DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 88.1 - - 90.0 - - 84.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -25 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2335 - - 31 - - 32 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 832 - - 832 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3152 - - 848 - - 849 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1314 - - 6080 - - 1006 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 197 - - 38 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 260 - - 236 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1450 - - -4009 - - -1830 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4602 - - 4857 - - 2679 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4379 - - -6196 - - -4968 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7531 - - 7044 - - 5817 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 81 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2400 - - 2980 - - 3470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.1 - - 90.0 - - 84.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 71.3 - - 74.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.9 - - 90.8 - - 85.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.2 - - 70.0 - - 73.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -25 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2335 - - 31 - - 32 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 22 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 19 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] 99018 9 117 10 147 3 139 99018 91589 10 105 4 184 6 038 91589 85850 8 071 2 156 6 032 85850 81078 8 068 5 082 5 077 81078 76970 8 043 5 081 5 053 76970 73356 7 355 6 010 7 040 73356 70094 4 335 4 333 6 004 70094 67097 4 349 5 339 6 346 67097 64324 3 302 8 273 10 311 64324 61653 5 304 8 262 14 287 61653 58883 8 292 10 280 12 262 58883 56017 22 300 18 288 19 284 56017 53301 35 280 27 271 24 290 53301 50867 40 283 43 290 48 295 50867 48688 57 286 62 280 59 286 48688 46702 67 283 66 282 65 288 46702 44870 71 284 73 290 68 291 44870 43168 73 286 81 293 71 293 43168 41577 73 286 83 292 73 293 41577 40082 68 284 81 291 74 293 40082 38671 59 278 76 291 73 293 38671 37305 54 269 68 290 68 293 37305 35916 54 264 60 282 63 291 35916 34474 49 260 52 274 60 288 34474 32982 47 259 50 268 55 284 32982 31425 48 261 49 264 52 280 31425 29791 46 262 46 268 52 275 29791 28077 42 266 44 271 52 274 28077 26282 33 272 39 270 50 274 26282 24407 30 279 38 269 45 275 24407 22458 35 272 40 265 38 270 22458 20434 42 263 39 262 35 263 20434 18330 40 259 36 263 31 267 18330 16189 35 259 33 261 30 281 16189 14128 28 267 23 272 22 275 14128 12251 28 262 24 270 23 274 12251 10577 29 258 23 260 25 265 10577 9085 30 257 24 258 24 264 9085 7754 31 253 27 258 20 249 7754 6569 31 258 25 260 22 244 6569 5518 31 264 24 254 25 242 5518 4589 29 265 22 249 25 238 4589 3767 25*264 21 245 24 233 3767 3030 16*259 19 241 22 229 3030 2377 15 260 18 240 21 226 2377 1831 14 260 17 239 19 223 1831 1412 13 260 16 238 17 220 1412 1123 12 260 14 237 13 214 1123 948 11 260 12 236 10*211 948 849 8 260 9*236 5*205 849 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