DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - 79.6 - - 77.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 176 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5634 - - 5642 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4696 - - 4502 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6451 - - 6459 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 630 - - 1088 - - 6093 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 470 - - 416 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 197 - - 188 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -269 - - -2176 - - -6045 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6720 - - 8635 - - 6892 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7325 - - -11897 - - -12832 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13776 - - 18356 - - 13679 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 70 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.0 - - 79.6 - - 77.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.5 - - 44.7 - - 50.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 78.4 - - 78.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.4 - - 43.5 - - 49.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 176 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5634 - - 5642 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99680 41 092 38 098 28 084 99680 92142 30 094 27 086 28 078 92142 86331 21 093 24 080 24 072 86331 81515 22 084 21 081 19 070 81515 77374 24 073 18 083 18 073 77374 73725 19 065 15 097 15 087 73725 70421 12 057 17 072 16 094 70421 67380 6 037 11 037 15 057 67380 64568 5 011 5 006 9 016 64568 61863 7 354 6 318 10 315 61863 59059 12 305 9 282 13 297 59059 56166 17 305 20 289 23 297 56166 53428 25 301 28 296 31 298 53428 50975 37 299 40 300 41 295 50975 48778 44 293 44 291 45 289 48778 46776 42 293 44 291 47 286 46776 44929 55 308 55 300 56 297 44929 43211 69 308 68 300 67 298 43211 41606 68 305 66 297 65 295 41606 40101 60 301 59 294 57 294 40101 38687 57 297 55 294 54 291 38687 37325 49 296 52 297 49 288 37325 35939 44 296 48 299 42 285 35939 34495 37 292 44 304 37 290 34495 32996 38 290 43 311 35 295 32996 31427 38 294 38 319 33 301 31427 29777 39 291 32 317 30 300 29777 28046 38 288 32 300 30 296 28046 26233 37 289 36 297 32 298 26233 24339 33 294 37 301 33 304 24339 22371 31 303 32 312 33 314 22371 20323 27 309 26 319 26 321 20323 18186 22 311 22 317 20 310 18186 16010 19 304 18 299 16 303 16010 13920 19 310 16 287 13 294 13920 12025 19 308 15 294 11 296 12025 10344 19 299 15 306 11 311 10344 8856 17 285 12 301 11 313 8856 7544 8*273 8*232 9 277 7544 6389 7*181 8*204 7 218 6389 5369 7 179 8 201 8 208 5369 4469 8 179 9 199 8 202 4469 3672 8 179 9 197 8 198 3672 2958 8 179 9 196 8 194 2958 2326 8 179 8 194 8 193 2326 1798 7 180 8 193 8 191 1798 1393 7 179 8 192 7 190 1393 1114 7 179 8 192 7 189 1114 944 7 180 7 192 6 188 944 847 6 179 7 191 5*188 847 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