DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/13 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 81.1 - - 78.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 77 - - 26 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3090 - - 4273 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2328 - - 2459 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3907 - - 5090 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2091 - - 2229 - - 6214 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 289 - - 254 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 248 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -76 - - 1015 - - -1779 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3983 - - 4075 - - 2627 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3416 - - -368 - - -3085 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7323 - - 5458 - - 3933 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 85 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1140 - - 1890 - - 2700 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 81.1 - - 78.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.6 - - 65.8 - - 69.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.8 - - 80.8 - - 79.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 64.4 - - 68.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 77 - - 26 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3090 - - 4273 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 40 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 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] 98960 29 084 26 104 20 080 98960 91464 30 090 24 094 17 078 91464 85707 25 102 22 098 18 085 85707 80921 21 110 18 092 20 089 80921 76794 18 106 14 085 18 083 76794 73149 13 100 11 092 12 071 73149 69851 10 104 8 120 7 077 69851 66824 10 093 9 110 7 100 66824 64024 5 038 3 097 2 039 64024 61315 6 291 6 258 6 298 61315 58496 9 261 14 251 10 273 58496 55563 25 297 16 311 11 310 55563 52741 39 266 34 278 33 291 52741 50205 48 242 53 265 56 265 50205 47949 37 241 57 259 60 251 47949 45913 48 277 51 257 54 263 45913 44056 71 276 61 271 66 273 44056 42357 85 274 81 271 84 276 42357 40795 92 269 84 268 88 274 40795 39337 92 267 79 268 84 272 39337 37964 89 270 75 269 79 267 37964 36637 83 273 77 265 76 263 36637 35285 74 273 77 257 73 256 35285 33876 74 275 70 261 71 249 33876 32414 71 272 65 265 68 252 32414 30885 67 270 60 265 67 259 30885 29276 66 273 56 262 64 265 29276 27590 65 277 54 260 63 270 27590 25823 62 277 54 262 55 273 25823 23979 58 276 54 266 44 270 23979 22067 53 274 49 268 27 264 22067 20085 46 266 43 262 26 283 20085 18022 43 265 40 251 37 300 18022 15913 37 273 32 254 24 287 15913 13873 35 280 31 264 21 262 13873 12014 38 272 38 262 25 255 12014 10363 36 249 39 257 30 272 10363 8900 31 255 32 261 36 281 8900 7599 30 271 25 268 28 279 7599 6441 26 276 22 267 18 272 6441 5415 24 269 18*255 14 256 5415 4507 23*254 17*251 13 248 4507 3704 22*249 16 249 13 243 3704 2982 19 239 16 247 12 244 2982 2344 19 237 15 247 12 245 2344 1810 18 236 14 247 11 246 1810 1400 18 236 14 246 11 247 1400 1117 17 235 13 246 9 249 1117 946 15 235 12 245 7*250 946 848 12 234 9 244 4*251 848 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