DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - - - - 85.8 - - 87.1 - - 83.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 53 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3854 - - 4074 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3041 - - 2752 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4671 - - 4891 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2704 - - 1964 - - 5444 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 283 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 206 - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1746 - - -1921 - - -4329 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6417 - - 6812 - - 5177 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4207 - - -6602 - - -7010 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8878 - - 11493 - - 7858 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 70 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 70 - - 290 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.8 - - 87.1 - - 83.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.5 - - 60.2 - - 63.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.7 - - 86.5 - - 84.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.2 - - 58.8 - - 61.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 53 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3854 - - 4074 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 0 - - 0 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] 99664 22 080 29 088 22 092 99664 92096 27 103 22 093 22 080 92096 86256 26 099 17 083 20 067 86256 81416 22 084 20 086 17 063 81416 77275 18 077 15 082 13 069 77275 73622 16 086 13 090 8 088 73622 70305 14 080 12 060 10 082 70305 67260 10 042 12 033 11 071 67260 64462 6 010 7 019 12 011 64462 61776 8 005 8 019 10 022 61776 58988 7 355 9 339 13 344 58988 56107 11 335 6 316 15 282 56107 53350 16 346 13 355 8 314 53350 50864 37 324 32 327 27 316 50864 48647 36 320 34 322 32 313 48647 46632 30 327 29 317 33 311 46632 44772 28 328 21 314 30 311 44772 43042 13 294 28 308 32 307 43042 41441 11 221 37 286 39 279 41441 39956 9 228 21 276 36 262 39956 38558 15 242 16 249 25 247 38558 37201 19 195 21 241 18 241 37201 35820 21 178 23 237 21 250 35820 34384 17 200 23 244 24 258 34384 32896 15 245 22 261 22 279 32896 31338 20 270 24 270 21 290 31338 29701 20 273 24 262 22 292 29701 27985 18 279 24 261 20 277 27985 26187 14 271 24 264 22 272 26187 24311 15 265 22 260 24 276 24311 22363 15 265 18 259 22 278 22363 20340 13 258 17 273 19 279 20340 18235 11 244 17 284 18 278 18235 16092 9 230 15 272 18 281 16092 14025 10 242 16 278 17 288 14025 12144 8 260 13 287 10 291 12144 10471 5 312 8 286 4 287 10471 8984 7 328 4 246 5 226 8984 7663 6 322 6 199 8 219 7663 6490 4 286 9 201 10 238 6490 5450 7*244 12*207 11 240 5450 4533 8*239 12*207 12 230 4533 3723 8 237 13 207 13 222 3723 2996 8 237 13 206 13 218 2996 2353 8 236 13 206 13 215 2353 1816 8 235 12 206 13 212 1816 1403 7 235 12 205 12 210 1403 1119 7 235 11 205 11 209 1119 946 6 234 11 206 9*208 946 848 6 234 9 205 6*206 848 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