DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - - - - 70.7 - - 68.7 - - 66.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -45 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1864 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2681 - - 847 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1953 - - 2696 - - 1886 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 32 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 176 - - 207 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1036 - - -1299 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1645 - - 2146 - - 847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 156 - - -3621 - - -1040 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2525 - - 4468 - - 1887 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 92 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2200 - - 880 - - 1440 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 68.7 - - 66.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.9 - - 61.8 - - 65.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.2 - - 70.2 - - 67.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 60.3 - - 65.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -45 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1864 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 69 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 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] 96773 26 250 30 274 34 293 96773 89509 11 231 20 265 24 264 89509 83986 24 255 20 303 25 265 83986 79439 30 244 30 261 28 273 79439 75486 23 235 27 259 30 259 75486 71955 31 248 33 257 34 267 71955 68740 35 241 42 246 40 259 68740 65770 38 245 38 240 42 258 65770 62996 38 254 35 245 45 255 62996 60306 45 257 48 255 46 251 60306 57515 49 256 53 257 37 251 57515 54611 52 252 49 255 39 259 54611 51825 53 250 50 254 51 258 51825 49330 54 255 53 252 57 254 49330 47107 59 258 58 253 58 254 47107 45094 61 257 68 256 68 255 45094 43277 60 255 80 253 84 254 43277 41645 58 249 81 247 77 248 41645 40148 55 243 75 243 53 248 40148 38740 54 241 67 241 53 245 38740 37403 57 243 64 241 52 241 37403 36102 60 246 63 240 53 239 36102 34773 61 248 61 240 56 236 34773 33388 60 250 58 240 56 233 33388 31948 57 252 54 241 54 232 31948 30442 55 252 50 241 54 231 30442 28857 56 250 47 241 55 232 28857 27194 57 246 44 242 54 232 27194 25450 54 243 42 243 52 235 25450 23628 46 237 40 244 50 235 23628 21733 41 232 38 245 48 233 21733 19761 31 234 37 246 46 230 19761 17708 30 236 37 246 45 229 17708 15620 30 232 38 247 42 227 15620 13615 28 229 40 246 39 226 13615 11799 29 238 40 243 38 228 11799 10188 24 235 41 238 42 229 10188 8754 26 212 41 231 45 227 8754 7475 29 206 43 225 44 221 7475 6334 33 200 44 220 43 215 6334 5323 35 198 43 218 43 210 5323 4430 34 194 41 215 43 208 4430 3641 32 183 39 212 40 206 3641 2934 30*179 36 209 35 203 2934 2308 28*177 33 208 29 199 2308 1786 26 176 28 208 22 191 1786 1386 24 175 23 210 17 184 1386 1110 22 175 18 210 13 180 1110 942 21 175 14*209 10*180 942 847 14 175 9*207 5*179 847 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