DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - - - - - 77.0 - - 78.2 - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 139 - - 64 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5266 - - 5108 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4129 - - 3521 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6083 - - 5925 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1491 - - 1951 - - 6931 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 387 - - 309 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 337 - - 319 - - 291 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 473 - - -3 - - -2995 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5610 - - 5928 - - 3843 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7385 - - -1194 - - -4251 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13468 - - 7119 - - 5099 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 79 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 20 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.0 - - 78.2 - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 55.2 - - 61.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.9 - - 77.6 - - 76.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 53.9 - - 60.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 139 - - 64 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5266 - - 5108 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 15 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 12 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] 99452 26 096 22 094 20 084 99452 91967 24 089 20 082 21 093 91967 86172 18 094 20 070 16 086 86172 81357 14 097 11 089 12 068 81357 77195 10 116 5 134 6 056 77195 73505 4 105 6 147 3 080 73505 70168 4 190 9 146 5 139 70168 67107 3 102 4 150 2 004 67107 64286 5 045 4 197 7 271 64286 61573 8 003 3 181 7 236 61573 58754 16 299 11 283 11 269 58754 55834 25 265 24 268 27 268 55834 53050 31 268 31 260 32 257 53050 50552 43 276 40 273 42 271 50552 48323 61 264 60 267 60 269 48323 46311 69 250 73 254 69 262 46311 44474 62 252 71 248 75 257 44474 42790 75 267 77 266 87 262 42790 41232 94 267 90 268 95 262 41232 39770 96 264 82 266 82 260 39770 38386 94 263 71 264 67 260 38386 37044 75 263 63 262 62 263 37044 35675 59 264 59 263 61 266 35675 34248 52 266 57 265 60 268 34248 32767 48 268 56 265 58 269 32767 31216 48 274 55 266 54 269 31216 29583 47 272 54 265 52 269 29583 27867 46 270 52 267 50 267 27867 26070 43 273 50 273 50 268 26070 24196 38 277 41 280 45 271 24196 22251 36 280 38 281 41 272 22251 20225 34 285 37 287 39 277 20225 18111 29 282 31 295 31 286 18111 15957 26 283 27 288 26 299 15957 13884 23 289 24 291 23 302 13884 12003 20 286 23 305 24 305 12003 10336 17 299 24 321 24 324 10336 8862 14 321 22 316 22 327 8862 7561 13 336 16 309 18 306 7561 6409 10*336 15*309 15 305 6409 5385 9*336 13*311 13 307 5385 4481 9 337 10 315 11 308 4481 3682 9 336 9 318 10 308 3682 2965 8 337 8 320 8 309 2965 2331 8 337 7 323 7 308 2331 1801 7 338 7 324 6 306 1801 1394 7 337 6 326 5 304 1394 1114 7 338 6 326 4 302 1114 945 6 338 6 327 3*298 945 848 5 338 5 327 2*291 848 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