DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1559z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 56.1 - - 59.5 - - 64.8 - - 71.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -11 - - -1 - - 139 - - 85 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 27 - - 27 - - 1185 - - 1631 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit 827 - - 827 - - 1151 - - 1139 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top 844 - - 844 - - 2002 - - 2448 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1108 - - 1588 - - 502 - - 733 - - 1694 Hgt.Variab. W* 16 - - 22 - - 235 - - 227 - - 19 W* B/S 1 - - 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 9 - - 21 - - 22 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 042 - - 121 - - 137 - - 165 - - 173 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 11 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 6 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1180 - - -910 - - -121 - - 120 - - -737 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2024 - - 1755 - - 2123 - - 2328 - - 1582 sfcLCL ODpotential -9794 - - -8081 - - -7700 - - -5690 - - -2823 ODpotential blCL 10638 - - 8925 - - 9702 - - 8138 - - 3668 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 86 - - 87 - - 98 maxRH CAPE 170 - - 650 - - 480 - - 380 - - 1970 CAPE Temp@2m 56.1 - - 59.5 - - 64.8 - - 71.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 50.4 - - 54.8 - - 58.3 - - 64.3 - - 68.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.4 - - 59.5 - - 63.8 - - 71.3 - - 73.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 49.7 - - 54.2 - - 56.8 - - 63.2 - - 67.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -11 - - -1 - - 139 - - 85 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 27 - - 27 - - 1185 - - 1631 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 101 - - 43 - - 46 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 12 - - 15 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] 98333 27 081 22 100 22 094 19 106 23 093 98333 90877 28 076 23 100 23 107 19 094 19 091 90877 85161 22 078 23 087 23 110 16 090 17 083 85161 80429 20 082 18 081 18 099 13 099 16 079 80429 76348 16 071 14 075 15 090 13 102 12 069 76348 72746 11 074 10 068 13 074 11 097 7 071 72746 69496 10 094 8 088 10 063 7 085 8 080 69496 66511 7 086 7 083 6 071 5 080 4 087 66511 63738 5 087 6 140 3 228 3 287 5 148 63738 61044 2 055 10 143 13 208 13 242 8 237 61044 58239 6 258 7 155 16 200 23 222 22 232 58239 55351 25 287 11 244 18 207 28 219 30 231 55351 52633 33 259 25 254 22 248 24 240 32 247 52633 50210 32 234 37 257 25 252 26 259 37 262 50210 48035 33 261 56 271 44 267 51 266 50 258 48035 46063 52 271 67 262 68 262 65 256 58 258 46063 44255 74 265 72 248 79 257 71 253 68 254 44255 42578 79 257 65 250 75 245 71 249 71 243 42578 41016 73 253 60 248 66 230 71 237 78 240 41016 39552 68 251 64 236 60 223 69 227 79 236 39552 38167 65 250 61 232 59 226 63 223 74 227 38167 36825 61 251 55 239 57 231 55 225 71 223 36825 35456 59 253 49 247 54 236 58 236 71 226 35456 34034 53 254 48 252 52 243 57 239 67 226 34034 32560 44 257 49 254 49 248 57 241 65 231 32560 31019 36 257 48 258 49 253 61 245 68 241 31019 29400 35 264 49 264 51 256 65 250 74 248 29400 27704 44 265 52 268 48 256 64 251 73 252 27704 25934 59 264 49 267 44 256 57 257 66 257 25934 24093 67 265 53 266 47 255 50 259 59 260 24093 22181 69 259 65 257 53 249 45 260 51 259 22181 20188 74 251 65 252 60 244 42 261 45 253 20188 18108 70 254 65 251 62 243 40 260 41 248 18108 15983 56 260 61 250 52 247 45 256 37 245 15983 13927 52 246 49 253 39 261 45 258 38 248 13927 12057 48 229 37 281 39 272 34 246 37 242 12057 10396 41 222 25 276 35 265 28 242 28 219 10396 8920 34 219 24 243 25 254 28 244 29 238 8920 7609 25 213 30 240 19 236 28 237 36 250 7609 6443 15 205 30 244 20 224 30 227 32 249 6443 5409 9 222 31 238 25 220 35 219 31 240 5409 4495 6 250 24 191 27 213 35 213 34 224 4495 3687 3 275 23 166 26 202 33 206 35 215 3687 2965 5 098 19 152 26 175 29*188 30 213 2965 2328 16 086 19 135 27*151 26*169 22 203 2328 1798 19 066 19 125 24*139 24 165 16 191 1798 1391 17 060 17 123 23 137 22 163 14 186 1391 1112 13 051 15 122 21 137 20 162 11 180 1112 942 11*048 13*122 18 136 18 162 9 177 942 845 5*042 9*121 13 135 13 162 5*173 845 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