DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 66.0 - - 65.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 846 - - 847 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1909 - - 1559 - - 1669 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 25 - - 20 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 211 - - 209 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -168 - - -108 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1014 - - 955 - - 847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -533 - - -644 - - -890 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1379 - - 1491 - - 1737 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 110 - - 170 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 66.0 - - 65.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.4 - - 64.2 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.2 - - 66.0 - - 66.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 64.0 - - 64.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 13 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] 97779 15 259 16 255 14 272 97779 90579 17 246 13 283 11 271 90579 85001 9 251 16 277 8 305 85001 80360 7 281 13 269 9 308 80360 76359 8 248 9 265 14 298 76359 72822 8 238 7 278 13 282 72822 69623 7 253 6 278 9 275 69623 66683 8 273 14 280 14 297 66683 63954 13 282 20 264 18 279 63954 61308 11 292 18 250 22 253 61308 58549 21 292 18 277 23 272 58549 55697 41 271 40 276 40 277 55697 52987 45 260 51 265 45 269 52987 50555 44 278 44 274 48 288 50555 48377 62 294 60 291 63 287 48377 46403 73 295 78 288 72 287 46403 44592 84 287 86 287 80 285 44592 42912 82 278 85 286 83 282 42912 41346 77 276 71 282 77 277 41346 39873 79 278 64 281 64 273 39873 38477 74 279 62 281 60 265 38477 37118 66 278 59 275 58 264 37118 35730 59 268 55 269 53 269 35730 34285 62 256 54 269 51 273 34285 32785 63 255 52 269 51 274 32785 31215 62 254 51 262 51 268 31215 29564 60 253 51 258 51 262 29564 27835 58 252 51 260 50 257 27835 26025 56 249 53 257 49 257 26025 24140 49 245 51 254 50 257 24140 22184 35 246 42 264 51 253 22184 20156 27 275 26 280 42 249 20156 18056 20 274 18 268 16 259 18056 15924 22 252 21 253 17 264 15924 13870 26 251 25 261 21 258 13870 12001 38 244 31 262 24 253 12001 10337 43 234 41 262 28 259 10337 8857 44 234 43 259 30 261 8857 7541 36 238 39 256 29 261 7541 6376 19 240 31 251 27 258 6376 5347 14 248 22 251 25 254 5347 4442 19 249 19 255 23 251 4442 3643 26 238 22 249 25 247 3643 2931 28 228 23 240 27 235 2931 2304 26 217 21 231 26 219 2304 1784 23 211 19 226 22 213 1784 1384 21 209 14 216 18 212 1384 1109 18 207 12 213 13 211 1109 942 16 206 10*212 11*210 942 847 11*206 7*211 7*209 847 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