DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 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 - - - - - - 71.8 - - 71.8 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - 16 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1169 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1986 - - 847 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1872 - - 2414 - - 2330 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 175 - - 35 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 5 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 224 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 821 - - -224 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1165 - - 1071 - - 847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 312 - - -598 - - -522 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1674 - - 1445 - - 1369 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 980 - - 1260 - - 1880 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 71.8 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 69.3 - - 70.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.2 - - 71.6 - - 71.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 68.9 - - 70.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - 16 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1169 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 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] 98729 15 087 17 073 15 076 98729 91218 9 099 6 048 18 057 91218 85488 9 120 3 067 15 047 85488 80745 5 122 3 091 10 026 80745 76669 9 080 8 097 1 000 76669 73073 7 070 8 079 1 086 73073 69804 3 043 5 030 6 003 69804 66785 3 327 4 347 9 347 66785 63990 7 334 7 355 6 007 63990 61290 8 324 8 323 7 352 61290 58471 10 329 11 303 12 316 58471 55545 18 300 16 284 17 291 55545 52757 19 283 17 279 21 280 52757 50251 27 277 25 276 27 283 50251 48006 30 250 33 253 33 274 48006 45978 25 254 27 246 33 250 45978 44142 45 259 37 260 33 250 44142 42460 57 238 56 242 41 255 42460 40899 56 235 58 235 49 253 40899 39442 58 238 59 235 50 248 39442 38069 54 237 56 238 51 241 38069 36737 50 227 50 238 52 239 36737 35378 47 225 47 237 51 241 35378 33963 45 231 49 238 53 242 33963 32493 41 232 50 239 54 245 32493 30955 38 232 48 236 55 250 30955 29341 37 234 47 236 53 249 29341 27651 37 236 48 238 49 246 27651 25881 33 236 40 246 46 248 25881 24041 27 238 41 255 44 260 24041 22129 22 243 40 262 41 269 22129 20134 20 262 36 259 40 268 20134 18053 22 281 34 262 37 271 18053 15928 22 281 30 279 37 268 15928 13881 20 283 33 283 41 277 13881 12022 17 287 31 278 43 281 12022 10369 13 282 25 276 36 281 10369 8897 13 266 17 270 29 267 8897 7585 14 251 15 264 22 251 7585 6418 16 239 13 259 22 254 6418 5387 16 228 14 254 20 255 5387 4479 17 221 14 252 19 254 4479 3677 17 214 14 252 18 255 3677 2960 17 206 13 249 18 255 2960 2327 16*201 11 244 17 256 2327 1798 15*196 9 236 16 257 1798 1392 13 193 7 229 15 257 1392 1114 12 192 7 228 14 258 1114 944 11 191 6 226 13 258 944 847 9 190 5*224 8*257 847 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