DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/18 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1556z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 71.4 - - 69.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 18 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1741 - - 1083 - - 173 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1432 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2558 - - 1900 - - 990 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2183 - - 3009 - - 3401 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 247 - - 120 - - 46 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 078 - - 028 - - 018 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 248 - - 405 - - -27 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2310 - - 1495 - - 1017 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1072 - - -148 - - -531 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3630 - - 2048 - - 1521 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 570 - - 620 - - 590 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 71.4 - - 69.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.2 - - 67.2 - - 67.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 71.1 - - 69.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.6 - - 66.7 - - 67.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 18 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1741 - - 1083 - - 173 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 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] 99051 27 102 25 099 15 082 99051 91544 21 105 19 097 15 101 91544 85761 13 095 16 090 12 095 85761 80967 15 107 11 112 11 058 80967 76819 14 111 10 129 7 039 76819 73153 10 108 8 140 5 057 73153 69847 6 088 9 152 2 282 69847 66818 3 318 7 178 5 238 66818 64017 10 254 7 289 9 293 64017 61315 14 225 15 280 10 273 61315 58509 11 237 12 271 12 282 58509 55599 19 252 24 274 20 270 55599 52822 25 252 28 251 25 263 52822 50327 38 263 30 248 32 259 50327 48095 49 235 44 244 37 257 48095 46071 53 212 62 231 45 244 46071 44223 62 221 64 213 53 230 44223 42527 74 224 63 217 64 220 42527 40956 71 216 62 214 72 214 40956 39487 63 206 67 214 78 212 39487 38097 64 208 74 209 75 204 38097 36748 66 213 69 201 67 200 36748 35369 66 218 63 206 63 199 35369 33935 64 220 58 196 54 201 33935 32449 63 221 58 196 43 193 32449 30901 62 220 56 201 34 183 30901 29274 60 216 54 212 34 189 29274 27564 54 220 50 224 34 193 27564 25772 44 236 40 226 31 190 25772 23905 39 229 37 221 27 194 23905 21970 42 216 31 221 25 215 21970 19963 32 207 17 213 23 239 19963 17880 23 222 14 209 20 259 17880 15761 19 235 11 245 16 269 15761 13724 15 241 11 265 15 280 13724 11877 16 229 10 266 13 290 11877 10241 14 221 9 255 13 286 10241 8787 10 221 7 231 14 292 8787 7494 5 240 5 185 16 304 7494 6348 4 215 4 140 13 324 6348 5334 5 161 3 093 13 356 5334 4439 4 090 4 051 13 009 4439 3648 4 057 5 037 13 020 3648 2941 5*064 5 033 13 022 2941 2314 5*079 5*031 12 022 2314 1790 4 079 4*029 12 022 1790 1389 4 078 4 030 11 020 1389 1111 4 078 4 028 9*020 1111 943 4 075 4 027 8*018 943 847 3 076 3 025 6 018 847 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