DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.8 - - 79.2 - - 76.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 41 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1688 - - 1035 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2505 - - 1852 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1045 - - 722 - - 1060 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 182 - - 156 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 200 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -704 - - -1272 - - -1015 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3209 - - 3124 - - 1862 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6397 - - -5345 - - -6100 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8902 - - 7197 - - 6947 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 280 - - 360 - - 970 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.8 - - 79.2 - - 76.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 68.0 - - 70.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.4 - - 78.7 - - 77.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.4 - - 67.1 - - 70.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 41 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1688 - - 1035 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 16 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] 99196 10 139 8 117 5 035 99196 91733 8 104 6 075 13 063 91733 85978 9 096 7 090 11 070 85978 81212 8 101 9 097 7 084 81212 77112 10 113 6 100 7 073 77112 73486 5 102 4 102 4 042 73486 70204 6 174 4 196 7 315 70204 67192 2 103 4 187 10 283 67192 64404 3 038 2 202 10 258 64404 61717 10 341 1 302 4 268 61717 58926 16 299 11 297 10 286 58926 56042 18 276 22 280 15 277 56042 53307 19 305 20 279 19 294 53307 50860 31 314 25 298 24 281 50860 48671 39 304 30 307 29 286 48671 46688 37 296 42 294 40 284 46688 44875 42 294 41 287 45 286 44875 43204 45 294 35 283 43 286 43204 41646 41 289 31 284 38 291 41646 40178 38 285 36 290 39 286 40178 38785 37 284 35 285 43 292 38785 37431 37 293 35 284 47 301 37431 36049 39 300 33 281 47 299 36049 34607 33 296 33 276 48 284 34607 33110 31 286 32 273 44 282 33110 31542 34 280 34 269 34 279 31542 29893 35 277 33 271 30 275 29893 28162 35 272 28 276 31 275 28162 26351 34 286 28 277 37 281 26351 24465 35 290 32 279 40 289 24465 22507 33 277 38 283 40 301 22507 20475 33 264 40 281 39 308 20475 18361 33 264 39 279 39 309 18361 16205 37 262 40 280 33 311 16205 14125 34 256 37 265 22 318 14125 12231 31 246 36 251 16 298 12231 10545 28 242 35 246 28 268 10545 9044 27 248 32 242 35 271 9044 7707 26 260 30 238 34 265 7707 6520 28 267 27 237 33 251 6520 5468 31 262 24 241 32 238 5468 4541 30 252 21 249 30 233 4541 3722 27 243 20 255 29 230 3722 2990 21*229 21 253 29 221 2990 2346 19*224 16*229 28 210 2346 1810 18 221 12*206 22 203 1810 1399 17 220 10 201 16 193 1399 1117 16 219 9 198 11 183 1117 945 14 218 8 197 9 179 945 847 11 217 7 196 5*174 847 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