DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/07 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 - - - - - - 56.8 - - 57.8 - - 57.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 275 - - 78 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6338 - - 6891 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5257 - - 4775 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7155 - - 7708 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5897 - - 4525 - - 9780 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 493 - - 338 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 270 - - 279 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 17 - - 30 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 264 - - 509 - - -6028 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6891 - - 7200 - - 6874 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -188 - - -252 - - -6805 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7343 - - 7960 - - 7651 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 140 - - 100 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.8 - - 57.8 - - 57.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.3 - - 29.0 - - 30.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 57.1 - - 58.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.1 - - 27.8 - - 28.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 275 - - 78 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6338 - - 6891 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 62 - - 99 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 97785 6 282 11 328 7 333 97785 90408 5 250 13 300 16 330 90408 84727 5 322 9 247 13 320 84727 79978 4 281 9 239 10 299 79978 75850 10 237 14 260 13 263 75850 72188 15 264 18 249 13 261 72188 68871 22 260 23 259 21 281 68871 65832 20 253 22 255 25 257 65832 62997 24 269 26 282 19 276 62997 60234 31 275 33 281 31 292 60234 57350 40 271 38 280 43 280 57350 54353 42 267 47 272 47 276 54353 51495 46 268 52 266 48 273 51495 48918 51 270 51 269 45 273 48918 46600 56 268 53 273 53 283 46600 44504 56 273 61 276 64 283 44504 42594 65 274 68 275 66 279 42594 40835 69 269 70 272 69 278 40835 39206 65 269 70 273 72 277 39206 37691 68 273 70 275 72 278 37691 36281 72 274 72 277 75 284 36281 34934 74 276 75 280 80 287 34934 33581 78 278 80 281 87 287 33581 32190 81 279 83 281 90 286 32190 30760 81 278 82 281 90 287 30760 29275 78 279 76 283 86 288 29275 27729 73 283 73 287 76 289 27729 26123 67 286 70 291 67 289 26123 24450 57 290 63 293 62 290 24450 22703 49 295 54 293 60 293 22703 20888 46 295 48 293 57 296 20888 19004 45 293 45 293 52 298 19004 17049 41 288 45 291 46 295 17049 15060 39 276 45 286 42 295 15060 13144 34 267 35 272 43 290 13144 11401 33 264 29 268 40 277 11401 9853 33 263 28 268 32 270 9853 8474 25 262 25*271 27 269 8474 7243 20*260 20*274 23 270 7243 6147 15*260 18 276 21 272 6147 5172 13 261 17 278 18 277 5172 4311 11 266 15 279 17 280 4311 3550 10 271 14 280 15 284 3550 2866 9 274 13 282 14 287 2866 2262 8 279 13 282 13 290 2262 1756 8 282 12 283 13 293 1756 1368 8 285 12 283 12 294 1368 1101 7 286 11 284 10 295 1101 939 7 287 10 283 9*295 939 846 6 288 9 284 6*295 846 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