DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.5 - - 73.6 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 378 - - 276 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3739 - - 5122 - - 3005 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3503 - - 4449 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4694 - - 6077 - - 3960 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1252 - - 1240 - - 2109 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 458 - - 459 - - 124 W* B/S - - - - - - 53 - - 19 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 172 - - 214 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4549 - - -3421 - - -4674 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9243 - - 9498 - - 8634 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9795 - - -7528 - - -9451 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14489 - - 13605 - - 13411 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 55 - - 74 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.5 - - 73.6 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 35.4 - - 37.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.4 - - 71.7 - - 72.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.4 - - 34.3 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 378 - - 276 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3739 - - 5122 - - 3005 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 98111 12 188 11 238 4 216 98111 90660 12 168 12 216 6 262 90660 84945 11 135 6 185 9 248 84945 80201 2 251 8 088 5 186 80201 76102 5 187 8 205 5 347 76102 72476 9 315 6 177 10 232 72476 69182 9 265 7 326 2 021 69182 66153 8 207 10 280 10 313 66153 63353 9 315 8 301 11 296 63353 60648 20 294 19 295 20 305 60648 57832 24 289 26 287 29 296 57832 54903 30 288 32 291 29 293 54903 52106 37 292 36 296 39 299 52106 49598 40 296 46 297 48 295 49598 47358 44 306 47 293 49 293 47358 45328 49 311 46 304 52 299 45328 43478 55 318 55 308 55 300 43478 41798 65 317 64 307 58 305 41798 40264 68 312 69 305 64 307 40264 38843 61 311 67 305 65 306 38843 37504 57 313 62 308 63 307 37504 36207 58 312 59 311 61 309 36207 34883 58 313 58 311 60 306 34883 33503 56 319 57 308 60 299 33503 32072 57 327 55 305 61 295 32072 30573 56 329 53 308 57 295 30573 28994 52 327 53 313 52 300 28994 27337 51 322 53 315 49 306 27337 25600 48 320 48 316 41 310 25600 23787 47 317 44 322 37 319 23787 21901 52 319 45 327 35 322 21901 19934 47 326 42 324 32 331 19934 17883 36 327 39 324 34 321 17883 15797 31 327 34 320 37 309 15797 13787 30 323 29 317 27 304 13787 11960 28 307 27 307 25 308 11960 10338 29 293 32 296 30 300 10338 8894 31 288 32 291 33 283 8894 7608 26 293 23 286 29 273 7608 6465 20 299 8*263 21 264 6465 5456 14*298 5*229 13 238 5456 4568 3*265 5 222 11*200 4568 3783 1 196 5 216 12*188 3783 3081 2 170 4 212 12 185 3081 2460 2 159 4 208 11 183 2460 1941 2 150 4 206 11 181 1941 1542 2 147 4 204 11 180 1542 1268 2 147 4 203 10 179 1268 1101 2 145 4 202 10 178 1101 1005 2 141 3 202 8 178 1005 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