DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/08 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 - - - - - - 78.4 - - 82.0 - - 79.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 87 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3309 - - 4658 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2713 - - 3391 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4126 - - 5475 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1039 - - 1119 - - 5318 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 337 - - 323 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 288 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -852 - - -1584 - - -4392 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4979 - - 7059 - - 5240 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6217 - - -7474 - - -9351 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10343 - - 12949 - - 10199 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 57 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.4 - - 82.0 - - 79.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.4 - - 54.1 - - 59.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.2 - - 81.2 - - 80.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.1 - - 52.7 - - 58.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 87 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3309 - - 4658 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 11 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] 99734 23 104 24 098 15 066 99734 92178 22 098 17 102 13 070 92178 86337 22 081 18 109 12 073 86337 81493 21 081 19 094 16 085 81493 77316 18 087 14 085 16 087 77316 73624 14 081 12 089 14 076 73624 70298 10 079 10 091 12 066 70298 67254 4 096 8 057 7 065 67254 64434 6 181 6 266 7 308 64434 61714 9 165 17 224 20 269 61714 58885 11 350 9 235 20 231 58885 55938 26 296 23 293 15 289 55938 53136 34 270 36 277 31 283 53136 50644 42 262 38 264 41 273 50644 48422 45 257 39 262 41 260 48422 46405 46 259 37 265 37 269 46405 44562 46 261 41 275 36 270 44562 42860 43 266 40 279 35 282 42860 41271 46 268 35 289 38 293 41271 39780 46 264 36 294 44 300 39780 38378 43 264 38 296 47 304 38378 37025 41 269 38 301 46 305 37025 35652 39 275 39 300 43 300 35652 34225 37 277 40 299 40 296 34225 32744 35 275 38 297 38 293 32744 31194 39 267 36 290 37 293 31194 29565 42 256 36 288 38 293 29565 27860 42 254 38 290 39 291 27860 26077 41 255 38 289 39 293 26077 24219 35 260 35 290 39 298 24219 22291 29 276 34 291 38 298 22291 20286 28 278 33 289 38 296 20286 18194 29 280 33 288 38 294 18194 16054 28 285 33 292 35 298 16054 13984 29 290 32 295 31 303 13984 12098 31 292 32 297 29 307 12098 10421 34 293 33 300 27 308 10421 8934 36 295 32 306 25 310 8934 7615 35 301 29 314 21 317 7615 6447 28 311 20*312 14 313 6447 5415 20 312 11*291 8 285 5415 4506 11*306 10 291 7 279 4506 3701 10*305 10 289 7 270 3701 2980 10 305 9 288 7 264 2980 2341 10 306 8 287 7 259 2341 1808 9 306 8 287 7 255 1808 1399 9 307 7 286 7 252 1399 1116 8 307 7 286 6 249 1116 945 8 307 7 285 5*247 945 848 7 308 6 285 4*243 848 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