DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 75.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 39 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3296 - - 4037 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2398 - - 2318 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4113 - - 4854 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2397 - - 1166 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 285 - - 251 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 183 - - 183 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 812 - - 851 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3301 - - 4003 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -527 - - -236 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4640 - - 5090 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 75.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 61.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 75.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.0 - - 59.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 39 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3296 - - 4037 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 34 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - 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] 98779 8 217 10 216 98779 91351 11 216 9 266 91351 85612 12 211 13 262 85612 80837 10 269 14 234 80837 76692 12 283 13 253 76692 73032 8 260 16 273 73032 69745 6 237 11 265 69745 66732 9 260 13 247 66732 63936 14 266 15 246 63936 61233 18 275 15 251 61233 58422 22 265 19 268 58422 55524 27 258 31 272 55524 52794 29 250 33 260 52794 50353 28 257 31 259 50353 48173 32 272 32 268 48173 46206 39 270 34 271 46206 44405 41 261 33 271 44405 42731 40 259 35 266 42731 41167 40 259 35 264 41167 39700 38 253 35 264 39700 38318 40 248 37 260 38318 36977 36 252 36 257 36977 35609 30 252 32 252 35609 34183 27 251 30 243 34183 32706 25 254 28 242 32706 31157 23 256 25 243 31157 29527 22 257 22 246 29527 27817 20 258 18 252 27817 26029 17 256 17 256 26029 24168 15 250 16 260 24168 22233 13 259 16 270 22233 20214 12 273 17 268 20214 18106 11 263 17 264 18106 15952 10 242 14 249 15952 13877 9 234 14 237 13877 11995 8 229 15 228 11995 10328 7 245 13 217 10328 8854 1 266 8 200 8854 7543 2 153 7 191 7543 6384 9 180 10 202 6384 5363 13 187 11*195 5363 4465 13*187 11*190 4465 3670 13*186 11 186 3670 2957 13 185 11 183 2957 2325 12 183 10 181 2325 1798 12 182 10 180 1798 1393 11 182 10 179 1393 1114 10 181 9 178 1114 944 10 181 9 178 944 847 8 180 7 178 847 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