DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.6 - - 87.5 - - 87.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 264 - - 187 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2986 - - 3731 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2681 - - 3101 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3803 - - 4548 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1170 - - 974 - - 5049 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 382 - - 370 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 20 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 208 - - 216 - - 216 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -905 - - -459 - - -3050 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4708 - - 5007 - - 3898 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5408 - - -3965 - - -4497 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9211 - - 8513 - - 5345 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 85 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 320 - - 1340 - - 2850 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.6 - - 87.5 - - 87.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.5 - - 68.1 - - 72.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.8 - - 86.4 - - 87.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 67.4 - - 72.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 264 - - 187 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2986 - - 3731 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 40 - - 41 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99491 32 084 29 104 27 096 99491 91990 30 098 24 095 22 080 91990 86213 25 105 24 079 22 066 86213 81412 25 091 22 087 18 072 81412 77268 17 085 20 083 14 074 77268 73603 18 073 16 085 13 067 73603 70295 13 072 12 079 10 055 70295 67259 13 034 10 038 12 034 67259 64449 13 015 11 008 7 013 64449 61743 16 353 11 015 10 339 61743 58928 15 305 20 314 13 344 58928 56020 22 311 23 298 28 298 56020 53272 40 297 38 293 40 288 53272 50822 50 295 58 305 55 300 50822 48636 62 295 74 305 71 301 48636 46646 68 297 81 302 75 301 46646 44810 77 301 89 300 84 300 44810 43108 82 300 94 299 91 296 43108 41520 74 294 88 291 92 292 41520 40028 71 290 83 289 90 292 40028 38617 71 286 81 293 92 297 38617 37249 71 285 83 296 95 301 37249 35855 72 290 85 298 94 302 35855 34402 73 298 84 299 89 301 34402 32896 68 302 77 299 86 302 32896 31326 57 297 66 295 80 304 31326 29681 51 286 59 290 71 299 29681 27962 49 281 55 288 60 292 27962 26167 44 279 52 286 59 293 26167 24300 41 284 53 283 57 297 24300 22363 41 290 52 284 51 296 22363 20351 41 295 48 300 54 290 20351 18269 40 301 42 308 51 290 18269 16152 36 309 39 311 40 288 16152 14105 27 315 37 314 38 300 14105 12233 17 304 30 304 40 307 12233 10558 21 294 29 280 39 295 10558 9063 25 283 30 279 35 279 9063 7731 22 277 30 277 34 272 7731 6547 20 281 27 265 34 263 6547 5499 18 267 25*250 31 249 5499 4575 17*247 20*226 30 239 4575 3756 15*221 20 216 28 235 3756 3022 16 209 21 215 27 231 3022 2372 15 207 20 214 25 227 2372 1828 15 206 20 214 23 223 1828 1411 15 205 19 213 21 221 1411 1123 14 205 18 214 18 219 1123 948 13 204 17 213 15 217 948 848 11 204 13 214 11*216 848 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