DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/02 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 - - - - - - 51.1 - - 54.1 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - 73 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6356 - - 6641 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4433 - - 4649 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7173 - - 7458 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2876 - - 2721 - - 8120 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 334 - - 340 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 291 - - 290 - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1304 - - 865 - - -3751 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5870 - - 6594 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -67 - - -633 - - -5019 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7240 - - 8091 - - 5865 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 60 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 54.1 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.4 - - 28.2 - - 35.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.4 - - 53.5 - - 53.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 27.0 - - 33.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - 73 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6356 - - 6641 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 99 - - 26 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] 97637 18 232 10 253 18 236 97637 90222 16 212 23 245 18 257 90222 84531 11 198 17 232 13 272 84531 79803 5 204 7 201 11 253 79803 75727 4 224 5 203 8 229 75727 72106 11 250 10 233 9 230 72106 68795 16 221 18 237 13 255 68795 65731 20 197 24 225 22 243 65731 62882 11 225 17 224 16 233 62882 60111 20 255 20 247 18 249 60111 57220 22 248 24 255 20 253 57220 54220 21 259 24 258 19 263 54220 51351 24 266 26 269 24 277 51351 48770 28 264 30 269 27 278 48770 46462 26 261 28 264 25 279 46462 44372 22 269 24 274 25 287 44372 42462 27 284 22 279 29 289 42462 40707 30 280 27 295 30 295 40707 39092 31 292 31 303 31 305 39092 37598 30 290 32 307 35 315 37598 36212 25 303 34 323 41 317 36212 34898 29 328 43 332 40 321 34898 33583 41 339 51 338 43 329 33583 32232 50 344 54 341 51 330 32232 30842 55 347 54 341 56 330 30842 29392 56 351 50 340 55 332 29392 27867 53 354 46 342 53 335 27867 26266 45 353 44 346 48 339 26266 24588 33 350 44 348 46 348 24588 22834 19 340 43 349 43 343 22834 21010 16 334 40 350 38 338 21010 19110 19 335 35 343 35 337 19110 17126 21 336 31 330 34 337 17126 15101 22 336 28 325 31 336 15101 13153 23 337 27 329 30 335 13153 11387 25 331 25 327 30 326 11387 9830 23 314 23 306 25 309 9830 8451 23*313 23*305 22 301 8451 7222 21*306 20*302 21 291 7222 6128 18 299 17 298 20 278 6128 5155 16 292 15 293 20 271 5155 4297 14 289 14 290 20 266 4297 3537 13 287 13 286 20 262 3537 2857 12 284 12 283 20 259 2857 2254 12 283 11 280 19 255 2254 1751 11 281 10 279 18 252 1751 1365 11 280 10 277 17 249 1365 1099 10 280 9 277 14 244 1099 938 9 280 9 276 11*241 938 846 8 279 7 276 6*236 846 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