DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/04 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 - - - - - - 45.8 - - 41.1 - - 38.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 27 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1386 - - 1714 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2203 - - 2531 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1169 - - 2518 - - 5017 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 158 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 26 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 262 - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 982 - - 955 - - -753 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1221 - - 1576 - - 1597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 671 - - 362 - - -1266 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1532 - - 2169 - - 2110 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.8 - - 41.1 - - 38.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.4 - - 37.2 - - 35.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.3 - - 40.8 - - 39.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.5 - - 36.3 - - 34.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 27 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1386 - - 1714 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 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] 96700 23 268 22 284 17 275 96700 89499 16 285 5 265 7 276 89499 83977 8 281 11 296 15 297 83977 79421 8 297 9 266 15 301 79421 75499 13 304 11 298 19 301 75499 72018 18 309 17 291 20 296 72018 68840 21 298 17 270 19 277 68840 65885 18 275 19 280 24 275 65885 63125 15 267 26 272 23 265 63125 60427 22 271 29 263 24 276 60427 57601 26 262 32 267 29 271 57601 54669 32 251 36 269 31 264 54669 51858 37 242 40 256 36 263 51858 49318 44 239 46 251 48 259 49318 47040 49 233 53 243 49 255 47040 44969 50 232 54 231 53 252 44969 43072 56 236 55 229 60 245 43072 41322 74 234 66 235 64 237 41322 39703 102 223 83 234 71 235 39703 38197 122 213 101 228 80 234 38197 36791 115 209 124 223 90 232 36791 35442 109 207 136 217 104 229 35442 34083 106 207 133 216 118 227 34083 32679 106 209 128 217 129 225 32679 31228 105 208 127 218 135 224 31228 29710 105 209 126 218 134 225 29710 28113 103 212 123 218 124 227 28113 26450 98 210 118 217 100 232 26450 24732 94 208 115 218 81 238 24732 22956 95 215 100 225 74 244 22956 21109 100 220 84 222 72 245 21109 19181 90 227 73 217 67 245 19181 17164 64 225 70 228 61 247 17164 15100 62 217 65 231 57 242 15100 13106 70 217 60 226 57 242 13106 11296 69 217 57 227 56 244 11296 9696 63 220 50 232 53 244 9696 8289 55 222 43 239 45 250 8289 7055 47 227 41 237 36 265 7055 5976 38 231 39 244 37 277 5976 5030 31 239 34 261 37 276 5030 4195 29 250 34 262 36 273 4195 3457 25 262 33 263 34 268 3457 2796 24 262 32*263 33 264 2796 2212 23*262 31*263 30 260 2212 1724 22*261 29 262 27 258 1724 1349 21 261 27 262 24 257 1349 1091 20 261 24 262 20 255 1091 934 18 260 21 262 17 255 934 844 13 260 16 261 12*253 844 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