DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/15 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 - - - 67.1 - - 68.4 - - 67.7 - - 66.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 65 - - 2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1084 - - 2126 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 830 - - 1381 - - 830 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1901 - - 2943 - - 847 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 886 - - 1279 - - 3527 - - 2953 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 159 - - 233 - - 32 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 16 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 217 - - 208 - - 213 - - 177 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 20 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 335 - - 1217 - - -847 - - -113 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1567 - - 1726 - - 1694 - - 960 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1997 - - 157 - - -1362 - - -736 ODpotential blCL - - - 3898 - - 2786 - - 2209 - - 1583 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 100 - - 92 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 590 - - 870 - - 790 - - 1420 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.1 - - 68.4 - - 67.7 - - 66.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 62.7 - - 63.3 - - 62.7 - - 64.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.8 - - 67.9 - - 67.8 - - 67.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 61.6 - - 61.9 - - 61.7 - - 64.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 65 - - 2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1084 - - 2126 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 96 - - 101 - - 68 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 12 - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 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] 96737 11 268 12 298 9 245 20 259 96737 89536 11 209 13 258 12 287 11 284 89536 84050 7 203 17 234 23 260 16 288 84050 79499 11 251 11 225 23 234 20 265 79499 75578 15 243 12 236 13 248 15 255 75578 72090 14 218 17 251 15 259 11 263 72090 68891 11 233 22 252 16 245 13 251 68891 65922 19 247 21 245 24 250 20 254 65922 63167 20 239 25 236 31 246 29 256 63167 60490 23 233 28 221 38 237 36 243 60490 57686 32 232 28 224 36 235 44 246 57686 54778 36 255 40 253 47 244 51 242 54778 51996 58 251 54 243 50 240 54 240 51996 49483 60 246 54 239 49 247 56 241 49483 47230 52 250 55 246 64 249 58 248 47230 45195 63 252 65 247 70 245 73 248 45195 43352 69 251 77 243 78 243 84 242 43352 41684 89 247 99 240 100 241 102 239 41684 40164 114 242 117 235 113 237 119 233 40164 38753 120 241 121 232 113 232 114 226 38753 37417 115 242 111 233 109 229 105 224 37417 36117 107 243 110 234 109 229 101 222 36117 34787 91 240 111 235 106 230 99 218 34787 33399 84 237 104 236 102 230 97 216 33399 31955 79 234 97 236 97 230 93 218 31955 30443 70 231 92 233 95 231 90 220 30443 28851 61 232 79 229 92 232 91 223 28851 27181 61 237 69 228 86 234 89 228 27181 25437 64 236 65 229 75 236 71 234 25437 23623 62 234 65 233 79 239 83 240 23623 21738 59 229 66 235 74 241 71 243 21738 19774 54 227 59 231 57 240 51 241 19774 17727 51 233 44 229 48 244 52 241 17727 15645 40 255 35 233 44 248 47 242 15645 13646 38 282 31 237 43 250 41 248 13646 11827 29 280 28 247 43 248 34 247 11827 10206 30 266 24 256 35 246 25 227 10206 8764 39 266 22 261 28 241 26 220 8764 7477 33 259 19 257 22 242 29 219 7477 6332 29 237 19 247 17 242 29 217 6332 5317 27 217 20 237 15 237 27 211 5317 4424 21 201 21 230 16 230 25 204 4424 3636 15 218 21*223 17 222 23 199 3636 2930 15 236 19*214 18 215 22 197 2930 2306 14*227 18 211 18 214 21 197 2306 1785 12*216 16 207 17 213 19 192 1785 1385 12 216 15 204 16 213 16 186 1385 1110 11 216 14 203 15 213 13 181 1110 943 10 217 13 203 13*213 11*179 943 847 8 217 10 203 10*213 7*177 847 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