DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 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 - - - - - - 82.0 - - 85.0 - - 81.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 79 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4349 - - 4986 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3471 - - 3565 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5166 - - 5803 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1755 - - 1294 - - 5661 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 368 - - 322 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 221 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 595 - - -342 - - -3570 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4571 - - 6146 - - 4418 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -84 - - -5534 - - -5058 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5250 - - 11337 - - 5906 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 88 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 40 - - 350 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.0 - - 85.0 - - 81.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.7 - - 60.9 - - 64.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.8 - - 84.3 - - 82.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.7 - - 59.7 - - 63.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 79 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4349 - - 4986 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 75 - - 53 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 13 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] 99636 33 093 27 109 21 078 99636 92132 30 089 21 099 25 085 92132 86350 26 085 24 090 17 084 86350 81555 19 085 24 082 15 090 81555 77417 17 096 17 083 14 092 77417 73741 14 090 13 103 9 091 73741 70406 9 089 9 105 9 105 70406 67348 8 123 6 129 7 106 67348 64530 9 153 7 187 2 178 64530 61813 9 178 16 212 12 250 61813 58994 9 220 17 215 16 227 58994 56077 18 257 18 242 17 229 56077 53298 29 253 32 249 31 253 53298 50833 32 241 35 242 39 251 50833 48653 34 241 36 251 36 241 48653 46667 34 246 39 249 39 259 46667 44832 32 251 39 248 44 261 44832 43127 34 259 41 254 43 252 43127 41532 37 253 44 248 41 244 41532 40032 36 242 39 236 41 244 40032 38615 33 254 37 243 42 251 38615 37248 38 259 43 254 45 255 37248 35866 40 257 47 253 48 253 35866 34432 32 244 46 247 45 251 34432 32945 27 223 44 248 39 252 32945 31388 27 227 45 251 35 253 31388 29749 28 236 40 247 34 253 29749 28027 30 243 34 249 31 254 28027 26224 28 250 29 261 28 261 26224 24348 25 245 25 269 27 264 24348 22396 24 240 26 253 29 266 22396 20363 24 243 22 243 29 264 20363 18251 21 241 8 238 28 257 18251 16101 16 229 5 272 12 228 16101 14029 11 228 10 297 5 239 14029 12145 7 253 14 291 8 294 12145 10468 6 300 14 273 14 295 10468 8975 7 332 8 244 15 272 8975 7649 2 276 8 239 13 253 7649 6477 9 235 10*230 11 233 6477 5442 11*234 10*227 10 218 5442 4528 11*233 10 224 10 213 4528 3718 11 233 10 222 10 207 3718 2993 11 233 9 221 10 202 2993 2351 11 232 9 219 10 199 2351 1814 10 232 9 218 10 197 1814 1402 10 231 8 216 9 195 1402 1119 9 232 8 216 8 194 1119 947 9 232 8 216 7*192 947 848 7 231 6 215 4*190 848 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