DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/15 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 - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.3 - - 75.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 50 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1006 - - 1657 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 832 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1823 - - 2474 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1703 - - 2036 - - 2100 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 141 - - 191 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 161 - - 163 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 505 - - 527 - - -18 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1318 - - 1947 - - 866 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 78 - - -74 - - -468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1745 - - 2548 - - 1316 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 1060 - - 1080 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 79.3 - - 75.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 73.1 - - 74.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.0 - - 78.7 - - 75.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 72.5 - - 74.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 50 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1006 - - 1657 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 19 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] 99622 39 097 24 085 37 069 99622 92141 28 089 21 082 23 077 92141 86362 20 090 19 088 17 085 86362 81557 14 066 20 099 13 086 81557 77410 11 056 16 107 8 074 77410 73737 11 064 15 088 8 102 73737 70413 10 057 8 069 6 067 70413 67374 3 089 4 022 1 305 67374 64570 3 205 5 301 4 291 64570 61848 9 192 8 219 9 304 61848 59018 7 196 12 207 12 286 59018 56145 5 287 10 221 17 228 56145 53463 19 281 14 276 11 224 53463 51076 28 269 29 291 15 300 51076 48946 43 239 35 267 30 291 48946 47007 30 232 34 244 33 262 47007 45218 27 267 29 246 31 253 45218 43545 33 273 31 264 33 250 43545 41968 35 277 32 267 31 242 41968 40477 37 271 32 269 27 240 40477 39064 36 269 31 267 24 247 39064 37691 31 270 28 262 25 255 37691 36287 28 268 26 259 21 256 36287 34823 27 271 25 263 19 254 34823 33302 25 271 24 268 20 271 33302 31709 22 263 25 257 21 277 31709 30034 19 259 24 243 15 252 30034 28280 15 266 16 240 17 237 28280 26448 10 259 12 253 16 241 26448 24544 8 250 9 238 13 235 24544 22569 10 259 8 245 13 241 22569 20517 11 269 11 268 16 259 20517 18380 13 275 15 285 16 267 18380 16205 16 279 18 286 18 274 16205 14113 20 272 20 274 23 272 14113 12211 19 257 20 264 28 271 12211 10520 20 239 19 263 29 271 10520 9016 21 233 14 260 22 273 9016 7680 18 234 9 240 13 266 7680 6495 14 231 8 205 10 242 6495 5446 12 235 6 193 10 233 5446 4524 11 229 6 158 9 227 4524 3710 11 214 7 151 7 214 3710 2983 11 190 8*154 7 206 2983 2342 11*170 8*159 7 199 2342 1808 10*163 8 162 6 191 1808 1398 9 162 8 164 6 181 1398 1117 9 160 8 165 5 177 1117 946 8 160 8 166 5*176 946 848 6 160 6 167 4*175 848 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