DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 69.0 - - 64.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -24 - - 40 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 50 - - 1511 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1005 - - 2466 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2607 - - 1210 - - 1853 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 30 - - 177 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 021 - - 337 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1326 - - -434 - - -876 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2331 - - 2900 - - 1881 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8100 - - -8240 - - -7311 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9105 - - 10706 - - 8316 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 20 - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 69.0 - - 64.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 59.8 - - 59.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.7 - - 68.7 - - 65.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.2 - - 58.4 - - 58.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -24 - - 40 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 50 - - 1511 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 101 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 11 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] 98954 12 126 15 120 11 083 98954 91603 8 138 12 137 13 095 91603 85887 9 160 8 171 7 121 85887 81137 13 167 9 197 8 183 81137 77039 11 191 8 205 12 181 77039 73399 12 205 10 193 12 195 73399 70080 16 219 12 215 13 227 70080 67027 18 212 22 211 20 234 67027 64216 16 204 18 205 16 237 64216 61516 21 224 24 241 19 239 61516 58730 30 231 30 237 25 240 58730 55872 37 237 38 239 34 254 55872 53176 44 237 46 237 49 251 53176 50776 51 244 52 244 56 248 50776 48637 55 249 57 250 61 249 48637 46692 57 248 62 246 68 243 46692 44892 60 242 64 234 68 240 44892 43212 62 246 65 250 64 256 43212 41643 72 257 76 261 68 258 41643 40167 77 257 73 251 70 246 40167 38765 74 247 71 242 73 243 38765 37398 72 241 69 243 74 246 37398 36005 72 240 69 246 71 248 36005 34555 70 238 69 243 64 243 34555 33055 67 236 68 239 66 240 33055 31487 65 235 62 239 65 238 31487 29835 60 234 51 238 60 237 29835 28102 55 231 41 236 56 239 28102 26291 55 238 40 247 50 247 26291 24405 51 246 42 256 30 244 24405 22446 46 258 44 257 25 244 22446 20408 42 269 45 257 28 254 20408 18288 38 262 46 252 29 263 18288 16130 34 255 42 247 30 263 16130 14054 31 251 37 242 33 249 14054 12170 32 246 32 236 34 236 12170 10497 35 243 26 241 30 228 10497 9012 35 245 22 256 23 229 9012 7691 33 252 16 277 16 216 7691 6519 27 264 11 289 9 233 6519 5484 19 280 5 293 6 267 5484 4575 10 310 1 299 4 309 4575 3777 11 009 1 331 5 341 3777 3071 12 021 4*341 8 001 3071 2451 11 021 8*340 14 006 2451 1935 11 020 8 338 15 005 1935 1538 10 019 8 337 13 004 1538 1265 10 020 7 336 11 001 1265 1100 8 020 7 335 9 360 1100 1005 6*021 6 336 5*355 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