DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 79.5 - - 79.7 - - 74.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 31 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4855 - - 5006 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3692 - - 2941 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5672 - - 5823 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2397 - - 3349 - - 6317 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 352 - - 265 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 297 - - 296 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 540 - - 887 - - -1764 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5132 - - 4937 - - 2611 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -652 - - -312 - - -3330 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6324 - - 6135 - - 4177 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 91 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 250 - - 590 - - 1240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 79.7 - - 74.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.8 - - 60.8 - - 65.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.7 - - 79.3 - - 75.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.4 - - 59.5 - - 64.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 31 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4855 - - 5006 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 63 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 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] 99342 23 104 13 105 17 089 99342 91854 16 103 12 111 12 065 91854 86061 12 116 12 091 7 047 86061 81258 14 107 10 101 4 099 81258 77119 14 101 10 122 6 076 77119 73464 12 083 7 139 5 069 73464 70150 4 029 4 086 3 108 70150 67087 3 207 2 296 2 012 67087 64253 3 282 5 255 7 309 64253 61510 4 047 9 186 8 246 61510 58649 14 309 8 286 12 293 58649 55687 19 286 14 292 13 282 55687 52862 28 289 25 295 22 304 52862 50325 30 287 34 292 32 297 50325 48057 38 278 41 283 41 289 48057 46002 41 273 41 275 44 286 46002 44128 39 278 39 280 45 286 44128 42408 40 288 42 288 46 289 42408 40822 47 292 45 291 47 293 40822 39348 49 290 44 290 45 293 39348 37968 49 286 38 292 42 291 37968 36637 46 283 35 298 35 288 36637 35285 41 282 35 296 31 286 35285 33878 39 283 34 292 32 291 33878 32420 38 285 33 291 34 295 32420 30898 37 287 31 292 33 297 30898 29299 34 288 29 298 29 300 29299 27624 33 292 31 303 28 300 27624 25869 32 291 32 301 28 298 25869 24032 33 289 32 299 28 301 24032 22115 36 287 32 299 27 306 22115 20114 37 285 32 300 28 312 20114 18023 35 284 31 302 29 318 18023 15890 32 280 31 300 29 323 15890 13835 29 280 29 297 27 324 13835 11972 25 285 27 297 23 317 11972 10326 24 293 23 292 18 299 10326 8867 24 295 21 288 18 298 8867 7569 23 297 20 290 17 296 7569 6416 21*297 19*291 16 301 6416 5392 17*296 18*293 16 305 5392 4486 17 297 17 294 16 309 4486 3685 16 297 17 295 16 312 3685 2967 16 297 16 296 15 314 2967 2332 15 297 15 296 15 314 2332 1802 14 298 15 297 14 315 1802 1395 14 297 14 297 13 314 1395 1115 13 298 13 297 10 313 1115 945 12 298 12 297 8 311 945 847 10 297 9 297 4*309 847 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