DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - - - - - 76.8 - - 70.6 - - 62.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 74 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6052 - - 2235 - - 850 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4844 - - 1429 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6869 - - 3052 - - 1667 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1281 - - 3300 - - 1872 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 433 - - 234 - - 99 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 150 - - 147 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 12 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 701 - - -310 - - 306 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6169 - - 3362 - - 1361 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -157 - - -1272 - - -229 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7026 - - 4324 - - 1896 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 150 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.8 - - 70.6 - - 62.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.6 - - 58.5 - - 58.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.5 - - 69.9 - - 61.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.3 - - 57.5 - - 58.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 74 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6052 - - 2235 - - 850 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 10 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] 99106 32 096 30 103 26 094 99106 91566 24 094 21 109 21 097 91566 85740 19 082 21 100 21 089 85740 80928 13 094 20 086 21 082 80928 76807 13 107 13 103 13 065 76807 73175 15 093 15 126 5 079 73175 69888 13 060 13 103 6 118 69888 66858 5 032 6 048 4 083 66858 64047 5 259 4 009 4 347 64047 61333 5 257 8 292 9 283 61333 58508 9 330 7 274 11 263 58508 55575 31 310 21 308 21 298 55575 52784 44 283 49 286 41 292 52784 50286 46 263 51 265 51 268 50286 48047 38 284 45 264 50 263 48047 46011 55 298 49 283 52 265 46011 44148 82 291 77 278 60 261 44148 42434 99 277 86 263 68 257 42434 40847 100 267 87 255 76 248 40847 39365 94 262 82 254 79 240 39365 37966 87 264 73 255 75 238 37966 36611 80 266 65 255 68 239 36611 35232 72 270 60 257 63 238 35232 33800 62 274 58 258 54 237 33800 32321 51 275 60 259 42 238 32321 30782 45 271 63 258 39 238 30782 29164 43 267 64 257 37 236 29164 27466 39 266 63 254 35 234 27466 25685 31 268 59 249 34 234 25685 23825 30 270 56 243 32 236 23825 21893 33 256 54 238 36 240 21893 19881 36 240 47 231 39 248 19881 17781 27 237 44 225 42 238 17781 15645 19 224 43 219 44 216 15645 13594 19 224 33 210 37 200 13594 11742 17 245 8 194 15 161 11742 10111 14 278 9 083 13 092 10111 8670 5 265 13 069 18 068 8670 7394 8*157 14 071 22 061 7394 6262 9*155 15 074 26 060 6262 5259 9 152 14 077 28 065 5259 4375 10 151 12 082 26 074 4375 3596 10 150 9*096 22 089 3596 2899 10 149 7*121 20 104 2899 2284 10 148 6 146 18 109 2284 1771 10 147 7 150 17*111 1771 1377 10 147 7 153 15*112 1377 1105 9 146 6 155 13 112 1105 941 9 146 6 156 12 112 941 846 8 146 5 157 9 112 846 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