DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - - - - - 71.4 - - 72.7 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 60 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2116 - - 1392 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2933 - - 2209 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1537 - - 2849 - - 4332 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 192 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 226 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 201 - - 106 - - -861 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2732 - - 2103 - - 1708 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1495 - - -890 - - -1379 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4428 - - 3099 - - 2226 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 97 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 550 - - 1620 - - 1680 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 72.7 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 66.1 - - 66.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 72.2 - - 71.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 65.0 - - 65.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 60 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2116 - - 1392 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 86 - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 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] 99227 29 079 28 091 27 059 99227 91737 27 092 21 078 23 067 91737 85956 20 085 19 087 19 082 85956 81137 16 084 17 082 18 092 81137 76974 10 092 12 096 13 072 76974 73299 9 109 8 087 7 057 73299 69969 9 108 7 076 5 016 69969 66903 4 038 7 035 6 002 66903 64061 5 339 8 310 9 340 64061 61304 11 328 7 282 11 288 61304 58434 18 303 17 297 14 269 58434 55448 27 290 23 298 22 309 55448 52596 32 280 40 285 43 286 52596 50050 35 268 44 266 48 272 50050 47778 38 276 37 262 45 269 47778 45719 51 285 43 277 47 280 45719 43839 66 287 65 288 58 283 43839 42123 82 284 82 282 70 279 42123 40548 84 282 88 278 74 278 40548 39089 84 279 89 277 81 278 39089 37721 84 277 87 277 83 275 37721 36399 81 276 83 275 77 273 36399 35054 77 277 79 276 73 274 35054 33654 75 279 76 277 71 275 33654 32202 73 278 74 277 71 276 32202 30683 71 278 73 277 67 277 30683 29086 67 278 69 276 60 277 29086 27411 61 279 63 276 56 274 27411 25656 52 277 52 274 54 269 25656 23824 45 271 52 274 53 266 23824 21918 44 264 42 270 50 267 21918 19935 45 265 43 267 47 266 19935 17872 40 266 44 264 43 267 17872 15770 33 268 36 264 37 271 15770 13743 30 273 33 273 30 275 13743 11901 27 275 29 275 31 278 11901 10266 26 269 28 273 32 279 10266 8817 27 262 28 274 28 285 8817 7526 28 252 27 274 21 298 7526 6377 28 239 23 268 16 300 6377 5357 28 241 20 263 12 276 5357 4458 26 240 17 255 10 249 4458 3663 22 236 15 250 10 245 3663 2950 16*226 13 246 9 246 2950 2320 13*219 11*242 7 248 2320 1795 12 215 8*233 6 249 1795 1391 11 214 6 226 5 250 1391 1113 10 212 5 222 5 251 1113 944 9 212 5 220 4*250 944 847 8 211 4 220 3*251 847 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