DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.2 - - 92.1 - - 87.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 70 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4345 - - 4510 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3464 - - 3220 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5162 - - 5327 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3736 - - 3607 - - 6419 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 367 - - 311 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 221 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 339 - - -284 - - -3662 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4823 - - 5612 - - 4511 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -908 - - -1591 - - -5356 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6070 - - 6918 - - 6204 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 71 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2650 - - 2440 - - 2410 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.2 - - 92.1 - - 87.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 70.1 - - 70.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.3 - - 91.5 - - 89.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.4 - - 68.9 - - 69.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 70 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4345 - - 4510 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 16 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] 99570 29 099 21 079 31 075 99570 91985 25 097 20 098 20 080 91985 86159 24 102 23 105 19 088 86159 81341 18 099 22 105 20 084 81341 77200 13 089 18 089 21 089 77200 73555 13 081 11 088 16 074 73555 70266 10 083 9 065 10 063 70266 67242 11 129 4 039 7 041 67242 64434 13 107 6 126 3 227 64434 61720 6 100 7 108 9 154 61720 58911 7 198 8 209 5 230 58911 56023 12 220 17 196 16 215 56023 53304 20 230 18 221 17 226 53304 50880 21 220 24 222 23 238 50880 48704 26 231 28 237 29 238 48704 46724 32 231 35 245 37 240 46724 44918 34 228 39 233 43 236 44918 43248 28 236 37 220 43 232 43248 41683 26 247 38 223 46 240 41683 40207 33 249 38 231 42 234 40207 38810 34 246 37 235 38 223 38810 37451 33 241 35 237 37 221 37451 36061 33 238 35 225 39 221 36061 34613 34 240 35 220 38 220 34613 33109 36 241 33 226 36 222 33109 31537 36 241 32 236 33 227 31537 29884 35 241 32 246 33 235 29884 28153 35 240 33 250 36 241 28153 26347 37 241 35 246 38 240 26347 24468 38 243 37 242 38 243 24468 22516 39 243 37 242 37 245 22516 20484 35 245 37 242 35 244 20484 18371 29 248 36 247 31 244 18371 16222 27 247 34 252 28 243 16222 14150 31 246 35 245 26 237 14150 12262 34 242 34 240 27 235 12262 10581 32 239 27 245 27 236 10581 9085 25 240 22 243 25 233 9085 7754 23 239 21 237 22 233 7754 6570 19 232 20 229 22 234 6570 5519 17*226 20*226 22 230 5519 4590 16*223 20*223 22 224 4590 3767 16 222 20 222 21 221 3767 3029 16 221 19 220 21 218 3029 2377 15 221 19 220 20 217 2377 1831 15 221 19 220 19 215 1831 1412 14 220 18 219 17 213 1412 1124 13 220 17 219 15 212 1124 949 12 221 15 219 12 212 949 848 10 220 12 218 8*211 848 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