DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/11 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.6 - - 53.5 - - 50.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 73 - - 13 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2709 - - 2732 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1824 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3526 - - 3549 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 701 - - 735 - - 2095 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 251 - - 160 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 144 - - 158 - - 129 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 426 - - 731 - - -1111 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3101 - - 2818 - - 1956 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7760 - - -6498 - - -7853 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11286 - - 10047 - - 8698 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.6 - - 53.5 - - 50.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.3 - - 44.4 - - 44.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.1 - - 53.3 - - 50.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 43.1 - - 43.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 73 - - 13 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2709 - - 2732 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96748 36 247 37 263 44 267 96748 89464 37 254 39 252 37 267 89464 83871 36 267 38 269 40 283 83871 79237 37 263 40 270 43 272 79237 75234 33 266 38 262 46 272 75234 71711 42 282 42 274 47 277 71711 68542 48 280 47 280 47 272 68542 65614 49 275 49 277 47 272 65614 62880 48 273 48 273 48 282 62880 60220 49 273 49 278 51 287 60220 57438 47 279 56 284 53 284 57438 54548 49 284 55 281 57 278 54548 51792 54 274 56 275 58 271 51792 49314 51 267 61 267 50 274 49314 47092 44 275 59 269 55 288 47092 45085 49 291 54 284 71 285 45085 43280 61 293 61 292 73 281 43280 41650 77 294 72 290 68 285 41650 40154 84 288 83 290 76 287 40154 38754 80 285 87 288 82 281 38754 37428 79 285 85 285 79 281 37428 36134 79 284 82 284 75 279 36134 34811 78 284 73 283 70 274 34811 33431 74 283 66 279 67 281 33431 31998 70 283 67 273 60 284 31998 30497 68 283 66 269 54 286 30497 28916 64 285 60 269 45 282 28916 27253 59 284 54 268 39 278 27253 25507 58 281 51 270 37 271 25507 23681 56 285 45 268 33 261 23681 21777 47 295 39 258 34 258 21777 19793 38 294 35 258 40 256 19793 17722 34 289 17 270 41 250 17722 15610 26 274 15 261 34 241 15610 13579 25 262 28 238 21 236 13579 11735 28 252 34 241 22 211 11735 10100 27 245 29 243 28 210 10100 8648 19 240 27 228 26 222 8648 7355 14 239 24 224 24 235 7355 6207 11 234 20 221 26 237 6207 5194 9 208 17 211 24 225 5194 4308 9*173 14*182 23 204 4308 3535 12*146 13*163 25 177 3535 2851 12 145 12 160 25 158 2851 2249 12 144 12 158 22 151 2249 1748 12 144 11 157 19 146 1748 1363 11 144 11 156 16 141 1363 1098 11 143 10 155 12 137 1098 937 10 143 9 154 10 134 937 845 8 142 7 154 5*129 845 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