DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/16 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 - - - - - - 63.4 - - 65.6 - - 65.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 42 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2249 - - 2355 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3066 - - 3172 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1938 - - 2462 - - 4329 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 211 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 271 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1158 - - 1082 - - -486 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1908 - - 2091 - - 1333 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 441 - - 336 - - -1470 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2625 - - 2836 - - 2317 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 570 - - 940 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.4 - - 65.6 - - 65.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 59.1 - - 61.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.9 - - 65.2 - - 65.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.4 - - 57.8 - - 60.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 42 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2249 - - 2355 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 71 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 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] 96868 19 278 16 256 20 267 96868 89630 19 236 18 268 18 288 89630 84100 22 214 22 257 24 285 84100 79531 17 221 22 238 21 247 79531 75588 12 222 16 219 17 248 75588 72069 19 251 22 249 22 264 72069 68854 30 245 29 244 24 270 68854 65881 32 234 33 248 38 254 65881 63118 32 231 41 239 40 239 63118 60421 33 236 39 236 40 229 60421 57587 46 246 41 246 38 252 57587 54642 57 249 54 250 46 255 54642 51841 59 244 61 246 54 254 51841 49332 54 240 56 242 55 250 49332 47086 51 240 50 246 50 252 47086 45051 51 239 50 247 47 250 45051 43206 48 242 47 243 39 264 43206 41527 45 251 41 248 47 272 41527 39985 41 256 28 255 27 256 39985 38556 29 261 17 262 18 250 38556 37211 18 294 14 304 22 282 37211 35907 27 312 18 291 30 290 35907 34578 28 302 20 281 33 287 34578 33198 27 299 23 279 34 281 33198 31770 27 299 25 282 34 278 31770 30279 27 300 25 290 32 282 30279 28713 29 302 26 298 29 289 28713 27071 31 304 26 302 28 293 27071 25351 31 308 26 304 27 295 25351 23552 31 310 25 302 26 292 23552 21678 31 310 24 296 23 285 21678 19724 30 311 23 296 21 280 19724 17686 29 314 23 301 21 281 17686 15606 27 310 23 309 22 286 15606 13599 24 303 23 314 22 294 13599 11772 24 299 24 310 20 296 11772 10149 23 300 25 304 19 294 10149 8708 20 306 22 301 19 297 8708 7429 17 309 15 301 16 304 7429 6293 17 309 11 307 11 298 6293 5287 16 310 11 296 8 283 5287 4403 13 316 11 289 8 280 4403 3621 12*316 10*287 7 279 3621 2920 11*316 9*282 7 277 2920 2300 9 311 7 272 6 276 2300 1781 9 311 6 269 6 274 1781 1383 8 309 6 267 5 271 1383 1109 8 308 5 266 4 266 1109 942 7 307 5 265 3*257 942 847 6 307 5 265 1*240 847 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