DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.1 - - 62.9 - - 67.3 - - 65.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 105 - - 270 - - 215 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1070 - - 4767 - - 8510 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 829 - - 4036 - - 6824 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1887 - - 5584 - - 9327 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3095 - - 3622 - - 1662 - - 10160 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 204 - - 448 - - 504 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 13 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 6 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 161 - - 172 - - 234 - - 247 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 5 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -1 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4256 - - -2563 - - -88 - - -7405 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6143 - - 8147 - - 9415 - - 8252 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7119 - - -5346 - - -1162 - - -8270 ODpotential blCL - - - 9006 - - 10930 - - 10489 - - 9116 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 87 - - 70 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.1 - - 62.9 - - 67.3 - - 65.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.0 - - 29.7 - - 28.3 - - 32.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.1 - - 61.0 - - 65.6 - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.7 - - 28.5 - - 27.1 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 105 - - 270 - - 215 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1070 - - 4767 - - 8510 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 49 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97581 6 030 10 309 6 014 6 242 97581 90226 10 029 3 154 6 298 4 330 90226 84548 10 360 7 153 8 257 10 354 84548 79812 5 068 6 161 9 206 7 330 79812 75709 5 329 5 252 5 247 13 319 75709 72083 11 249 11 263 9 266 14 290 72083 68793 9 278 14 265 10 264 9 281 68793 65738 12 259 21 256 22 274 19 300 65738 62896 10 286 19 257 25 275 25 287 62896 60154 30 291 24 283 25 279 27 279 60154 57291 37 280 32 282 32 277 32 276 57291 54308 40 270 40 276 39 273 34 272 54308 51453 44 269 47 272 44 275 41 278 51453 48886 48 273 49 268 50 273 47 277 48886 46591 51 274 49 266 53 268 51 273 46591 44516 52 273 48 267 52 264 54 271 44516 42623 54 273 52 270 54 263 55 269 42623 40880 58 274 58 271 55 264 56 269 40880 39269 67 276 66 272 58 268 57 268 39269 37773 79 271 74 271 63 271 59 271 37773 36382 84 270 82 270 68 272 64 268 36382 35060 87 269 89 268 75 271 71 264 35060 33742 84 268 87 267 79 268 78 259 33742 32391 78 270 78 267 80 266 83 254 32391 30997 75 271 76 267 78 266 81 254 30997 29540 71 271 77 266 73 266 76 257 29540 28006 69 273 75 266 68 267 71 262 28006 26399 64 272 70 265 65 269 65 266 26399 24720 57 270 64 263 62 271 58 269 24720 22971 54 273 61 263 58 273 52 273 22971 21152 51 276 55 267 52 276 48 275 21152 19257 48 278 51 270 48 278 44 280 19257 17278 45 278 48 274 44 280 40 286 17278 15258 41 281 38 275 42 284 39 289 15258 13313 32 284 32 270 36 284 34 289 13313 11547 27 285 26 269 29 280 29 283 11547 9981 24 281 22 265 16*247 24 262 9981 8586 21 284 16 271 15*243 22 262 8586 7340 18 293 12 264 15 242 21 261 7340 6229 17 297 8*249 12 237 20 261 6229 5241 15 297 6*215 10 234 18 260 5241 4368 10 293 6 182 9 231 17 259 4368 3594 6 279 7 174 8 228 15 258 3594 2900 4 261 7 168 7 226 14 257 2900 2286 3*206 7 165 6 223 13 256 2286 1772 4*164 7 162 6 222 12 255 1772 1377 4 161 6 159 6 219 11 254 1377 1106 3 160 6 158 5 218 9 252 1106 941 3 158 6 158 5 218 7 250 941 846 3 159 5 158 5 217 4*247 846 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