DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 95.0 - - 98.3 - - 94.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 72 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3951 - - 5751 - - 32 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3272 - - 4097 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4768 - - 6568 - - 849 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3161 - - 3070 - - 9048 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 379 - - 335 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 24 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 250 - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -769 - - -393 - - -4987 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5537 - - 6962 - - 5837 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2524 - - -2317 - - -6902 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7292 - - 8885 - - 7751 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 77 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3480 - - 3050 - - 2970 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 95.0 - - 98.3 - - 94.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 70.3 - - 71.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 93.9 - - 97.9 - - 96.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.2 - - 69.4 - - 70.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 72 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3951 - - 5751 - - 32 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 10 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99630 41 090 33 106 29 086 99630 92060 29 097 25 095 29 071 92060 86251 22 104 23 092 24 083 86251 81444 22 099 20 094 20 088 81444 77299 22 098 16 101 15 080 77299 73637 20 090 16 097 12 088 73637 70332 18 060 18 091 10 104 70332 67296 11 029 20 064 10 101 67296 64490 5 033 13 023 7 041 64490 61798 3 297 10 321 12 332 61798 59012 8 336 13 337 4 319 59012 56129 19 318 23 300 18 329 56129 53398 30 323 26 316 32 320 53398 50965 44 322 47 317 43 316 50965 48785 48 320 55 314 54 316 48785 46799 57 321 58 312 59 308 46799 44963 62 321 59 318 55 307 44963 43249 66 321 62 323 58 314 43249 41641 70 323 67 324 65 316 41641 40129 76 324 76 323 72 316 40129 38702 83 323 82 321 77 316 38702 37325 85 321 84 319 78 317 37325 35927 83 324 84 318 78 317 35927 34479 78 324 80 320 76 315 34479 32984 71 322 76 324 74 313 32984 31425 62 319 68 318 70 315 31425 29790 54 317 62 310 66 314 29790 28079 45 310 51 308 59 310 28079 26294 43 307 48 306 51 306 26294 24434 43 308 45 306 46 304 24434 22501 41 309 43 312 45 307 22501 20490 34 309 40 313 46 312 20490 18395 30 306 34 309 43 314 18395 16260 29 301 27 305 40 310 16260 14200 26 295 28 303 39 299 14200 12320 22 293 29 300 36 293 12320 10645 27 291 27 293 29 293 10645 9154 28 277 25 283 26 295 9154 7822 28 271 25 273 27 296 7822 6630 27 263 26*255 27 295 6630 5570 24*252 26*253 26 294 5570 4632 22*243 25 252 26 293 4632 3801 20 236 25 251 26 292 3801 3056 19 235 24 250 25 292 3056 2396 18 232 24 250 24 290 2396 1844 17 232 23 249 23 289 1844 1420 16 230 22 249 20 287 1420 1128 15 230 21 249 16 284 1128 950 14 230 19 248 13*283 950 849 11 229 14 248 9*281 849 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