DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 76.0 - - 74.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 187 - - 124 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4450 - - 6210 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3659 - - 4751 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5267 - - 7027 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3299 - - 2056 - - 7330 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 398 - - 392 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 106 - - 18 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 042 - - 235 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -242 - - 239 - - -4246 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5510 - - 6788 - - 5094 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1158 - - -728 - - -5074 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6425 - - 7755 - - 5921 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 78 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 30 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 76.0 - - 74.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.4 - - 49.4 - - 55.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.1 - - 74.9 - - 75.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.1 - - 48.1 - - 54.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 187 - - 124 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4450 - - 6210 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 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] 99479 31 078 21 081 34 071 99479 91927 22 083 19 079 24 073 91927 86097 19 100 19 085 17 078 86097 81259 16 104 14 084 11 085 81259 77087 16 105 9 110 8 076 77087 73393 12 099 10 112 5 087 73393 70048 7 087 11 106 3 123 70048 66977 3 290 8 064 4 077 66977 64132 10 233 4 293 8 318 64132 61376 11 196 10 250 15 300 61376 58515 8 263 15 266 19 279 58515 55556 14 261 17 273 20 285 55556 52725 17 265 24 279 28 280 52725 50175 24 277 29 281 33 280 50175 47907 32 283 33 274 44 283 47907 45867 33 281 42 285 43 285 45867 44013 44 294 43 288 62 296 44013 42324 52 293 66 301 70 294 42324 40774 66 299 81 299 74 293 40774 39330 72 297 88 297 77 290 39330 37968 74 298 85 294 75 287 37968 36643 76 301 84 293 73 284 36643 35288 76 302 83 292 73 283 35288 33879 73 303 80 292 71 283 33879 32420 71 304 75 293 68 286 32420 30892 70 306 72 293 66 287 30892 29284 63 306 67 293 65 288 29284 27594 54 308 57 295 60 292 27594 25826 50 308 49 292 47 293 25826 23984 42 306 49 291 36 286 23984 22068 40 296 40 297 35 276 22068 20066 32 300 31 294 33 278 20066 17973 22 296 24 296 34 280 17973 15835 19 284 24 295 30 292 15835 13781 15 294 20 299 22 310 13781 11921 12 303 18 304 20 322 11921 10276 11 293 15 300 17 311 10276 8822 7 312 9 274 15 308 8822 7529 6 332 7*251 11 305 7529 6379 5 324 6*243 7 284 6379 5360 2*296 5 234 5 250 5360 4460 2*293 5 231 5 215 4460 3665 0 353 4 232 4 207 3665 2952 1 055 4 232 4 204 2952 2322 1 058 3 235 4 202 2322 1795 1 067 3 234 4 201 1795 1391 1 065 3 237 4 200 1391 1113 2 062 2 238 3 199 1113 944 1 062 2 240 3*199 944 847 1 061 2 240 3*198 847 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