DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.0 - - 77.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 34 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 31 - - 738 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 848 - - 1555 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2832 - - 1039 - - 2371 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 49 - - 127 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 114 - - 172 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -470 - - 443 - - -346 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1318 - - 1112 - - 1194 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -779 - - -119 - - -929 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1627 - - 1674 - - 1777 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2830 - - 3280 - - 3260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.0 - - 77.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.3 - - 74.2 - - 74.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 76.5 - - 77.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 73.7 - - 73.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 34 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 31 - - 738 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 92 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 19 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] 99483 18 119 13 089 18 064 99483 91994 18 093 14 113 17 072 91994 86195 13 083 14 092 11 080 86195 81374 11 073 9 067 7 062 81374 77211 7 047 5 049 8 018 77211 73536 6 065 4 053 7 359 73536 70217 5 074 6 064 4 323 70217 67160 8 007 11 005 4 358 67160 64321 10 310 11 297 17 330 64321 61593 9 304 9 271 19 289 61593 58761 14 317 11 302 16 292 58761 55828 33 306 27 310 29 301 55828 53046 37 294 39 298 38 296 53046 50555 46 286 48 296 46 301 50555 48326 46 285 57 294 53 297 48326 46311 51 293 62 289 58 291 46311 44474 59 287 60 286 59 287 44474 42785 60 277 56 287 57 290 42785 41227 54 266 51 283 55 288 41227 39774 53 261 48 276 47 282 39774 38405 52 260 47 275 41 280 38405 37074 49 258 46 277 42 282 37074 35712 48 256 45 282 40 285 35712 34290 46 263 45 282 38 289 34290 32811 45 271 45 284 37 291 32811 31263 45 278 44 286 40 287 31263 29635 47 284 47 286 44 285 29635 27922 48 287 49 282 45 285 27922 26125 52 287 45 280 43 286 26125 24251 50 290 42 280 40 289 24251 22309 50 292 42 282 36 293 22309 20294 51 294 43 285 33 300 20294 18202 51 296 46 290 34 304 18202 16077 50 298 50 295 36 307 16077 14029 46 296 50 295 36 302 14029 12159 43 290 44 288 35 289 12159 10490 39 288 41 279 35 272 10490 9002 35 283 36 271 39 262 9002 7674 29 266 31 253 41 258 7674 6492 18 234 31 240 33 245 6492 5447 10 171 30 235 27 239 5447 4527 10 123 28 230 19 240 4527 3714 11 111 23 224 13 246 3714 2987 9 111 15 216 10 253 2987 2345 5 117 11 213 11 258 2345 1811 5 113 8*199 7 260 1811 1400 5 112 7*175 5 263 1400 1117 5 112 6 172 3 266 1117 946 4*113 6 171 3*268 946 848 4*114 5 169 2*268 848 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