53 263 46661 44851 49 252 53 247 61 250 44851 43180 47 251 50 243 48 237 43180 41617 46 246 47 244 41 235 41617 40143 43 244 42 243 43 231 40143 38746 38 245 39 233 40 224 38746 37393 33 238 37 228 40 225 37393 36012 31 231 34 234 40 231 36012 34577 30 233 33 240 38 236 34577 33091 29 241 30 240 35 239 33091 31539 29 248 27 242 31 239 31539 29912 31 253 27 248 29 238 29912 28205 34 258 29 260 28 242 28205 26419 34 264 31 263 31 245 26419 24556 38 264 33 260 32 249 24556 22621 34 256 35 258 34 255 22621 20603 35 253 36 258 36 256 20603 18500 33 254 28 260 31 256 18500 16357 26 239 25 263 24 247 16357 14292 24 233 22 252 19 238 14292 12409 18 229 17 248 14 250 12409 10728 15 234 11 238 11 257 10728 9231 17 227 14 219 12 238 9231 7900 19 226 19 218 21 233 7900 6717 15 233 21 214 23 223 6717 5668 8 244 19 206 18 211 5668 4742 2 221 17 202 17 208 4742 3922 2*122 15*198 15 205 3922 3186 2*119 12*195 14 205 3186 2534 2 125 11 194 12 203 2534 1989 2 126 10 193 9 202 1989 1571 2 134 9 193 7 199 1571 1282 2 134 9 193 5 197 1282 1107 1 135 8 194 3 194 1107 1007 1 137 7 193 2*190 1007 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