DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 77.9 - - 74.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 59 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1830 - - 4557 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1653 - - 3036 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2647 - - 5374 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1910 - - 2001 - - 6637 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 276 - - 288 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 15 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 053 - - 000 - - 059 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -233 - - 520 - - -2240 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2881 - - 4854 - - 3088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2082 - - -964 - - -3272 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4729 - - 6338 - - 4119 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 87 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 580 - - 150 - - 610 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 77.9 - - 74.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.4 - - 59.5 - - 63.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 77.3 - - 75.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 58.1 - - 62.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 59 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1830 - - 4557 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 60 - - 46 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 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] 99557 24 088 17 105 11 094 99557 92014 23 103 11 114 11 049 92014 86187 19 097 10 105 11 070 86187 81355 9 126 11 078 15 081 81355 77185 12 129 6 066 12 066 77185 73497 4 154 8 158 3 358 73497 70159 8 193 8 171 4 273 70159 67086 5 299 4 209 7 285 67086 64246 13 255 13 255 12 256 64246 61500 15 292 10 295 10 221 61500 58614 34 274 23 285 18 291 58614 55634 31 254 29 280 34 285 55634 52832 29 269 38 274 40 271 52832 50330 43 281 48 273 41 266 50330 48089 54 278 52 265 47 268 48089 46063 60 272 53 266 52 269 46063 44218 66 271 57 269 54 268 44218 42518 83 270 64 269 56 265 42518 40935 91 266 72 269 56 262 40935 39449 91 266 75 268 53 260 39449 38048 90 267 76 267 50 263 38048 36695 87 268 78 267 49 266 36695 35323 79 272 79 269 50 268 35323 33901 74 276 78 269 53 269 33901 32430 67 273 72 267 56 266 32430 30896 58 265 66 263 57 262 30896 29285 56 261 65 263 55 261 29285 27596 54 257 65 264 52 263 27596 25826 46 258 63 265 51 269 25826 23974 39 264 55 271 49 274 23974 22048 39 264 44 271 40 274 22048 20045 36 263 38 271 30 278 20045 17960 32 270 38 273 26 280 17960 15838 31 269 34 278 24 273 15838 13797 28 272 28 273 26 270 13797 11943 25 274 25 274 24 275 11943 10296 21 268 22 280 22 288 10296 8837 14 270 20 284 19 301 8837 7543 9 289 16 293 13 315 7543 6394 7 301 8*308 8 341 6394 5374 3 344 3*356 5 027 5374 4473 6 030 3 001 5 034 4473 3676 7 056 3 001 5 042 3676 2961 6*055 4 001 5 049 2961 2328 6*054 4 001 5 055 2328 1799 6 053 4 360 5 058 1799 1394 5 052 4 001 5 060 1394 1114 5 052 4 359 5 061 1114 944 4 052 3 359 4 062 944 847 4 051 3 360 3*059 847 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