DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.3 - - 59.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 35 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1448 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 829 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 2265 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 965 - - 2888 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 159 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 306 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -475 - - -1452 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 2741 - - 2298 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -3933 - - -3137 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 6198 - - 3983 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 92 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.3 - - 59.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 50.4 - - 52.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 58.9 - - 60.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 49.5 - - 51.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 35 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1448 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 67 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8 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] 98756 8 235 5 239 98756 91373 13 225 6 278 91373 85647 11 238 7 234 85647 80866 12 275 7 264 80866 76732 14 259 14 276 76732 73089 12 233 16 256 73089 69796 15 257 16 266 69796 66778 16 278 16 279 66778 63993 17 271 13 273 63993 61286 24 294 19 301 61286 58457 36 280 31 286 58457 55535 37 281 38 285 55535 52764 49 285 43 288 52764 50284 58 287 50 290 50284 48065 66 287 57 292 48065 46048 82 282 73 291 46048 44204 92 279 86 284 44204 42510 97 279 91 282 42510 40934 100 278 94 284 40934 39452 102 277 96 285 39452 38052 103 277 97 287 38052 36696 103 277 98 289 36696 35319 99 279 99 291 35319 33891 95 279 97 291 33891 32416 91 276 93 288 32416 30877 87 273 90 285 30877 29257 85 273 86 284 29257 27556 84 273 84 286 27556 25775 86 272 80 287 25775 23916 87 272 75 287 23916 21983 85 275 73 287 21983 19970 78 273 70 285 19970 17871 70 271 67 283 17871 15731 72 271 66 282 15731 13670 57 285 63 289 13670 11802 51 294 55 302 11802 10155 44 297 38 313 10155 8701 33 301 23 304 8701 7411 25 306 21 298 7411 6266 22 315 20 317 6266 5258 21 309 20 334 5258 4373 18 304 18 336 4373 3594 14 301 15 328 3594 2898 12 302 12 316 2898 2283 10*304 10 302 2283 1769 9*306 8 289 1769 1376 9 306 7 275 1376 1104 8 306 6 262 1104 940 7 307 5 248 940 846 6 307 3*233 846 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