DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 Beloit_WI 817ft pt38417@42.519,-89.104,854ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.4 - - 69.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 53 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1956 - - 2533 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 1387 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2773 - - 3350 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2359 - - 2266 - - 6574 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 189 - - 229 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 204 - - 220 - - 216 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 790 - - 1076 - - -1143 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1983 - - 2274 - - 1990 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 115 - - 273 - - -2182 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2658 - - 3077 - - 3029 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1090 - - 1170 - - 1750 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.4 - - 69.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.6 - - 61.9 - - 63.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.5 - - 68.8 - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 60.7 - - 62.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 53 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1956 - - 2533 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 88 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 13 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] 98557 27 072 16 096 21 070 98557 91144 25 095 18 096 22 078 91144 85434 16 114 19 112 16 079 85434 80672 11 118 13 104 14 088 80672 76569 7 132 6 125 7 120 76569 72943 8 166 5 137 8 156 72943 69656 9 178 5 253 8 243 69656 66628 7 209 9 211 11 240 66628 63799 15 269 10 202 15 261 63799 61049 30 262 29 250 27 241 61049 58175 32 249 31 234 28 232 58175 55171 32 251 27 247 33 247 55171 52290 35 253 36 255 38 254 52290 49699 37 253 43 254 40 254 49699 47384 40 252 50 254 44 258 47384 45291 44 247 53 248 51 249 45291 43391 49 242 50 244 52 242 43391 41656 54 221 47 235 57 244 41656 40053 39 221 51 238 63 244 40053 38570 47 251 63 243 72 251 38570 37199 77 254 84 247 87 248 37199 35890 84 247 93 245 99 243 35890 34561 79 241 88 245 98 240 34561 33176 76 234 83 248 96 245 33176 31740 72 230 71 240 80 246 31740 30242 72 231 70 234 58 240 30242 28672 71 239 67 237 51 230 28672 27029 56 251 59 242 48 233 27029 25312 42 238 49 242 38 245 25312 23519 45 231 38 244 33 254 23519 21651 49 232 37 248 32 254 21651 19706 41 248 35 257 28 251 19706 17680 37 245 31 259 29 256 17680 15609 34 246 27 249 26 263 15609 13609 30 244 27 249 23 264 13609 11788 25 241 24 249 24 268 11788 10171 23 240 22 240 22 268 10171 8736 25 245 20 236 22 253 8736 7463 21 240 15 240 20 262 7463 6330 20 230 14 237 18 267 6330 5324 20 216 16 229 17 265 5324 4434 20 210 17 227 16 261 4434 3646 19 208 17*226 15 258 3646 2939 19*207 16*224 14 254 2939 2313 17*205 14 221 13 248 2313 1790 16 204 13 219 12 239 1790 1388 15 203 13 218 10 232 1388 1111 14 203 12 217 9 226 1111 943 13 202 11 217 7*222 943 847 10 202 9 217 5*216 847 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