DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - - - - 87.4 - - 89.4 - - 84.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 12 - - -59 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3010 - - 3181 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2359 - - 832 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3827 - - 3998 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1137 - - 1688 - - 4755 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 300 - - 215 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 21 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 194 - - 192 - - 196 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 335 - - -79 - - -2174 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3492 - - 4077 - - 3022 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5763 - - -6061 - - -4123 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9590 - - 10059 - - 4971 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 74 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3370 - - 3510 - - 3220 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.4 - - 89.4 - - 84.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 73.9 - - 74.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.7 - - 89.4 - - 86.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.0 - - 72.6 - - 73.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 12 - - -59 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3010 - - 3181 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 0 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 18 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] 99171 27 101 21 071 32 079 99171 91672 27 100 25 086 28 077 91672 85930 23 096 25 090 20 072 85930 81179 20 079 22 090 15 077 81179 77075 17 064 19 085 11 096 77075 73431 12 048 17 076 8 097 73431 70132 5 021 12 055 9 065 70132 67106 2 022 4 026 9 042 67106 64300 2 158 2 223 2 340 64300 61599 8 128 6 177 2 222 61599 58804 12 262 13 285 11 302 58804 55920 21 251 26 259 26 272 55920 53197 29 268 27 266 28 272 53197 50783 29 268 24 275 22 281 50783 48643 22 262 20 268 19 275 48643 46700 18 270 19 257 19 273 46700 44905 19 267 19 257 19 277 44905 43231 19 266 19 263 19 267 43231 41659 18 264 16 265 17 253 41659 40176 16 263 14 267 14 247 40176 38772 13 274 12 268 11 252 38772 37408 17 269 17 263 12 256 37408 36018 25 250 22 254 15 252 36018 34578 32 244 30 254 22 260 34578 33092 32 243 34 252 27 269 33092 31543 32 244 35 250 32 263 31543 29915 32 245 37 248 36 253 29915 28207 31 239 38 247 35 250 28207 26419 31 229 37 247 31 255 26419 24552 29 232 35 249 29 258 24552 22607 25 240 31 252 25 258 22607 20580 24 246 26 254 22 255 20580 18467 25 247 24 252 20 247 18467 16306 26 242 22 244 18 241 16306 14215 24 239 20 232 16 227 14215 12305 20 229 20 218 18 209 12305 10603 18 221 18 217 20 211 10603 9091 19 223 19 229 20 226 9091 7749 24 226 25 232 24 235 7749 6559 28 218 28 222 28 221 6559 5509 27 208 27 206 30 206 5509 4583 21*198 24*194 29 203 4583 3763 19*195 23*193 28 202 3763 3027 19 194 23 193 28 201 3027 2375 18 194 22 192 26 200 2375 1830 18 193 22 192 25 200 1830 1411 17 193 21 192 22 199 1411 1123 16 193 19 191 19 198 1123 948 15 193 17 191 16 197 948 848 12 192 13 191 10*196 848 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