DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/07 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.6 - - 84.8 - - 75.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 243 - - 174 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2904 - - 4443 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2586 - - 3590 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3721 - - 5260 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1268 - - 1643 - - 3355 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 367 - - 382 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 128 - - 123 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -913 - - -1249 - - -1831 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4635 - - 6509 - - 2678 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2406 - - -3295 - - -3265 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6127 - - 8555 - - 4112 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 95 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 650 - - 190 - - 690 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.6 - - 84.8 - - 75.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 59.1 - - 66.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.0 - - 83.5 - - 75.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.4 - - 58.3 - - 65.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 243 - - 174 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2904 - - 4443 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 78 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 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] 98795 20 079 22 113 14 072 98795 91296 17 090 17 087 15 073 91296 85555 16 084 12 065 18 087 85555 80817 8 065 8 043 18 065 80817 76747 15 086 4 101 16 050 76747 73155 17 083 8 109 7 039 73155 69916 11 090 9 109 3 036 69916 66949 8 081 6 110 5 037 66949 64196 4 040 2 132 4 349 64196 61531 3 325 0 286 2 333 61531 58750 6 343 8 307 8 318 58750 55864 8 324 13 296 12 289 55864 53111 13 291 15 293 15 295 53111 50632 17 265 21 265 19 275 50632 48408 16 278 19 260 21 259 48408 46395 27 273 28 247 23 237 46395 44561 28 265 23 240 24 249 44561 42880 26 258 22 243 33 237 42880 41328 28 252 26 249 43 231 41328 39871 30 253 29 250 41 230 39871 38490 30 254 26 241 30 222 38490 37147 27 248 21 235 23 217 37147 35773 23 244 17 232 20 212 35773 34340 23 242 17 232 20 209 34340 32851 24 243 16 227 18 210 32851 31292 23 250 17 225 16 202 31292 29651 19 243 17 228 15 198 29651 27930 13 227 18 227 13 206 27930 26129 12 161 18 225 12 178 26129 24250 13 163 12 183 16 170 24250 22295 13 158 15 158 16 170 22295 20263 14 160 17 165 16 174 20263 18151 11 174 13 171 18 175 18151 16002 7 213 8 170 20 163 16002 13938 8 221 7 169 18 149 13938 12063 4 216 8 171 16 146 12063 10395 3 183 9 181 13 167 10395 8913 6 175 10 186 14 186 8913 7599 9 175 12 183 15 184 7599 6430 13 162 13 172 14 176 6430 5395 14 158 12*148 14 168 5395 4484 16*148 12*143 14 150 4484 3681 17*137 13 129 14 137 3681 2964 16 132 13 123 14 133 2964 2330 16 128 13 119 13 136 2330 1800 15 124 13 117 13 134 1800 1394 15 123 13 115 12 133 1394 1114 14 122 12 114 10 134 1114 945 13 121 11 113 8 134 945 847 11 121 10 112 5*136 847 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