DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - - - - - 75.1 - - 77.8 - - 75.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 272 - - 174 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6527 - - 6529 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5412 - - 5166 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7344 - - 7346 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 573 - - 676 - - 6966 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 500 - - 434 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 25 - - 20 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 236 - - 170 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1259 - - -1244 - - -6763 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8603 - - 8590 - - 7611 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10456 - - -9281 - - -14835 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17800 - - 16627 - - 15682 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 54 - - 69 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.1 - - 77.8 - - 75.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.3 - - 43.1 - - 45.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 76.4 - - 75.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 41.9 - - 44.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 272 - - 174 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6527 - - 6529 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 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] 99648 30 082 34 078 32 082 99648 92131 27 097 22 090 22 077 92131 86353 31 105 20 093 23 080 86353 81554 25 093 18 101 20 080 81554 77417 15 079 21 094 18 093 77417 73749 8 093 17 061 16 089 73749 70423 12 116 2 027 12 028 70423 67382 12 056 8 187 9 322 67382 64571 15 003 3 360 8 334 64571 61855 18 335 14 339 16 328 61855 59036 24 329 20 329 20 318 59036 56127 35 317 29 325 26 314 56127 53366 44 308 40 317 32 313 53366 50892 52 307 48 305 39 314 50892 48684 55 304 56 303 51 311 48684 46688 59 301 63 299 62 304 46688 44861 62 300 66 299 65 296 44861 43172 62 306 69 300 69 301 43172 41599 77 312 75 305 76 302 41599 40117 84 309 84 308 76 295 40117 38706 85 311 84 308 76 294 38706 37332 88 311 82 308 75 295 37332 35928 91 316 81 307 71 294 35928 34469 84 317 74 310 68 293 34469 32956 73 311 68 309 59 296 32956 31376 69 307 66 304 56 297 31376 29711 66 304 65 303 57 300 29711 27967 63 303 62 304 53 304 27967 26145 56 304 59 306 50 304 26145 24249 49 304 55 309 45 309 24249 22278 40 301 49 306 40 315 22278 20225 31 300 41 308 36 311 20225 18093 19 303 24 305 24 293 18093 15928 12 305 10 304 17 271 15928 13845 9 293 6 308 9 265 13845 11954 7 286 5 285 7 278 11954 10282 5 289 3 251 6 257 10282 8809 4 257 3 268 4 299 8809 7513 4*228 4*247 5 264 7513 6367 4*227 4*243 5 232 6367 5351 4 224 4 240 4 217 5351 4453 4 226 4 238 4 205 4453 3659 4 228 4 235 4 196 3659 2948 4 228 4 234 4 187 2948 2318 3 230 4 231 4 180 2318 1793 3 231 4 231 4 175 1793 1389 3 231 4 232 4 173 1389 1112 3 231 3 230 4 172 1112 944 3 230 3 230 3*170 944 847 2 233 3 229 3*170 847 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