DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/28 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 68.4 - - 65.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 45 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1601 - - 2268 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1383 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2418 - - 3085 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 754 - - 1037 - - 2866 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 247 - - 205 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 055 - - 021 - - 099 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -50 - - -570 - - -1560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2468 - - 3656 - - 2407 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5372 - - -5674 - - -6872 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7790 - - 8759 - - 7719 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 80 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 68.4 - - 65.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.2 - - 55.3 - - 57.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.0 - - 67.9 - - 67.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.1 - - 54.1 - - 56.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 45 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1601 - - 2268 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 21 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 97901 17 257 15 276 19 290 97901 90654 11 265 8 260 17 295 90654 85046 3 258 9 241 16 305 85046 80368 4 091 9 222 8 311 80368 76345 5 099 6 216 3 313 76345 72800 5 097 4 239 6 317 72800 69585 0 023 3 279 5 324 69585 66620 3 233 4 290 3 357 66620 63867 4 242 8 282 6 319 63867 61203 4 245 11 266 10 293 61203 58426 7 284 12 273 15 297 58426 55545 13 288 16 278 17 287 55545 52796 15 290 14 280 22 297 52796 50327 20 294 20 290 28 287 50327 48116 22 292 22 298 24 292 48116 46103 23 296 27 309 32 302 46103 44250 25 293 33 303 33 301 44250 42534 26 290 34 299 30 315 42534 40939 24 291 32 292 35 321 40939 39450 23 291 25 292 39 314 39450 38051 21 294 21 300 33 307 38051 36701 19 301 18 298 22 321 36701 35334 16 282 12 288 18 330 35334 33921 10 283 12 277 16 326 33921 32460 11 294 9 281 12 329 32460 30936 14 300 10 307 10 333 30936 29332 13 307 11 312 10 330 29332 27645 11 316 11 306 12 330 27645 25876 12 322 11 307 12 327 25876 24029 11 331 12 323 11 318 24029 22105 10 342 9 339 11 314 22105 20098 7 343 6 354 9 299 20098 18004 6 013 5 006 6 279 18004 15871 8 029 6 034 1 267 15871 13818 8 027 8 053 3 089 13818 11952 9 041 9 073 4 097 11952 10294 9 054 8 083 4 092 10294 8820 7 068 6 080 4 090 8820 7509 5 071 4 064 7 098 7509 6346 5 060 4 043 7 099 6346 5322 5 061 4 021 6 086 5322 4423 5 065 4 021 6 055 4423 3633 5 056 3*022 5 045 3633 2929 4*054 3*023 3 057 2929 2305 4*053 3 022 3 068 2305 1784 3 055 3 020 3 075 1784 1385 3 055 3 019 3 082 1385 1109 3 057 2 020 3 088 1109 942 3 056 2 018 2*097 942 847 2 056 2 019 2*099 847 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