DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/07 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 13.8 - - 12.1 - - 11.8 - - 1.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 32 - - 9 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 903 - - 625 - - 845 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 985 - - 984 - - 984 - - 984 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1858 - - 1580 - - 1800 - - 1001 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 415 - - 499 - - 414 - - 601 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 46 - - 111 - - 81 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 13 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 008 - - 016 - - 012 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -102 - - -1088 - - -861 - - -1053 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1960 - - 2668 - - 2661 - - 2054 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13765 - - -15115 - - -14097 - - -16129 ODpotential blCL - - - 15623 - - 16695 - - 15897 - - 17130 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 72 - - 72 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 13.8 - - 12.1 - - 11.8 - - 1.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 9.2 - - 4.4 - - 4.1 - - -3.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 13.8 - - 11.9 - - 11.7 - - 4.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 8.9 - - 3.6 - - 3.3 - - -1.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 32 - - 9 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 903 - - 625 - - 845 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 64 - - 0 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96226 8 100 7 183 10 273 5 256 96226 88984 4 011 1 230 4 250 8 286 88984 83386 4 283 8 274 7 286 19 299 83386 78735 23 287 13 297 9 273 22 280 78735 74716 25 278 20 280 23 296 28 292 74716 71186 26 284 27 276 38 291 40 293 71186 68006 38 292 41 279 45 275 47 278 68006 65049 50 282 49 282 48 280 45 278 65049 62269 62 274 58 286 59 288 46 294 62269 59556 57 272 68 282 65 288 43 296 59556 56719 55 284 67 278 66 282 47 283 56719 53772 59 270 65 277 64 277 70 273 53772 50955 69 275 64 275 66 277 73 265 50955 48414 72 271 65 273 69 275 77 273 48414 46139 69 273 69 274 71 276 75 276 46139 44082 67 279 73 276 72 277 67 278 44082 42202 70 281 74 278 71 277 60 283 42202 40470 75 278 76 279 70 279 59 286 40470 38868 78 275 79 278 70 279 55 282 38868 37377 78 272 80 275 67 279 52 284 37377 35985 74 272 78 268 66 278 54 285 35985 34649 70 275 72 266 63 276 56 284 34649 33302 68 278 68 267 59 277 56 284 33302 31914 63 280 62 269 56 276 53 284 31914 30490 53 280 57 269 52 271 48 284 30490 29019 48 284 52 264 51 261 43 281 29019 27491 49 286 50 262 49 252 40 273 27491 25902 47 287 47 258 48 248 38 267 25902 24250 45 298 42 258 48 247 35 272 24250 22529 40 304 39 260 44 246 29 273 22529 20737 36 309 35 261 39 252 22 289 20737 18863 35 315 32 262 33 265 28 299 18863 16901 34 320 27 267 29 279 31 301 16901 14897 34 323 24 274 29 291 30 310 14897 12966 32 326 22 284 27 299 28 318 12966 11211 27 327 20 294 24 303 24 315 11211 9656 23 335 17 305 21 307 19 308 9656 8280 17 334 16 318 17 312 16 300 8280 7061 13 346 13 327 13 315 15 296 7061 5983 18 002 10 336 10 318 13 295 5983 5033 19 001 12 350 10 332 9 308 5033 4203 16 001 14 357 11 349 8 333 4203 3479 17 006 16 012 9 020 3 349 3479 2839 22 018 18 028 11 043 2 026 2839 2280 23*023 20 033 11 035 7 025 2280 1820 20*011 18*026 10*019 11 012 1820 1470 19 009 14*017 9*013 13 353 1470 1229 17 007 13 017 9 011 12 348 1229 1084 14 005 12 015 8 011 10*343 1084 1001 10 004 10 015 7 011 6*336 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