DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/11 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 79.3 - - 75.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 44 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2963 - - 1062 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2436 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3780 - - 1879 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1297 - - 2876 - - 1481 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 160 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 350 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 237 - - -629 - - -118 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3543 - - 2508 - - 965 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2302 - - -1978 - - -1893 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6082 - - 3857 - - 2740 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 97 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1290 - - 1620 - - 2110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 79.3 - - 75.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.2 - - 70.7 - - 73.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.2 - - 78.8 - - 74.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.9 - - 69.8 - - 72.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 44 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2963 - - 1062 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 89 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 18 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] 99341 40 094 32 094 27 092 99341 91787 32 093 20 082 22 092 91787 85962 22 077 22 101 18 083 85962 81165 17 073 23 091 21 095 81165 77048 12 092 21 081 22 092 77048 73409 13 118 14 088 18 078 73409 70122 14 114 9 088 10 068 70122 67111 13 097 7 089 7 088 67111 64326 8 088 8 121 6 076 64326 61635 6 105 6 141 2 347 61635 58843 6 141 7 189 4 231 58843 55954 5 135 10 195 8 210 55954 53190 11 285 13 244 14 237 53190 50698 28 245 21 237 26 238 50698 48468 25 233 22 239 25 240 48468 46452 25 238 20 239 16 247 46452 44620 34 252 26 252 32 250 44620 42957 40 250 40 235 35 224 42957 41414 35 246 36 236 31 218 41414 39953 37 241 35 236 31 220 39953 38565 30 237 38 231 33 223 38565 37214 28 238 40 226 33 221 37214 35834 28 240 38 225 32 219 35834 34395 30 242 35 226 32 222 34395 32900 31 237 33 223 31 227 32900 31335 31 239 30 232 31 231 31335 29686 36 245 37 239 30 232 29686 27956 37 241 38 238 29 232 27956 26143 38 242 36 237 32 226 26143 24251 41 242 31 240 36 220 24251 22285 40 240 24 257 35 223 22285 20244 37 252 24 263 33 233 20244 18126 38 260 37 253 33 238 18126 15975 47 247 43 251 34 240 15975 13913 41 238 35 254 35 238 13913 12047 33 229 26 239 37 231 12047 10393 21 235 27 221 38 225 10393 8921 18 226 27 213 35 221 8921 7609 18 227 24 211 31 219 7609 6443 17 234 21 211 27 218 6443 5411 16 245 18 206 24 218 5411 4501 13*233 13 201 22 219 4501 3697 11*206 9 197 21 223 3697 2977 11 204 5 203 19 226 2977 2339 10 203 3*218 15 226 2339 1806 10 203 2*328 11 223 1806 1397 9 202 3 352 8 215 1397 1116 9 201 3 354 5 204 1116 945 8 201 3 355 4 201 945 847 7 201 3 355 4*200 847 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